Candidates with qualification higher than prescribed maximum not eligible to apply for Class-IV posts: HC
Srinagar: Candidates with higher qualification are not eligible to apply for the Class-IV posts when the advertisement notice has already prescribed the minimum and maximum qualification, the High Court has said. Upholding the criterion of minimum and maximum qualification for the Class-IV posts as matric and 10+2 respectively, the court ruled that the measure is […]
Banning sale of text books by private schools
“SPECTACULAR NOTHING”
The opposition political parties in India term the actions and governance style of PM Modi as ‘acts of spectacle’. But if somehow we are able to convey them the recent action by the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir (DSEK) banning sale of text books and uniforms by private schools they will call it a “spectacular […]
CG duty-bound to see evacuee property is leased out in transparent manner, and fetches maximum revenue: HC
Srinagar: The Custodian General (CG) is under statutory duty to preserve and maintain the property on behalf of the evacuees, the High Court has said. The property vested in the Custodian General is an evacuee property, Justice Sanjeev Kumar said. “A statutory duty is enjoined on him (CG) to administer the evacuee property in a […]
Pension not fundamental right available to govt or PSU employees: HC
Quashes single bench order that entitled some retd employees of SIDCO to pensionary benefits
Srinagar: Pension is a not a fundamental right available to an employee of the government or a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), J&K High Court said on Thursday while quashing a single bench order that entitled some retired employees of State Industrial Corporation (SIDCO) to pensionary benefits. The single bench court in 2018 had held that […]
HC raps Transport Dept for demanding 9% token tax on vehicles purchased outside J&K
Srinagar: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Wednesday pulled up the Transport Department for allegedly demanding 9 percent Token Tax from the owners of vehicles purchased and already registered outside the UT in violation of the court order. In a contempt notice issued to Commissioner Secretary, J&K Transport Department, and others, a double […]
HC seeks govt response on regularization of daily-rated workers serving in courts
Directs concerned Secretary to file response within three weeks
Srinagar: In the matter of regularization of scores of daily-rated workers in courts across the union territory, J&K High Court on Monday directed the Secretary Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, to file response within three weeks. The workers had filed a petition against the Registrar General of the High Court saying that despite […]
Tearing through ‘cover of lengthy litigation’, HC orders tenants to hand-over disputed shops to landlord within two weeks
Srinagar: J&K High Court on Monday expressed dismay at the possession of a property in the city under the cover of a lengthy judicial process by some tenants for almost half-a-century. The two tenants possessed the shops at Jawaharnagar by “using the judicial process” although the landlord had approached the courts for their eviction four […]
HC quashes September 2009 select-list of drug inspectors
Directs recruiting agency to conduct interviews afresh
Srinagar: Observing that priority has arbitrarily been given to some of the candidates by J&K Services Selection Board (SSB) in selection for 72 posts of drug inspectors in 2009, the High Court Friday quashed the entire select list and directed the agency to conduct interviews afresh. Hearing a bunch of appeals against the SSB’s controversial […]
Licensed brick-kilns can operate within prohibited area around Srinagar airport if they limit smoke hazard: HC
Kiln owners asked to not operate during winter months -- Nov 01-March 31
Srinagar: Rescinding its earlier order that disallowed operation of brick-kilns within the eight kilometer radius of Srinagar Airport, the High Court on Monday said the licensed brick-kilns can now function within the prohibited area but should have smoke limiting chimneys. Acting on a petition relating to poor visibility and underdevelopment of the Srinagar Airport, the […]
HC directs authorities to demarcate Nallah Sindh and remove encroachments on it forthwith
Asks Secretaries of Revenue, and I&FC depts to be present in court ‘if job not done’
Srinagar: Despite a 2013 judicial order calling for demarcation of the Sindh Nallah and removal of encroachments on its embankments, none of the tasks has been carried out by the concerned agencies for the past eight years, compelling the High Court to again pass an order to this effect. M A Chashoo, Additional Advocate General […]