HC allows more time to parties to file response on PIL seeking interest waiver on loans
Srinagar: J&K High Court on Tuesday asked the Union Finance and Home ministries, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and J&K government to file its response 11th of next month in an interest waiver petition by a local enterpreneurs. The court had on July 02 issued notices (returnable by today) to the Union Ministry of […]
Announced by PM some 5 years ago, AIIMS for Kashmir, Jammu visible nowhere on ground
Srinagar: At a time when the modest health-care infrastructure of Kashmir is crumbling under a heavy coronavirus load, an AIIMS like hospital would have provided the much-needed quality and affordable facility to its populace. But the proposed super specialty health facility is yet to reach the foundation laying threshold despite being announced by Prime Minister […]
HC asks J&K admin to inform details about forthcoming Amarnath Yatra
Srinagar: J&K High Court on Tuesday asked the J&K administration to apprise it about the arrangements, rituals and the government orders about the conduct of Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir. Hearing an application by a Jammu-based lawyer, Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Sanjay Dhar asked the Additional Advocate General (AAG) Aseem Sawhney to apprise the […]
Court restrains suspended IGP from posting ‘derogatory’ remarks against DGP’s ‘acquaintances’
Srinagar: A local court in Jammu has directed the suspended top cop, Basant Rath, not to publish any post or material defamatory or derogatory against six persons from Jammu who claim to be acquaintances of the J&K Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbagh Singh. The order was passed by 2nd Additional Munsif Jammu, Jeewan Kumar […]
HC issues notice to GoI, local authorities on dumping of solid municipal waste in Wular lake
Srinagar: J&K High Court on Friday issued a notice to government of India and some local authorities on dumping of 66.59 metric tons of solid and biomedical waste in to Wular lake Kashmir. A division bench issued a notice on the matter and sought status report from Union of India through Secretary Ministry of Environment, […]
Out of Rs 80, 000 Cr PMDP, very little has been spent till date
Construction on most of the projects under the package either yet to take off or going at a funeral pace
Srinagar: Nearly five years down the line very little has been spent out of the rupees 80,000 core (actually Rs 62,393 crore) Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) for Jammu and Kashmir which mostly contained the economic infrastructure projects under central sector in the erstwhile state, sources say. Construction on most of the projects under the […]
Compensating victims of medical negligence; HC issues notices to authorities
Srinagar: With increase in maternity fatalities in Kashmir hospitals during the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, J&K High Court today issued notices to authorities asking as to why the victims of medical negligence cannot be compensated out of the salaries of the erring medics. The notice was issued by a division bench of the court on […]
CAT has no jurisdiction over process of appointments in J&K Bank: HC
Srinagar: In a landmark judgment, the J&K High Court Friday held that the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) does not have the jurisdiction over the process of selection for appointments in J&K Bank and the court continues to have jurisdiction to entertain petitions on the matter. “The CAT does not have the jurisdiction under Section 14 […]
HC issues notices on petition seeking interest waiver on term loans
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Thursday issued notices to civil and financial institution authorities for waiver of interest on term loans availed by entrepreneurs in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh during periods of moratorium from 2014 to 2020. Hearing a petition by two entrepreneurial bodies, a division bench of the court directed issuing notices to […]
HC allows ousted J&K Bank chairman’s plea to amend his earlier petition
Srinagar: J&K High Court on Wednesday allowed a plea by the deposed Chairman-cum-CEO of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Parvez Ahmad Nengroo, seeking amendment in his earlier petition to encompass bifurcation of the post of Chairman-cum-CEO and creation of a Managing Director cum CEO’s post in the Bank. Nengroo sought to challenge the recent actions by […]
