High Courts

An Ineligible Party Has No Right to Challenge The Terms & Conditions of a Tender; Contract Cannot be Tailor–made to Suit The Eligibility of an...

The Bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal of the High of J&K and Ladakh while refusing to exercise its extra ordinary powers under Article 226 of the...

Subjecting Non-IBPS Banking Associates Having 07 Years Experience to Same Screening Test as Banking Associates Having 03 Years of Experience for Promotion to Next...

The Bench of Justice Rahul Bharti while exercising its power of judicial review held the selection process initiated by the Respondent-J&K Bank under “Seniority-cum-Selectivity" channel with respect to...

For Making Divorce (Talak) Under Muslim Personal Law Valid, Mere Presence of Two Witnesses is Not Sufficient. Active Reconciliatory Effort to Protect The Marital...

A single bench of Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul has held that the mere presence of witnesses in the pronouncement of Divorce will not make...

Court Has No Power or Jurisdiction to Modify An Arbitral Award Either under Section 34 or 37 of Arbitration Act. Doing Same Would Tantamount...

A single Bench of Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul while dealing with Cross appeals against the judgment passed by the trial court under Section 34...

Before An Appellate Forum/Authority Comes To Deal With Any Time Barred Appeal, Nothing is Meant to be Done With Respect to Operation of Impugned...

A Single Bench of Justice Rahul Bharti while taking Judicial note of fact that there is a lack of clarity at the end of...

While Taking Recourse to General Clauses Act, 1897 the Division Bench of J&K High Court Held That The Term “State” Includes “Union Territory” For...

A Division Bench of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh while dealing with an Appeal filed against the order of dismissal of...

A Witness Cannot be Expected to Have a Photographic Memory of The Incident; Insignificant Contradictions in Statements Do Not Discredit The Witnesses : J&K&L HC

The Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar while deciding an appeal against the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Court of 1st Additional Sessions...

Presumption Cannot Be Drawn Merely Because The Death Of Wife Has Been Caused Within The Seven Years Of A Marriage But The Foundational Facts...

Single Bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal while adjudicating a criminal appeal in terms of which judgement passed by the trial court convicting the appellant...

Employees Of A Company Cannot Be Prosecuted Under Insecticides Act, 1968 For Commission Of Offence By The Company Without Arraying Company As An Accused: J&K&L HC

Single bench of Justice Rajnesh Oswal while adjudicating a petition under Section 482 CRPC in terms of which petitioner had called in question the...

Every Award Passed by Lok Adalat is Deemed to be A Decree of Civil Court, As Such The Procedure For Execution of Such An...

A single Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar of High Court of J&K and Ladakh has held that the procedure for execution of award of the...

A Candidate is Estopped under Law to Question the Selection Procedure After Having Subjected Himself to Said Procedure And Allowing His Merit, Eligibility and Suitability to be Assessed: J&K&L HC

The Division Bench of J&K and Ladakh High Court, comprising of the Chief Justice, and Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, in an intra-court appeal against a judgment of Single Bench,...

An Application Under Section 12 of DV Act Cannot be Barred by Limitation in terms of Sec 468 CrPC As The Same Cannot be...

A single bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar has held that an application under Section 12 of DV Act Cannot be Barred by Limitation in terms...