Editorial Team

An adult couple sought protection from relatives who opposed their relationship and allegedly threatened interference with their matrimonial life.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court closed contempt proceedings after retirement benefits had been paid and the employee’s promotion claim considered by the Departmental Promotion Committee and rejected through a reasoned order.

In contempt proceedings over a contractor’s payment claim, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court required compliance with the earlier writ direction after the respondents admitted execution of work and liability of Rs. 4,76,202.

A contractor sought Rs. 14,42,649 for construction work, relying on the allotment, departmental bills and correspondence.

A hospital-canteen bidder resisted rent recovery and eviction by asserting that only his son occupied the premises under an older low-rent arrangement.

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld rejection of a one-time-settlement proposal where the secured assets’ net present value exceeded the dues and the proposal did not encompass the borrower’s aggregate credit liabilities as required by the Bank’s policy.

An apple supplier’s accounts-and-injunction suit had been referred to arbitration, with the trial court appointing the Fruit Association at Sopore as arbitrator and requiring an undertaking.

The appellants challenged a writ order leaving their application for demarcation of land at Narkara to the Tehsildar, Budgam.

A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court revived a GST appeal dismissed solely as time-barred, remanding computation of tax for a hearing on merits.

Challenging an eviction notice under the migrants-property legislation, the petitioner argued that the Tehsildar lacked authority.