Jammu, Aug. 9 -- A division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court comprising chief justice Arun Palli and justice Rajnesh Oswal on Friday directed the ministry of home affairs to file an updated affidavit on the status of prosecution sanction of eight IAS officers, allegedly involved in the infamous arms licence scam.

The DB directed deputy solicitor general of India Vishal Sharma, who appeared for the ministry of home affairs to file a specific affidavit/status report with regard to the final/formal decision for granting prosecution sanction with regard to eight IAS officers within a period of six weeks.

These directions were passed by the DB in the much publicised public interest litigation (PIL No.09/2012) titled Sheik...