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June 1, 2026, 04:30 PM - 2 min read
A notification to this effect was issued by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice on June 1, 2026. The development comes after incumbent Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Arun Palli was elevated as a Supreme Court judge.
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May 30, 2026, 03:26 PM - 3 min read
Justice Rahul Bharti described it as “one very striking aspect of the case, from which this Court is not able to distance itself from taking serious cognisance", referring to the chronology reflected in the prosecution record.
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May 20, 2026, 05:20 PM - 2 min read
As per the order, the High Court will encourage virtual hearings and virtual appearances by advocates and litigants with effect from May 21, 2026. The court has directed that proceedings through virtual mode must strictly follow the decorum and protocols already prescribed for online hearings.
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April 22, 2026, 04:14 PM - 3 min read
The Leh violence was triggered by demands of statehood for Ladakh last year. Nurboo and Namgail were arrested subsequently for their alleged role in the riots.In an order pronounced on April 16, Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani said that “bail is a rule and its denial an exception” in cases not involving offences punishable with death or life imprisonment.
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April 20, 2026, 04:04 PM - 2 min read
The list comprises 10 lawyers and 1 judicial officer.The lawyers recommended included an Assistant Solicitor General, a Deputy Solicitor General and a former Additional Advocate General.This list also includes a woman lawyer, Tabasum Zafar. If approved, it would mark the first instance of a Kashmiri woman being elevated to the High Court Bench.
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April 1, 2026, 04:43 PM - 3 min read
The accused men were earlier granted interim bail in the sensitive case. They had appeared today before the trial court in compliance with earlier directives. Judge Jyoti Bhagat was slated to consider whether their interim bail should be made absolute when the assault took place.
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March 28, 2026, 05:04 PM - 3 min read
The Court ruled that there was “worth nothing” in the entire dossier to justify the concern of the police to file a case seeking preventive detention of the teenager. It added that there was no basis for the District Magistrate, Anantnag to pass the detention order.
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March 10, 2026, 04:30 PM - 4 min read
The Court was hearing writ petitions filed by the UT of Jammu & Kashmir challenging orders passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal whereby recoveries were set aside and directions were issued restraining the authorities from altering pay and pension of the employees in matters relating to grant of benefits under SRO-59 and SRO-14.
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March 9, 2026, 04:16 PM - 3 min read
Justice Rahul Bharti passed a series of directions addressing not only the immediate safety of the girl but also broader concerns regarding the exploitation of young women by luring them into marriage traps.In a February 20 order, the Court observed that a moment of vigilance had helped prevent the young girl’s life from going to waste.
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March 7, 2026, 05:36 PM - 3 min read
Justice Rahul Bharti observed that the Court has been coming across such practices in both civil and criminal cases, where annexures attached to a petition are photocopies of the trial court's file, rather than certified copies obtained through the prescribed legal procedure.
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March 6, 2026, 03:52 PM - 2 min read
The accused persons were arrested during the course of the investigation and are presently lodged in judicial custody at Central Jail, Srinagar, the EOW spokesperson said. On 18 February 2026, the EOW arrested five employees of HDFC Bank in connection with an alleged financial fraud at the Shopian branch.
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February 27, 2026, 05:34 PM - 3 min read
Justice Rahul Bharti found that the detention order was passed without any application of mind, rendering it illegal from the start.“This Court has no hesitation in observing that the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, viz-a-viz the petitioner has been invoked by non-seriousness of standard with which even a motorist is not subjected to a routine traffic challan," the Court added.
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