Co-Owner Cannot Claim Others’ Undivided Shares As Their Tenant — J&K High Court
Successors claiming tenancy-based ownership under Sections 4 and 8 of the Agrarian Reforms Act challenged restoration of other co-sharers’ land.
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J&K High Court Accepts Apology, Recalls Perjury Notice Without Reopening Dismissed Case
A review petition challenged adverse observations and a perjury show-cause notice issued when the underlying petition was dismissed.
Disputed Rent Deposit Direction Falls Outside Specified Appealable Orders — J&K High Court
A tenant appealed an interlocutory direction to deposit arrears and monthly occupational charges.
J&K High Court Upholds Acquisition Lapse, Modifies Relief For Land Already Used As Road
A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court affirmed that acquisition had lapsed: invoking urgency powers did not displace the two-year...
Delayed Appellant Must Establish Sufficient Cause Before Shifting Onus — J&K High Court
An agrarian appellate authority condoned roughly thirty-one years’ delay in challenging mutations by faulting the opposite parties for not proving the appellant’s earlier knowledge.
J&K High Court Declines To Restrain Construction In Dispute Over Registered Sale Deeds
Plaintiffs challenging registered sale deeds nearly two decades later sought to prevent the purchaser in settled possession from building on the land.
J&K High Court Quashes Municipal Employees’ Dismissals Over Authority And Inquiry Defects
Two municipal employees successfully challenged dismissals following an embezzlement inquiry.
Pre-2006 Pension Revision Must Follow Applicable Central Memoranda — J&K High Court
A former Sainik School employee sought pension revision using grade pay applicable to serving employees after the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Withdrawn Railway Policy Does Not Confer Vested Employment Rights On Land Losers — J&K High Court
Family members of railway land losers sought appointment under a policy withdrawn in 2019.
Later Acquittal Does Not Revive Stale Challenge To Bank Dismissal — J&K High Court
A dismissed bank officer relied on a later criminal acquittal to challenge his seventeen-year-old dismissal and seek service and retirement benefits.