The High Court on Tuesday sought details from the State Government about measures taken to rehabilitate the pellet-blinded and other visually impaired persons.

A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rashid Ali Dar directed State’s senior additional Advocate General BA Dar to place before it the details within two days facilities available within for empowering visually impaired persons and those which have been blinded and have suffered injuries by use of pellet guns.
 

The Court issued the direction while hearing a Public Interest Litigation by J&K High Court Bar Association Kashmir.

The direction came a day after Supreme Court directed the High Court to decide the plea within six weeks on various reliefs including rehabilitation, treatment and compensation to the pellet victims.

On behalf of the Bar, advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom brought to the notice of the Court the prayers sought in the petition and the sufferings of pellet victims.
 

Since 2010 when the Pellet guns were introduced for crowd control in Kashmir, a large number of people have received grievous bodily injuries and hundreds have been blinded,” Qayoom said.

He submitted that after the State High Court on 21 September 2016 declined to ban the pellet guns, the Government had told the Court that a committee has been formed to look for an alternative to the guns.

The panel report, he said, has not been submitted till date.
Source: https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/front-page-2/high-court-seeks-report-on-rehabilitation-of-pellet-blinded-other-visually-impaired-persons/