Jammu, May 16 -- The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court (HC) has adjourned the hearing regarding the nomination of five MLAs to the J&K Assembly to July 17. The case stems from a plea filed by Congress leader Ravinder Sharma challenging the constitutional validity of sections 15, 15-A and 15-B of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, which made provisions for the lieutenant governor to nominate five members of the legislative assembly over and above the sanctioned strength. The ministry of home affairs, in an affidavit already submitted to the HC has stated that the LG's powers were discretionary and can be exercised without the aid and advice of the council of ministers, asserting that the LG's office was not an extension of the government....