Editorial Team

The appellant sought bail in an alleged cross-border narcotics-and-arms conspiracy, relying on over five years’ custody, trial delay, lack of recovery and bail granted to co-accused.

A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court disposed of a temporary-bail and preponement request because the daughter’s stated wedding dates had already passed; the applicant had not appeared when the matter was taken up beforehand.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashed a matrimonial prosecution under sections 498-A, 323 and 342 IPC after the spouses settled their dispute and confirmed the compromise through statements before the Registrar Judicial.

Under the J&K Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997, a Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court dismissed the contractor’s appeal against setting aside the final award on limitation grounds.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court directed the power-distribution authorities to release admitted dues of Rs. 2,43,862 for electrical goods supplied under a contract, within four weeks and subject to applicable codal formalities.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court declined to direct removal of the petitioner’s name from the police’s overground-worker list while a UAPA prosecution and his challenge to dismissal under Article 311(2)(c) remained pending before the competent forums.

The Division Bench modified the dismissal of a passport challenge to permit the appellant to complete the remaining period of her MBBS course abroad.

A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld the Tribunal’s award of notional RET appointment from 2 September 2016 and rejected a claim to carry it back to the 2002 selection process.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court disposed of the connected IGNOU daily-rated and contractual employees’ petitions by adopting the directions already issued by a Division Bench concerning similarly situated workers.

The Division Bench replaced the Tribunal’s direction to reconsider pension eligibility with a direction to treat the petitioner technicians as covered by the Old Pension Scheme.