JAMMU, Aug. 1 -- In a significant development, the Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal has disposed of two Letters Patent Appeals (filed by the Union of India against a previous order directing the return of Rakshanda Rashid, a Pakistani national, to India.
This order has been passed by the Division Bench after hearing SGI Tushar Mehta with DSGI Vishal Sharma for the UOI and Sr. AAG Monika Kohli for UT.
The case gained attention after the Writ Court directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to bring back Ms. Rashid, who had been deported to Pakistan earlier this year. She originally entered India in 1990 on a visitor visa and remained in the country on a long-te...