HC dismisses petition seeking probe into Shopian ‘staged encounter’
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Monday dismissed a petition by a civil society group against government of India (GoI) asking for an investigation into the stage managed encounter killing of three innocent civilians by army on 18th of July this year in a south Kashmir. The slain non combatants were passed off as “terrorists” […]
Continuous closure of Edu Institutions to impact Kashmir adversely
Closed in August 2019, reopening seems a distant dream
Srinagar: Experts warn that Kashmir is heading for a human capital crisis owing to the record shutting of educational institutions in the region since August 2019. The education system in Kashmir has “collapsed” due to the shutdowns since August 2019. The current virtual mode hardly facilitates any process of learning, skill, creativity, personality, or psychological […]
HC grants bail to Ex-chairman J&K Cooperative Bank in Rs 300 cr land scam case
Srinagar: Former chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Bank, Mohmmad Shafi Dar, arrested by the Anti Corruption Bureau in Srinagar in connection with his alleged involvement in the Rs 223 crore land scam was granted bail by the High Court on Wednesday. Justice Sindhu Sharma admitted the ex-bank chairman to bail subject to furnishing […]
Nonpayment of family pension; HC directs personal appearance of AG
Srinagar: The J&K High Court Monday called for personal appearance of Accountant General (AG) of J&K in a contempt case arising out of nonpayment of family pension to the next of the kin of an employee having served the government. Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, who heard the petitioner Shama Agha through her counsel granted 10 […]
J&K HC sees govt circular on its six-months-old interim orders as being contemptuous
Says Law dept has misinterpreted the SC judgment it has referred to
Srinagar: The J&K High Court today held contemptuous a recent J&K government circular that ordered all the administrative secretaries and heads of departments (HODs) to treat all the court ordered stays as expired in case they were six months old. The Department of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs had on November 25 issued a circular under […]
HC issues slew of directions for preservation of dying Dal Lake
Calls for declaring Lake as eco-sensitive zone, construction of western peripheral road
Srinagar, Dec 05: Feeling the intense existential angst of Dal Lake, the J&K High Court Saturday directed the Union Territory administration “to take urgent steps to construct a western peripheral road on the lake in order to prevent its encroachment”. The court ordered a string of directions including the one on declaring this extinguishing urban […]
HC seeks personal appearance of Principal Secy Home to explain delay, if it continues
Dismayed at delay in finalization of new jail manual for J&K…
Srinagar: The High Court has warned of personal appearance of the Principal Secretary J&K Home Department in case the latest report on new jail manual for the union territory is not filed. A new jail manual was also necessitated following the scrapping of J&K’s special status and subsequent developments, including J&K having become a union […]
Encroachments at Sonamarg: Authorities seek time to file compliance report
Srinagar: The government authorities Thursday sought time to file compliance on court observations that large-scale unauthorized constructions, expansions and encroachments are being made on public land in Sonamarg tourist resort under the guise of permissions. Senior additional advocate generals B A Dar and M A Chashoo sought time for filing the compliance and status reports […]
Gulmarg Forests: HC directs action against violators
Asks Revenue authorities to inform it about encroachments there
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday directed the Chief Conservator Forests J&K to examine and take action against those involved in the usage of chemicals in Gulmarg, as a result of which trees are dying at the tourist area. The direction was passed by a division bench in an application saying that certain chemicals […]
HC halts subordinate court order staying retendering for Kokernag WSS
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Monday put a halt on a subordinate court order which had stayed the process of retendering for a water supply scheme in south Kashmir already running over time and cost. The Public Health Engineering (now Jal Shakti) Anantnag had in January 2014 invited tenders for execution of laying and […]
