Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, June 30: High Court today imposed a penalty on Collector Land Acquisition Shopian and sought his personal appearance to the plea with regard to acquisition of proprietary land from the owners by not filing an objection for the last nine years despite court directions. The division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Javed Iqbal Wani has rapped the authorities for not filing reply to the plea of the owners resulting into pendency of the case […]
Free speech activists have said that the court order might turn into a tool for the government to “curb the dissemination of genuine news” at a time when there are already laws to deal with the spread of 'fake news'.
‘Authority fails to come up to mark’ Manasbal Authority too impleaded as respondent Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, May 24: In a PIL regarding protection of the Wular Lake and removal of all hutments and encroachments within the catchment area, Division Bench of High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi has expressed annoyance over wasting of Central funds for conservation of lake. “We are pained to notice that the Government has created the Wular Lake Conservation and […]