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TopicJ&K High Court

Topic: J&K High Court

CRPF defends sacking constable with Pakistani wife in HC, says he ‘forged sign on nikahnama’

New Delhi: He harboured a Pakistani national and married her without telling his bosses, and that amounts to grave misconduct. That's what the Central...

Witness protection to table tennis reform: Gita Mittal is the retired judge for all reasons

She retired as chief justice of J&K High Court in December 2020. Since then, she has been called on by the Supreme Court in at least two matters, and made head of several committees.

CPI(M) wants J&K HC chief justice removed over remarks on Constitution, writes to President

Speaking at an event earlier this month, Justice Pankaj Mithal had said additions of 'socialist' and 'secular' in Preamble of the Constitution narrowed 'vastness of its spiritual image'.

This is what triggered J&K U-turn on high court scrapping Roshni Act

J&K administration last week asked the HC to review its ruling that scrapped the Roshni Act, under which encroachments on state land were regularised.

Modi govt red-flags J&K lawyer who converted to Islam but SC ignores & picks her as judge

Moksha Kazmi-Khajuria, a Jammu Hindu who converted to Islam to marry a Kashmiri Muslim businessman, was recommended for J&K High Court judgeship on 15 October.

HC picked Press Council chief to hold J&K cricket body polls. 16 months on, no action

Justice C.K. Prasad was among 2 retired judges appointed as JKCA administrators by the J&K High Court in October 2017. They are yet to organise elections.

Sindhu Sharma to become first woman judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court

Sharma, who enrolled with the Bar in 1996, has practiced in the district courts and the state high court. 

Kathua rape-murder: SC to hear plea seeking transfer of trial from J&K

Deepika Singh Rajawat, a lawyer representing the victim’s kin, will personally appear before the apex court to inform it about the alleged threats she has received.

J&K situation still not conducive for Anantnag bypoll: State govt to EC

Election Commission postponed the by-election twice — in April & May this year — due to security concerns.

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Indian drugmakers relieved but wary as US exempts pharma sector from new trade tariffs

Industry insiders say any rise in duties on Indian generics will squeeze profits for Indian companies, but will also make the drugs costlier for patients in US.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.