Shopian firing: SC bars action against Major Aditya & top 10 developments

The apex court asked the Jammu & Kashmir government to file its response within two weeks to a plea by the father of accused Major Aditya Kumar

In a relief to Indian Army officers made accused in the Shopian firing case, including Major Aditya Kumar, the Supreme Court on Monday restrained the Jammu and Kashmir Police from taking any "coercive steps" against the accused. Three civilians had been killed in the firing incident last month. 

The apex court asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to file its response within two weeks to a plea by the father of accused Major Aditya Kumar.  

As reported on Friday, the Supreme Court had agreed to hear the plea of the father of Major Aditya Kumar, an Army officer