Tag: Jammu and Kashmir High Court

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court issues notice to committee of school

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a contempt notice to an organisation of private schools for wrong interpretation of its orders over charging of fees for the months of September-October last year during which educational institutions were closed due to floods. The notice was issued yesterday to G N Var of Joint Committee of Private […]

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HC asks J-K govt to clear stand on hoisting state flag

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the state government to ensure that the sanctity of the state flag is maintained and preserved in letter and spirit and come out with a “clear stand” on hoisting it on official buildings and official cars. “Respondents (are directed) to ensure that the sanctity of the state flag […]

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Insatiable human greed is bent upon to destroy Jhelum: J&K HC

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Observing that “insatiable” human greed is bent upon destroying river Jhelum,  today directed the state government to remove all encroachments along the river-banks. A Division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court comprising Justices M H Attar and Ali Mohammad Magrey directed Chief Engineer Irrigation and Flood Control (Kashmir) to ensure removal of all encroachments […]

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court frowns on religious ‘nationalism’

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In a landmark judgment, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has said the use of terms like “Hindu nationalist”, “Muslim nationalist”, “Sikh nationalist” and “Christian nationalist” were abhorrent to the Indian constitution. The copy of the judgment, delivered a day ago, was made available to the media Friday. “In our constitutional scheme, a citizen of […]

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High court permits usage of water cess levied on NHPC

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in an ‘important order’ Saturday, permitted the state government to utilise for welfare schemes the money collected from National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC) as water usage charges. The operative part of the High Court order reads: ‘Permission is accordingly granted with the condition that in case the petitioner succeeds, […]

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Kashmir Pandit Group Files PIL Against Arundhati Roy

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Activists of a Kashmiri Pandit organisation filed a public interest litigation (PIL) case, seeking action against writer-cum-activist Arundhati Roy over her reported remarks in New York on self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The PIL, filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here, said that the remarks were “untenable” because they were […]

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‘High court judge can’t probe Kashmir custodial death’

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has turned down the state government’s request that a sitting judge of the court probe the custodial death of National Conference (NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf, official sources said on Monday. According to sources, chief justice KM Kalifullah has told the state government that it is not within his […]

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