Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Court on Monday gave seven days to Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shyambir Singh, an Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officer, to file his reply to a contempt reference made by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ganderbal.
The Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal appeared before the division bench comprising Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Sanjeev Kumar after it took up the matter to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against him.
On Friday, the High Court had ordered his personal presence and a notice was issued in criminal reference made by Chief Judicial Magistrate Ganderbal Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi under Contempt of Courts Act after the Deputy Commissioner allegedly tried to implicate the magistrate in a ‘false case’.
“Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, Shyambir has appeared before this Court in person. This Court apprised him about the reference forwarded to this Court by the learned CJM, Ganderbal, and the charge levelled against him. To this, the contemnor replied that it has not been done intentionally to demean the Court,” the Division bench of High Court said.
The Court gave seven days’ time to Deputy Commissioner to file his reply.