The 2011 substitution put a cap in Section 15 but gave no remedy with it, and the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that pre-2019 consumer claims above Rs 50 lakh are maintainable before the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the upper pecuniary limit being unlimited. Jammu and Kashmir: Holding that pre-2019 […]
A peace-security case before the Executive Magistrate and a criminal trial over the same incident can run side by side, the High Court has held, because Sections 107 and 117 CrPC proceedings only prevent and do not punish. Jammu: Refusing to quash a charge sheet for alleged house trespass and assault, the High Court of […]
A stay, and then an invitation to chambers: the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has put the CAT Jammu order imposing Rs 10,000 costs on Senior Advocate Jahangir Ganai on hold, and has called the Tribunal members and the petitioners to meet it and explore a settlement. Jammu and Kashmir: Until the next […]
A medical board at Lalla Ded Hospital, Srinagar, must urgently decide a 31-week termination plea, the J&K and Ladakh High Court has directed, remarking that doctors are not shouldering their duties under the MTP Act. Srinagar: Directing the Superintendent of Lalla Ded Hospital, Srinagar, to constitute a competent medical board to take an urgent decision […]
