JAMMU, July 23 -- Drawing a firm line against any arbitrary use of force during the Shah Khul anti-encroachment drive, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has directed the authorities to ensure that not even a single inch of proprietary land belonging to citizens is touched.
A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani issued the stern direction while hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by Mir Mohammad Shafi concerning encroachments and restoration of the Shah Khul water channel in Srinagar.
The Bench made it clear that the removal of encroachments could not be used as a pretext to interfere with legally owned private property. It directed the concerned authority to examine ow...