HC holds SKIMS admin in contempt for non-compliance of its order
Says entire administrative machinery appears to be steeped in inefficiency and incompetency
Srinagar: “The entire system (of administrative machinery) appears to be steeped in inefficiency and incompetency” observed the High Court of J&K Monday while referring to non-compliance of one of its orders in a service writ petition of 2017. “The entire system appears to be steeped in inefficiency and incompetency despite a veritable army of lawyers […]
HC grants bail to LAHDC-Kargil councilor arrested on sedition charges
Srinagar: The J&K High Court Thursday granted bail to Zakir Hussain, a political activist from Kargil (Ladakh), arrested in June for allegedly using deprecating language against PM Modi and Indian Army over the standoff with China in eastern Ladakh which has left 20 soldiers dead. Citing a Supreme Court judgment, Justice Sanjay Dhar who heard […]
HC asks authorities to make arrangements for detained student to write Class 12 exams
‘Person under detention cannot be prevented from taking examination, unless there are pressing circumstances’
Srinagar: “A person under detention cannot be prevented from taking the examination, unless there are pressing circumstances,” J&K High Court said today while hearing a petition of a student from Sopore detained in District Jail, Bhaderwah Jammu. Omer Akbar Mir, the petitioner from Mir Mohalla Brath Kalan Sopore Tehsil of Baramulla is one among the […]
Inefficient financial planning hampering public infrastructure projects: HC
Says these projects need critical attention at highest level
Srinagar: While hearing a petition on 16 languishing bridges in Kashmir, J&K High Court today directed that “Inefficient financial planning affecting public infrastructure projects needs critical attention at the highest level.” The public interest petition filed by a civil society group through advocate Arshid Andrabi stated that dozens of bridges funded by J&K Finance Department […]
HC directs immediate removal of solid waste dumped within Wular lake area
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has directed the Municipal Committee Sopore to take steps for immediate removal of solid waste dumped by it within the demarcated area of the Wular lake in north Kashmir. The direction was issued in petition filed by a Kashmiri Muslim Religious Foundation which submitted that the Municipal Committee Sopore was […]
HC seeks detailed reports on ‘illegal’ religious structures in J&K, Ladakh
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has directed the administration of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh to file before it detailed reports on the “illegal” religious structures existing within their respective union territories. The direction came in a public interest petition on allegedly illegal religious structures that have come up by way of encroachment on public land […]
HC allows army to raise structures of HAWS at Gulmarg
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has ordered the authorities to allow the Indian Army to raise structures for their High Altitude Warfare School at the Gulmarg hill station. It is pertinent to mention here that the High Court had in 2013 stepped in to save the famed ski resort from further ecological deterioration. In a […]
HC asks J&K admin to re-examine permitting private practice by govt doctors
Srinagar: “The permissibility of permitting private practice by government doctors and medical employees (amid COVID pandemic) deserves to be seriously re-examined,” J&K High Court has warned. The notice came in a petition filed by Advocate Shafqat Nazir which said that many medical procedures are not being performed in the Government Dental College and Associated Hospitals […]
HC raps Sessions court for granting bail to alleged drug-trafficker
Srinagar: Coming down heavily on a Session’s court for granting bail to a “drug-trafficker”, the J&K High Court today asked the subordinate courts to keep in mind the socio-economic consequences of trafficking and implement the law regulating the matter in its true spirit. The High Court asked the subordinate courts to have regard to the […]
HC dismisses petition of J&K Bank RSETI staff seeking quashment of their disengagement
Srinagar: The J&K High Court today dismissed a petition by J&K Bank Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) Society staffers engaged on contractual basis, seeking quashment of the communication of their disengagement. The court, however, said “the dismissal of the writ petition shall not form an impediment for the civil court (where the matter is […]