Editorial Team

A licensing-renewal petition exposed concerns about opaque criteria for motorboats and jet skis operating in Dal Lake.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court declined a legal heir’s request to transfer his late father’s rice/flour-mill licence into his own name.

Dismissing the challenge to an Anganwadi Helper’s replacement, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld the Deputy Commissioner’s comparative assessment under the applicable selection guidelines.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court dismissed a part-time sweeper’s claim to retrospective regularisation and consequential benefits after he had already been regularised prospectively in 2013.

Claiming a voluntary marriage under Muslim personal law and threats from relatives, the petitioners sought police protection.

Two adults of different faiths sought protection against family interference after registering their marriage in Punjab and choosing to live together in Sopore.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court required compliance with an earlier judgment directing acquisition and compensation for land already taken for a road.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court directed adequate security for a couple alleging threats from relatives after marrying by choice.

In continuing contempt proceedings concerning pensionary and retiral benefits, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court rejected a departmental consideration order inconsistent with the earlier writ judgment.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court disposed of a couple’s protection petition by directing the official respondents to examine their grievance if approached and extend necessary security upon verifying majority and voluntary marriage.