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Time to decriminalise defamation: Supreme Court remarks
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that the time has come to decriminalise defamation, legal news portal Bar...
Senior Advocate Nirmal K. Kotwal Withdraws From Defending AAP MLA Mehraj Malik in PSA Case
JAMMU: Senior Advocate Nirmal K. Kotwal on Thursday announced that he will no longer represent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator...
Mother Has Primary Right to Custody Under Muslim Personal Law, Rules High Court
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has held that under Muslim Personal Law, a mother has...
High Court Raps Officials After Innocent Man Jailed Under PSA Mix-Up
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of a man who was...
HC Confers Judicial Magistrate Powers to Munsiff Sogam
Srinagar, Sep 10: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has conferred judicial magistrate powers on Shri Mudasir Yousuf,...
Jammu and Kashmir: Duo Sentenced to Life for Killing Policeman
Srinagar: A local court in Udhampur on Saturday sentenced two men to rigorous life imprisonment for the murder of an...
SC Flags Rampant Deforestation, Flood Risk in Himalayas; Puts J&K, Other States on Notice
Srinagar: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed deep concern over rising flash floods and landslides across the Himalayan states, pointing...
High Court stays FIR against two Punjab labourers alleging custodial torture, Notices issued to J&K Home Department
Jammu, Sep 2: Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has stayed the operation...
‘Kupwara Fidayeen Attack’: 2 Decades On, High Court Finds Ex-SHO Guilty of Conspiracy, Upholds Co-Accused’s Acquittal
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has sentenced former Station House Officer (SHO) of Sogam, Ghulam...
‘Kupwara Fidayeen Attack’: 2 Decades On, High Court Finds Ex-SHO Guilty of Conspiracy, Upholds Co-Accused’s Acquittal
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has sentenced former Station House Officer (SHO) of Sogam, Ghulam...