PIL seeking eviction of ex-Ministers, MLAs from official bungalows Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 7: In a significant order, a Division Bench of High Court of J&K & Ladakh comprising Chief Justice (Acting) Tashi Rabstan and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi has granted two weeks time to Senior AAG Monika Kohli appearing for Government of J&K/Estates Department for filing the latest status regarding the unauthorized occupants of Government accommodations who were issued eviction notices in the year 2018 but despite lapse of […]
DCs, SSPs to be held responsible if violations take place in future Disobedience of directions will amount to contempt of court Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Dec 29: Stating that encroachments have become grave menace in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a Division Bench of High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice Rajesh Sekhri has issued directions to the Government for forthwith removal of structures erected or re-erected on public property during the last five years. Moreover, […]
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 27: In a significant order, a Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice Rajesh Sekri has directed Union of India (DoPT) and General Administration Department /Anti-corruption Bureau Jammu & Kashmir UT to file latest status/ Action Taken Reports (ATRs) regarding the pending prosecution sanctions in corruption matters against the IAS/JKAS officers involved in corruption cases. This significant direction was passed in a much publicized Public Interest […]
Marathon hearing in review petitions challenging Roshni scam judgment Beneficiaries were denied opportunity of being heard: Counsels Mohinder Verma JAMMU, July 17: Division Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal has extensively heard the review petitions preferred by the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and other aggrieved persons against the judgment dated October 9, 2020 whereby Roshni Scheme was declared ultra-vires the constitution and CBI inquiry was ordered into the […]
Two FIRs lodged by CBI in arms license case As per SC judgment, no formal permission required now Mohinder Verma JAMMU, June 23: The Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is not furnishing requisite information to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) of Government of India as such creating hurdles in grant of prosecution sanction against the All India Service officers of J&K Cadre (now AGMUT) who have been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in […]