India, Oct. 12 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has dismissed a writ petition filed by a resident of Chittergul-Shangus in Anantnag district seeking protection of a pathway allegedly used by his family and other residents for several decades, observing that the disputed questions of fact and law must be determined by the competent civil court on the basis of evidence.

A bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal held that the controversy concerning the existence and location of the pathway, the petitioner's claimed easementary rights, possession of the land and alleged obstruction could not appropriately be adjudicated in writ proceedings, particularly when the same subject matter was already pending before the civil court at Shangus.

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