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Justice Sanjay Dhar upheld a Public Safety Act detention order against Bilal Ahmad Lone, rejecting claims of continuous custody, non-supply of material, and vague grounds of detention.
Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal dismissed a Section 482 petition, holding that competing factual versions over the NH-40 road contract investment cannot be resolved at the quashing stage.
Six months after closing the PIL on assurances of progress, a Division Bench revived it after no visible construction activity appeared at the Raika site.
The J&K and Ladakh High Court upheld a pay-reduction penalty against a bank officer but set aside the withholding of his superannuation benefits, holding that forfeiture requires prior quantification of loss.
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a plea to defer a Section 138 NI Act conviction appeal, holding that an appellant need not appear personally when counsel is on record.
Justice Sanjay Dhar set aside a two-year sentence against a Block Development Office clerk, holding the trial court's verdict was perverse and internally contradictory on every essential ingredient of the corruption charge.
Justice Sanjay Dhar held that a positive DNA report alone cannot justify continued incarceration when the prosecutrix denied assault in court and her age at the time of the alleged incident remained genuinely debatable.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that transporting bovines without permission does not automatically constitute a public order threat justifying preventive detention under the PSA.
The High Court quashed a Drugs and Cosmetics Act complaint where the Central Drugs Laboratory never received the sample, the drug expired in 2012, and cognizance was taken only in 2020.
Justice Sanjay Dhar set aside a Family Court order transferring custody to the father, holding that the mother's misconduct did not outweigh the children's welfare in Kashmir.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court refused to quash criminal proceedings against three directors of Corona Remedies Pvt. Ltd., holding that their vicarious liability under Section 34 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act must be decided at trial.
A GREF officer challenged his Memorandum of Charges on the ground that the preceding Court of Inquiry violated Rule 180 of the Army Rules; Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed the petition, holding the Army Rules provision inapplicable where the CCS(CCA) Rules govern the proceedings.
The High Court quashed confiscation of 6,150 willow clefts and a truck, holding that conviction must precede confiscation of non-government forest property under the J&K Willow Act.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh held that Army Goodwill School, Wayne, Kupwara, is a self-financed private institution, and a service dispute with its contractual teachers carries no public law element amenable to Article 226.
Justice Rahul Bharti stayed hotel operations at a Srinagar building allegedly converted from residential use under a 2023 building permit and directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau to collect all NOC records.
The High Court found that physical standard relaxations granted on domicile grounds, not caste, cannot force SC candidates into reserved quota, directing supernumerary appointments if no vacancies exist.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh found that allegations of temple land misappropriation were civil in character and that the criminal complaint was an abuse of process.
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court admitted the fourth accused in a POCSO gang-rape case to bail after DNA profiling found no foreign DNA and the victim retracted implicating three co-accused during trial.
Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed two appeals against a 2012 acquittal, holding that the prosecutrix's own conduct showed she had accompanied the accused of her own free will.
Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed a writ petition challenging a CRPF constable's termination during probation, holding the one-month notice under Rule 16 and a pending criminal case each independently justified the dismissal.
A Division Bench of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh dismissed a writ petition filed by a Civil Judge removed from service after a Full Court inquiry found him guilty of accepting ₹2.50 lakh each from three job-seekers on the false promise of securing Class IV posts in the district judiciary.
The Srinagar Bench held that closing an NDPS investigation for want of admissible evidence itself demonstrates the Investigating Officer's bona fides, not malafide.
The court held that Section 7 of the Foreigners Act binds only the "keeper" of premises, not trustees or board members without a direct operational role.
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging a PSA detention order, holding that opening fire on police personnel in a public setting squarely disrupts public order, not merely law and order.
