JAMMU, Feb. 11 -- Justice Rajesh Sekhri of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court had quashed the constitution and report of a Bill Verification Committee that drastically reduced the dues of a Srinagar hotel hired to accommodate protected political persons, directing the authorities to clear the pending claims within eight weeks or pay interest at 6% per annum. In a significant judgment delivered by Justice Rajesh Sekhri, the Court allowed the petition filed by Hotel New Metro, holding that the respondents could not dispute the hotel's claim after admittedly hiring its premises for housing protected persons and deploying round-the-clock security.
The petitioner hotel had been hired from November 2020 for accommodation of protected politica...