High Courts

Only High Court in Exercise of Extraordinary Jurisdiction under Article 226 Can in Exceptional Circumstances Condone The Delay Occasioned in Filing An Appeal Against...

A division Bench of J&K High Court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Rajesh Sekhri has reiterated that The Appellate Authority cannot condone the...

Whether A Letters Patent Appeal is Maintainable Against An Order/Judgment Passed By A Single Judge in Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction?: JK&L HC Refers The...

A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Dhar while expressing doubts about the correctness...

Authority Exercising Revisional Jurisdiction Under Section 15 of J&K Land Revenue Act Cannot Summarily Decide The Issues Involved in The Case But The Same Needs To...

A Single Bench of Justice Javed Iqbal has held that athough the Power of Revision by Divisional Commissioner and Financial Commissioner  is exercisable Concurrently by both authorities either upon being...

A Court Trying A Suit Under Order 37 CPC is Within its Powers To Pass A Decree Forthwith On Account Of The Failure Of Defendant...

A Single Bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani has held that on failure of defendant to comply with the condition upon which the leave to defend...

PIL Challenging The Validity of J&K Public Safety Act, 1978 Held as Non-Maintainable For Avoiding Parallel Litigation on Same Issue: J&K&L HC

The Division Bench of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh consisting of Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M A Chowdhary has...

A Criminal Complaint Cannot Be Filed For Settling The Civil Dispute Between The Parties. Doing The Same Amounts To Abuse Of Process of Law:...

A single bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal while quashing both Proceedings of a Criminal Complaint and also the Order whereby the process for Commission...

Allowing a Habeas Corpus Petition to Suffer Self-Abortion Due To Its Pendency Should Not Be The Approach of a Constitutional Court in its Adjudication: J&K&L HC

The Bench of Justice Rahul Bharti of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh while disposing off a Habeous Corpus Petition filed under Article 226 of the...

Magistrate Is Well Within Its Jurisdiction To Pass A Residence Order At The Interim Stage Under Section 23 of The DV Act: J&K&L HC

The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar in a petition wherein the Petitioner-Wife had challenged the order passed by the Court of Principal Sessions Judge, Kupwara...

High Court Takes Cognizance of the Item Published By “The Hindu” Newspaper and Social Media, Directs Listing of Matter  Before the Hon’ble Chief Justice (Acting)...

Division Bench consisting of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Mohammed Yousuf Wani took cognizance of the item published by “The Hindu” newspaper carrying headline “NIA,...

An Insurance Contract is Subservient to The Statutory Provisions of Insurance Act & Must be Interpreted and Constructed Having Regard to Larger Public Policy...

The Bench of Justice Rajesh Sekhri while deciding the much contested case between the J&K State Health Agency (hereinafter referred to ‘SHA’) and the IFFCO TOKIO General...

In Absence of There Being Any Case Registered For Commission of Scheduled Offence, Authorities Under PMLA Have No Jurisdiction to Register ECIR And Launch...

The Bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh while deciding a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred...

For Constituting the Offence of Cheating Under the Indian Penal Code, the Complainant has to Show that the Fraudulent or Dishonest Intention Existed at the...

The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh while deciding two clubbed petitions under Section 482 of the...