SRINAGAR — The J&K High Court has intervened after all private hospitals in the union territory decided to refuse patients under the national health insurance programme, Ayushman Bharat Yojana, from September 1. Private hospitals in J&K jointly decided to refuse patient admissions from September 1 claiming that multiple crores of outstanding under this programme had […]
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Contempt Case: DC Ganderbal Shyambir Singh tenders written apology in court
SRINAGAR — An IAS officer facing contempt of court proceedings before the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh tendered a written apology in the chief judicial magistrate’s court in Ganderbal on Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shyambir Singh submitted an affidavit in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Fayaz Ahmad Qureshi, tendering his sincere […]
J&K High Court grants two days to DC Ganderbal to decide on submitting apology in criminal contempt case
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday granted two days’ time to Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal Shyambir Singh to decide if he was willing to submit an affidavit of apology to a subordinate court in a criminal contempt case. A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Sanjeev Kumar, […]
J&K judges should take note of growing arrests of Kashmir lawyers: Mirwaiz
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on July 19 sought the intervention of judges of the J&K and Ladakh High Court into a series of arrests of lawyers in the past month, in the wake of erstwhile J&K High Court Bar Association’s plans to hold internal elections. “If lawyers are […]
Senior advocate Mohd Ashraf Bhat arrested, booked under PSA
SRINAGAR — Senior advocate and former general secretary of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association Mohammad Ashraf Bhat was arrested from his residence here and booked under the Public Safety Act, officials said on Thursday. Bhat was arrested from his residence in Rawalpora area of the city late on Wednesday night and booked under […]
Justice Tashi Rabstan appointed as acting Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High Court
NEW DELHI — The President of India has appointed Justice Tashi Rabstan, senior-most Judge of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as Acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. This appointment was made consequent to the elevation of Justice N Kotiswar Singh as Judge of Supreme Court of India. […]
Chairman J&K High Court Bar Association Nazir Ahmad Ronga arrested under PSA
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association ad hoc chairman Nazir Ahmad Ronga, 75, was arrested after a midnight raid at his house in Srinagar, his family said on Thursday. His son Umair Ronga, who is also a lawyer, said that his father has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA). “He […]
Policeman gets bail in ‘fake encounter’ case after 18 years in J&K
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted bail to a policeman arrested for allegedly killing an “innocent” man and dubbing him a “terrorist” 18 years ago. Justice Atul Sreedharan passed the order on July 3, saying, “This is a clear cut case of violation of Article 21 on account of […]
Cheating, corruption impossible to be committed without serious premeditation: HC
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has denied bail to a government official who was recently arrested for taking bribe in Ramban district, observing that cheating, corruption and other white collar offences are impossible to be committed without serious premeditation. Mohd Ishaq Bhat, who was posted as an qanoongo (revenue officer) […]
Babar Qadri murder case: J&K HC bar association ex-president remanded in police custody till July 1
JAMMU — A special court here remanded the former president of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association’s Srinagar wing in police custody till July 1 in the murder case of a fellow advocate in 2020. Mian Abdul Qayoom was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder conspiracy of Babar Qadri on Tuesday. […]