Editorial Team 
A criminal-defamation complaint arose from allegations submitted to the State Information Commission and their alleged circulation among third parties.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld a Public Safety Act detention challenged principally because no FIR had been registered and the grounds were said to be vague.
Two cheque-dishonour prosecutions arising from a cancelled property transaction were challenged on alleged part-payment and premature filing.
The complainant and accused jointly sought quashing of a pending charge-sheet arising from a village dispute involving allegations under Sections 451, 354, 323 and 147 RPC.
The petitioner sought quashing of a matrimonial charge-sheet alleging offences under Sections 498-A and 109 IPC and Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
Following a verified matrimonial settlement, the petitioners sought quashing of a charge-sheet under Sections 498-A, 109 and 504 IPC pending before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rajouri.
The State’s appeal against acquittal in an SPO’s abduction and killing failed because the prosecution did not reliably establish the surviving respondents’ identity and participation.
An accused in a commercial-quantity NDPS prosecution sought extension of medical bail.
Allowing the second appeal, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court restored the trial court’s decree recognising the appellant’s inheritance and possession claim.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court declined to prohibit the Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge extension at Poonch after considering subsequent hydraulic assessment and the committee constituted under its earlier directions.
