MD Not Liable For Content In Newspaper Unless Specific Role Alleged: J&K&L High Court Quashes Complaint Against TOI's Vineet Jain

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed a criminal complaint and the proceedings emanating therefrom against Vineet Jain, Managing Director of M/s Binnet Coleman and Co. Ltd., which owns the newspaper "Times of India", holding that the petitioner cannot be held liable for the content published in the newspaper in the absence of specific allegations against him.A Bench...

"Maternity Leave Is Constitutional Right, Not State Charity": J&K&L High Court Quashes Order Denying Salary To Doctors

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that maternity leave is not a matter of governmental benevolence but an enforceable constitutional right flowing from the dignity, equality and welfare guarantees enshrined in the Constitution.Striking down a communication denying pay and allowances to Senior Resident Doctors during maternity leave, the Court observed that once...

Accused Cannot Flag Non-Compliance Of S.202 CrPC To Scuttle Cheque Bounce Proceedings At Stage Of Final Arguments: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that although an inquiry under Section 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (corresponding to Section 225 of the BNSS) is mandatory before issuance of process where the accused resides beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the Magistrate, non-compliance with that requirement cannot be invoked to derail proceedings after both parties...

Illegal Mining Cannot Be Labelled As Threat To Public Order To Justify Preventive Detention: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that repeated involvement in illegal mining activities, even if brazen and in persistent violation of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, cannot, by itself, be treated as conduct prejudicial to the maintenance of "public order" so as to justify preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety...

Section 138 NI Act Settlement Can't Be Enforced Through CrPC Recovery Unless Incorporated In Court Order: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a settlement entered into between parties in proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act does not, by itself, become enforceable through the coercive recovery mechanism provided under Sections 421 and 431 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).The Court ruled that such recovery is permissible only when...

Unamended Pleading Loses Efficacy Once Amendment Is Allowed; Party Cannot Capitalise On Its Own Default: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that once an application for amendment is allowed and a direction is issued to file a fresh application within specified time, the unamended pleading loses its efficacy for adjudication.Assigning the reason to the observation, the court underscored that permitting reliance on the unamended version would defeat the very purpose of...

LiveLaw Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup July 6 - July 12, 2026

Nominal Index:Madhu Bakshi & Ors. v. Anti-Corruption Bureau & Anr. (Connected Matters) 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 287Anwar Jan (Choudhhary) v. UT of J&K & Ors.L 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 288Junaid Javid v. Union of India & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 289Mohammad Ishaq Najar & Ors. v. Union Territory of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 290Anjum Rafiq v. Union Territory of J&K &...

J&K&L High Court Closes PIL As Ladakh Administration Establishes Recruitment Framework For Gazetted Posts

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has closed a Public Interest Litigation concerning non-recruitment to gazetted posts in the Union Territory of Ladakh, after the respondent authorities filed a status report stating that the grievance had been completely redressed.The Court was hearing an application for revival of a PIL registered on the basis of a letter addressed to the...

J&K&L High Court Quashes Preventive Detention, Pulls Up Home Department For Failing To Produce Complete Detention Record

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has strongly deprecated the casual manner in which the Home Department produced the detention record in a habeas corpus petition, observing that the constitutional obligation to place the entire detention record before the Court cannot be discharged by merely forwarding photocopies through a clerk without proper verification by the...

Posters Allegedly Seeking To Alienate J&K Residents From India Sufficient To Frame UAPA Charge Against Accused: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that posters allegedly seeking to alienate the residents of Jammu & Kashmir from the rest of India are, at the stage of framing of charges, sufficient to prima facie attract an offence under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The Court observed that while considering whether to frame charges, it is only...

LiveLaw Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: June 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 237 - 286]:State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors. v. Ghulam Mohd. Tantray 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 237Bittu Ram v. UT of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 238Riyaz Ahmad Hajam & Anr. v. Union Territory through SHO Police Station Uri District Baramulla 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 239State of J&K Through Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua v. Balwinder Kumar Alias Bittu...

Victim's Denial Of Abduction Does Not Warrant Quashing Of Kidnapping FIR If Surrounding Circumstances Require Probe: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that an adult woman's categorical assertion that she was not abducted cannot, by itself, constitute a ground for quashing a kidnapping FIR where the surrounding circumstances emerging from the complaint and the investigation disclose disputed questions of fact requiring a thorough probe.The Court observed that the...