HC directs Gov to provide data on men, machinery and capital involved
Annual Darbar Move…
Srinagar: The J&K high Court on Saturday directed the government to provide it with the data on men, machinery and capital involved in shifting the annual Darbar move between the two capital cities of Jammu and Kashmir. The direction was issued after concerns were raised by some lawyers that shifting the annual Darbar, (a tradition […]
Lack of visitors haunts Kashmir’s blooming Tulip Garden
After last year’s disturbances, ongoing COVID shutdown hits floriculturists under the belt
Srinagar: An eerie emptiness is haunting Kashmir’s Tulip Garden, the largest of its kind in Asia, which despite being in full bloom is without any visitors because of a clampdown forced by the coronavirus pandemic. The garden, originally called Siraj Bagh, and renamed by the government as Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, has 1.3 million […]
HC directs HPC to look into the aspect of release of detenues kept under PSA
Srinagar 04 April: The High Court on Saturday directed the government constituted High Powered Committee to look into the aspect of the release of hundreds of Kashmiri detenues kept in preventive custody under Public Safety Act (PSA) in different jails amid the Corona virus pandemic. “The High Powered Committee shall keep in view the urgency […]
HC asks committee to present interim report by April 03
Release of prisoners amid Covid-19 spread…
Srinagar: Amid reports of pathetic condition of thousands of Kashmiri prisoners languishing in jails in times of coronavirus pandemic the High Court today directed that an interim report of the committee constituted for consideration of the release of the prisoners be placed before it by 3rd of April. “Let an interim report regarding the functioning […]
Amid coronavirus pandemic, families of Kashmiri political prisoners demand they be set free
Srinagar: With COVID-19 continuing its deadly march all over the world, Kashmiri political prisoners’ plight is giving sleepless nights to their families, who are worried about their well-being, and demand that they be set free. Around 5200 persons were detained (official data) post-August 05, 2019 in the Kashmir when Government of India withdrew the special […]
Lack of high-speed mobile Internet thwarting fight against COVID-19: Health experts
‘Keeping Kashmir under communication bar in these testing times is worst insensitivity’
Srinagar: The government ban on high speed mobile Internet here is preventing medical experts in Kashmir to combat the COVID-19 and other serious health issues confronting the population. As the coronavirus is secretly spreading its deadly tentacles in Kashmir, medicos in the Valley are finding it difficult to combat the challenge which has claimed thousands […]
J&K Admin tells HC it is fully prepared to combat Coronavirus challenges
“2090 hospital and non hospital beds identified for quarantine of the suspected patients”
Srinagar: Pursuant to a court direction to contain the killer Coronavirus disease in J&K, the authorities in a report today claimed that they are fully prepared to combat the challenges thrown by the pandemic. In its status report filed before the J&K High Court the administration also claimed that orders imposing restrictions of assembly of […]
Drug de-addiction funds: HC seeks personal appearance of Union Secy
Directs J&K H&ME dept to update its report about establishment of de-addiction centers
Rashid Paul Srinagar, Mar 18: The J&K High Court on Wednesday ordered personal appearance of the Secretary, Social Justice and Woman Empowerment, Government of India (GoI), for not furnishing details of funds provided to Jammu and Kashmir for drug de-addiction centres. The direction was passed after reading through the records which revealed that no […]
Have no competence to impose restrictions in places of worship: J&K High Court
DG Prisons asked to file report about steps taken in prisons to deal with coronavirus threat
Srinagar, Mar 17: Observing that the court does not have competence to impose restrictions in places of worship amid the coronoavirus pandemic, the J&K High Court Tuesday directed the authorities to consider appropriate measures on the issue. The observation and direction followed a suggestion by Monica Kohli, amicus curie in a public interest litigation seeking […]
HC quashes detention of auto-rickshaw driver
“The detaining authority has not applied his mind while passing the impugned order”
Srinagar March 16: The J&K High Court today quashed the detention of an auto-rickshaw driver from Bandipora taken into custody during the arrest spree following abrogation of the autonomy of J&K on 5th of August 2019. The “simpleton” auto driver Mudasir Ahmad Wani son of Gh Ahmad Wani was one among scores detained by the […]
