Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Saturday quashed four Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders after reiterating that the detaining authority must explain satisfactorily the inordinate delay in executing the detention order, otherwise the order will be untenable in the eyes of law. The court referred to Article 22(5) of the Indian Constitution and said […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court issued notice to government through the health and Medical education department, Paramedical Council and Principles of AMT Colleges to file objections in a plea moved by paramedical students challenging notification issued by Controller Para Medical Council to conduct offline examination of the students. The aggrieved 253 students while challenging the […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday held that the “detaining authority cannot pass a detention on two expressions” while quashing a Public Safety Act (PSA) detention order against a resident of Shopian district. The court noted that the expressions, ‘law and order, ‘public order’, and ‘security of the State’ are distinct concepts and not […]
Also turns down plea for human rights commission in J&K Srinagar: The J&K High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) related to the Shopian fake encounter, on the grounds that a plea by the victims’ families was already pending before the court for ‘consideration’. The court pointed out that the claim made in […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Friday quashed Public Safety Act (PSA) detention orders against five Kashmiri men. The detention order under PSA against Khalid Hussain Malik was quashed by the High Court after the government admitted that the detention order was passed on 18 March, 2018, but was executed on 4 August, 2019, while […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Thursday quashed a Public Safety detention order against an alleged Over Ground Worker (OGW) of militant outfits including Hizbul Mujahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammad. The Division Bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Sanjeev Kumar while setting aside a single bench judgement of 28 May, 2018 recorded that the single judge […]
Directs release of pending salaries of employees Srinagar: “A government employee rendering his services and not given his salary amounts to ‘Begaar’ (forced labour),” said J&K High Court while allowing a plea filed by employees of a Local Urban department seeking release of their withheld salary from 2018. The court of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of a government notification dated 25 November, 2020, with regard to disengaging lecturers/ teacher assistants working in the Higher Education Department. The court passed the order while hearing a contempt plea wherein the petitioners (lecturers/ teaching assistants) had submitted that the respondents had violated the […]
Srinagar: A Special NIA Court at Srinagar acquitted six persons of the charges of murder of Moulvi Showkat Ahmad Shah, president of Jamiat-ul-Ahl-i-Hadees who was killed in an IED blast in 2009 while he was on his way to lead congregational prayers in Maisuma, Srinagar. Judge Ashwani Kumar Sharma while setting free the six persons, […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Thursday directed the government to examine the two sets of rules framed by the Special Committee constituted by the court with regard to regularisation of daily wagers working for the Judiciary. The court directed the government to examine the rules in view of Supreme Court observations dated 14 January, […]