Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir “acted without any competence and jurisdiction,” the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir held after quashing the order passed by the Divisional Commissioner for initiating a probe against the Principal and Chair of Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School for alleged fraud and malpractices. On 6 March, 2020, the former Divisional […]
Srinagar: A special court at Srinagar on Saturday directed in-charge Central Jail Srinagar to release two persons, whom police described as mastermind, in running a blog ‘Kashmirfight’. The Court of additional Sessions Judge TADA/POTA, Srinagar- Manjeet Singh said, “You (in-charge Central Jail) are directed to release the accused’s namely Nazish Yasrab Rehmani and Javaid Khalid […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday directed the Services Selection Board (SSB) to complete the selection process of Assistant Information Officers within three months, after the Chairman of the Board assured the court that the selection process will be completed in the shortest period of time. The court while […]
Srinagar: The High court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday asked the Registry to frame a Rule against Higher Education authorities for failing to comply with court directions on a petition filed by teachers working on academic arrangement basis. Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey recorded that in an order passed on 25 June, 2019, […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) not to finalise the selection for the posts of Forest Range Officers till further orders from the court. A bench of Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey passed this direction after staying the operation […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has issued notices to the Government of India and J&K government to file their responses to a litigation seeking implementation of a court order for compensation to the families of the victims of Tosamaidan firing range. The court recorded that one of the reliefs claimed […]
Srinagar: The government on Tuesday said that 126 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 34 from Jammu division and 92 from Kashmir division, have been reported on Tuesday. Moreover, 148 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 25 from Jammu Division and 123 from Kashmir Division, an official bulletin […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday sought personal appearance of Chairman Service Selection Board for the ‘willful’ delay of the court directions on the matter related to selection process of Assistant Information Officers. The court while hearing the contempt plea noted that the latest status report reveals that the […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has sought instructions from the authorities over the accessibility of physical classes for the students of north Kashmir’s Uri in view of suspension of internet and telecommunications facilities. The bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar directed respondents to file a counter […]
SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday denied bail to an accused in the lynching of police officer Mohammad Ayub Pandith outside Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid in 2017. A bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar recorded that this was a case where a police officer was lynched […]