New Delhi, January 17, 2008 (DefenceIndia News Service)

The Delhi High Court directed the Army to consider suggestions of a petitioner who filed a PIL seeking direction to the Army to frame a mechanism to control growing number of suicides in the force.

Disposing of a PIL filed by advocate Sunil Kumar, a division bench of justice M K Sharma and Justice Reva Khetrapal asked him to submit copies of his suggestions to defence ministry and Army headquarters.

The government had earlier told the court on this PIL that the Army would start yoga courses, classes of Art of Living and other recreational programmes for personnel to de-stress.

The court was hearing Kumar's PIL seeking direction to army and other defence forces to draw a mechanism to control growing number of suicides.

He alleged that due to stress, personnel committed suicide and fratricide out of "sheer frustration".

(Zee News)