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A principal sessions judge in Srinagar has passed an order complaining that a high court judge obstructed him from granting bail to an individual, kicking up a controversy over the judiciary’s functioning in post-370 Kashmir. In the order, judge Abdul Rashid Malik recused himself from hearing a plea for anticipatory bail from Srinagar resident Sheikh Salman, saying Justice Javid Iqbal Wani had directed him, through a phone call by his secretary, not to grant bail to Sheikh. Sheikh faces several charges including attempt to murder. Several lawyers in Srinagar told The Telegraph that Malik’s order was unprecedented and appeared to support allegations about senior judges and the executive increasingly interfering in the functioning of the lower courts. ....