Jammu Tawi, Sept. 15 -- With the post of advocate general of Jammu and Kashmir lying vacant for nearly two years, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday gave the government five weeks to respond to a plea seeking the immediate appointment to the key constitutional post.
Jammu and Kashmir Advocate General D C Raina submitted his resignation in October 2024, two days after a National Conference-led government assumed office in the Union Territory.
The post remained vacant bringing to the fore a rift between the Lok Bhavan and the elected government in the absence of business rules.
Hearing the public interest litigation (PIL) virtually, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Rajnesh...