Phone Call On Behalf Of J&K High Court Judge Halts Sessions Judge From Hearing Bail Plea
SRINAGAR: A Sessions Judge at Srinagar expressed his inability to hear a bail plea citing a phone call purportedly conveying that a Jammu and Kashmir High Court Judge has directed that the bail applicant not be granted his prayer (Sheikh Salman v. JKUT through SHO P/S Saddar, Srinagar).
In a widely circulated order,Principal Sessions Judge Abdul Rashid Malik records that he received a mobile call from the Secretary to Justice Javed Iqbal Wani of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court at 9.51 am on Monday when the bail plea moved by one Sheikh Salman was slated to be heard.