J&K High Court Notifies Video Conferencing (Nyaya Shruti) Rules 2025 To Eliminate Delays In Court Proceedings

In a major leap towards digitizing the judicial process, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has notified the "Video Conferencing (Nyaya Shruti) Rules, 2025", revolutionizing the way trials, inquiries, and other judicial proceedings will be conducted in the Union Territories.The notification, issued by the High Court through its Registrar General Shahzad Azeem formalizes...

Filing List Of Documents In Chargesheet Not Substantial Compliance With S.294 CrPC: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that merely filing a list of documents is not substantial compliance with Section 294 CrPC.The Court held that it was necessary to give notice to the adverse party by providing them the list of the documents which are sought to be admitted or denied by the adverse party as per the section 330 of BNSS, which is equivalent of section 294 of Crpc, to...

Compulsory Retirement Valid For Leaving Battalion Without Informing About New Address, Employer Cannot Launch 'Manhunt' For Employee: J&K HC

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court upheld the order of compulsory retirement from the service imposed upon the petitioner for his continuous absence from the battalion without permission for overstaying his leave for the period of 326 days.The petitioner, a CRPF constable, contended that the order issued by respondent No.3 was based upon an ex parte inquiry and that the petitioner has not...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup March 31 - April 6, 2025

Nominal Index:M/s Devyani International Limited vs Airport Authority of India and others 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 127Rattan Chand & Ors vs UT OF J&K & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 128Mohd Iqbal Koka Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 129Mohammad Imran Ganai And Anr. Vs Government Through Police Station Dangiwacha 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 130Chief Engineer PW(R&B) Department and another vs...

Complainant Does Not Acquiesce To Jurisdiction Under NI Act By Merely Participating In Proceedings Or Negotiating A Settlement: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that merely because the complainant participated in the proceedings by giving evidence on affidavit before the trial magistrate not having the jurisdiction to try the case does not mean he has acquiesced to the jurisdiction of the court.The respondent had argued that after already participating in the proceedings, it was not open to the petitioner...

Accused Cannot Be Put Under Preventive Detention On Grounds That Releasing Him On Bail Affects Public Confidence: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that mere fact that a person has secured bail from the court cannot be grounds for imposing preventive detention on the pretext of an apprehension that enlargement of the detenu will have an impact upon public faith. The respondents had argued that that since detenu “managed” to get bail in the said case showing that normal law has...

Supreme Court Colleguim Recommends Appointment Of P&H HC Judge Justice Arun Palli As Chief Justice Of J&K&L HC

Supreme Court Colleguim on Saturday recommended appointment of Justice Arun Palli, Judge, High Court of Punjab & Haryana, as Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.Justice Palli was designated as a Senior Advocate on April 26, 2007. He served as Amicus Curiae in various contentious matters before the High Court, addressing diverse subjects and legal propositions...

SRO Benefits Wrongfully Granted To Employee Cannot Be Recovered By Withdrawing Amounts From Salary: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that if benefits under Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) scheme is wrongfully granted to the employee by the department without any fraud or misrepresentation played by the employee, the department is not at liberty to recover the same by effecting it from the salary of the employee or pensioner at any given point of time.The Appellant department...

Officers Cannot Claim Seniority Based On Unfilled Vacancies From Previous Years, Actual Date Of Promotion Only Valid Criterion For Hierarchy: J&K HC

Clarifying the fundamental principles governing bureaucratic promotions, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has decisively ruled that administrative officers cannot claim seniority based on unfilled vacancies from previous years, establishing that the actual date of promotion remains the only valid criterion for determining service hierarchy.Settling a complex seniority...

J&K High Court Denies Bail To Hotelier Who Allegedly Harbored Foreign Terrorists, Provided Them SIM Cards

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed the bail plea of Javaid Ahmad Bhat, a Srinagar-based hotelier accused of sheltering two foreign terrorists in his hotel and residence, and facilitating their activities by arranging SIM cards.The bench, comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M.A. Chowdhary, upheld the Special NIA Court's order rejecting bail, observing that...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: March 2025

Nominal Index:XXXX Vs UT of J&K 2025 Livelaw (JKL) 66Abdul Hamid Bhat Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 67ARSHID AHMAD GANIE Vs UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR (HOME) 2025 Livelaw (JKL) 68Peer Rattan Nath Mahant Sh. Shiv ji Maharaj Peer kho Vs Wazir Onkar Singh 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 69Meena Kumari vs Sainik Cooperative House Society Ltd 2025 Livelaw (JKL) 70Bilal Hassan Anim vs...

"No Evidence Of Illegal Activities": J&K High Court Dismisses PIL Alleging Exploitation Of Women, Illegal Acts At Adhyatmik Vishva Vidyalaya

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging illegal activities, including exploitation and confinement of women, at the centres of Adhyatmik Vishva Vidyalaya run by spiritual leader Virender Dev Dikshit.The bench, comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M A Chowdhary concluded that the petition lacked merit after a...