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HC Quashes Hydel Water Charges As Centre' Says J&K Lacked Competence

India, Oct. 29 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Thursday struck down the levy of water usage charges on hydropower projects under the Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management... Read More


J&K HC Pulls Up Doctors For Failing To Act Under MTP Law

India, Oct. 16 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has expressed serious concern over registered medical practitioners, particularly doctors working in medical college-associated and district hospital... Read More


J&K HC Bans Motorboats, Jet Skis on Dal Lake

India, Oct. 15 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has barred the operation of fuel-powered motorboats, including motorised shikaras and jet skis, on Dal Lake until further orders, citin... Read More


Husband, 2 In-Laws Get Life Term For Smothering Woman To Death

India, Oct. 15 -- A court here on Thursday sentenced a woman's husband, mother-in-law and brother-in-law to life imprisonment for smothering her to death at Nund-Reshi Colony-B, Bemina, in 2022. The ... Read More


J&K HC Quashes PSA Order Over Unexplained Delay

India, Oct. 9 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Friday quashed a preventive detention order under the Public Safety Act (PSA) against youth from Anantnag, observing that unexplained delays by the... Read More


J&K HC Directs Fast-Tracking Dowry, Cruelty Cases

India, Oct. 5 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has directed all trial courts in Jammu and Kashmir to accord priority to cases involving dowry death and cruelty to women by husbands or their relativ... Read More


J&K HC: 'Vague Allegations, No Basis For Preventive Detention'

Srinagar, Oct. 3 -- Srinagar- Underlining that vague allegations cannot form the basis of preventive detention and that unexplained delay in considering a detainee's representation infringes his valua... Read More


'Attempt' Became 'Completed Rape': HC Acquits Budgam Man

Srinagar, Oct. 1 -- Srinagar- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has overturned the conviction of a man in a 2007 rape case, observing that the prosecution case had evolved from an initial allegation of... Read More


2018 Murder Over Rs.80K Loan: Man Convicted

Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- Srinagar- A Sessions Court in Ganderbal district on Wednesday convicted a man of murdering, in 2018, a person from whom he had taken a loan of Rs 80,000 after allegedly facing re... Read More


Brother's Antecedents No Bar to Orderly's Regularisation: HC

Srinagar, Sept. 30 -- Srinagar- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has allowed the regularisation of its orderly to continue, holding that denial of security clearance based solely on the alleged antece... Read More