Srinagar, Oct. 24 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed an impugned order passed in contempt proceedings against Dr Sheikh Mohammad Imran and directed the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to decide his pending service-related case within three months.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani passed the order on October 22, 2026, while disposing of a petition filed by Shakeel Ahmad Romshoo, Vice-Chancellor of the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora, Kashmir.

The petition challenged an order dated August 4, 2026, which had dismissed two miscellaneous applications and directed the issuance and execution of non-bailable warra...