Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Archives

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court sets aside VDG Scheme, 2022 insofar as it affects the powers and honorarium of the heads of the Village Defence Groups

Village Defence Guard Scheme- 2022 insofar as it denudes the petitioners of their status as SPOs and consequently reduces their remuneration/honorarium is an arbitrary and colourable exercise of power.

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Sessions Court or Children’s Court has not been vested with revisionary power under Juvenile Justice Act: J&K and Ladakh High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court stated that revisionary power under Juvenile Justice Act vests only with the High Court

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Whether employees of a company alone can be prosecuted and held liable without arraignment of the company as an accused? J&K and Ladakh High Court answers

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that vicarious liability of a company’s directors can be imputed as per the statutory provisions in cases where a company is an offender.

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J&K and Ladakh High Court | FIR is not a sine qua non for processing a case under a life insurance policy if there are sufficient evidence demonstrating accidental death

J&K and Ladakh High Court upheld the decision of the J&K State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, allowing the respondents to claim the payment of double the sum assured, as per their deceased father’s life insurance policy, which had a “Double Accident Benefit Cover” clause

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Can waitlist candidates be considered for filling up vacancies caused by resignation of the selected/appointed candidates? J&K and Ladakh HC answers

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: On the issue of whether wait list candidates can be considered for filling up vacancies

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J&K and Ladakh HC | Consent of two adults entering into wedlock, ought to have pious primacy over consent of family, clan or community

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Apprehension of harassment and violence at the hands of their relatives, led a young couple

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J&K and Ladakh HC | Is there any law requiring registration of News portals? Which authority is examining content of News before it is circulated? HC asks J&K government

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench of Pankaj Mithal, CJ, and Sanjay Dhar, J., asked Jammu and Kashmir