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The Srinagar bench held that a demand draft seized in the VOK investigation into illegal sale of MD/MS entrance question papers cannot be released while trial is pending.
Justice Sanjay Parihar dismissed a writ petition by M/s SPBL Energy, finding JPDCL justified in cancelling the Letter of Intent after the L-1 bidder's blacklisting history surfaced during the award process.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh found that the Drugs Inspector's inordinate delay in filing the complaint extinguished the manufacturer's statutory right to retest the drug sample under Section 25(3).
Justice M A Chowdhary held that the Additional Sessions Judge, Kathua dismissed a custody-shift application in a slipshod manner, ignoring family convenience and trial access as paramount factors.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court dismissed a father's habeas corpus petition after finding his adult daughter had freely chosen to live with her husband, her statement already on record before a co-ordinate bench.
The High Court drew a clear line between dismissal at pre-cognizance stage and acquittal under Section 279 BNSS, holding only the former is revisable under Section 528.
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh held that height and chest relaxations granted to J&K residents cannot be treated as SC-category concessions, entitling higher-scoring petitioners to appointment or supernumerary posts.
The J&K and Ladakh High Court overruled a maintainability objection but dismissed the GM/CEO's writ, holding the Board of Management had no statutory power to extend service beyond 58 years.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court dismissed the UT government's challenge to a tribunal order directing full pension and gratuity to a retired polytechnic college principal, finding no departmental or judicial proceedings were pending against him.
Justice Sanjay Dhar held that a Trial Magistrate cannot convict on the basis of a Section 251 CrPC statement that is neither unambiguous nor unconditional, remanding the case for fresh trial.
Justice Sanjay Dhar held that a juvenile's past FIR cannot anchor a Public Safety Act detention order, particularly when no fresh post-bail activity was shown.
A writ petition pending since 2006 ends with a mandamus directing Union of India to pay ex-gratia assistance to an ex-soldier whose battle casualty status was never in dispute.
Justice Sanjay Parihar held that a trial court cannot prejudge a pending criminal investigation in guardianship proceedings and must decide custody solely on the child's welfare.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh held that a four-month delay between the SSP's dossier and the detention order, left entirely unexplained, rendered the preventive detention illegal under the PIT NDPS Act.
The Srinagar bench rejected a petition challenging an FIR for SIM-swap fraud, holding that allegations of cognizable offences cannot be tested at the quashing stage.
Justice Sanjay Dhar at Srinagar found no statutory presumption under the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 attaches to a Managing Director absent specific allegations of editorial control.
The High Court at Srinagar held that violations of the Mines and Minerals Act are penal matters, not threats to Public Order, and freed a man detained under the J&K Public Safety Act.
A PIL on five years of stalled gazetted-cadre recruitment in the Union Territory of Ladakh is closed after the UT Administration confirmed statutory framework and UPSC steps are in place.
A Division Bench at Srinagar dismissed appeals against charge framing under the UAPA, holding that forensic data, recovered posters, and cash provided sufficient prima facie material.
A retired government driver's challenge to SRO 28 of 1996 fails; the court holds that three in-situ financial upgradations bar any claim of financial loss from non-promotion.
The High Court found the detention order was a mirror image of the police dossier, with the District Magistrate exercising no independent application of mind under the J&K Public Safety Act.
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh set aside a Poonch Magistrate's cryptic order rejecting a Final Closure Report and ordering reinvestigation without examining the evidence or recording any reasons.
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh declined to impose a court-fixed timeline on the Central Information Commission while directing it to improve its working and address the backlog of second appeals from J&K.
Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed a habeas corpus petition against a PSA detention order, holding that pending criminal prosecution does not bar recourse to preventive detention where public order is threatened.
