Mohsin Dar

1 week ago | barandbench.com | Mohsin Dar

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jammu Bench, recently quashed a 25-year-old discharge order that had terminated the services of a prison official, which the tribunal found was passed in gross violation of constitutional safeguards and service rules [Jahangir Khan V/s State].

2 months ago | barandbench.com | Mohsin Dar

Multiple bar bodies across Jammu and Kashmir have strongly condemned the brutal terrorist attack that occurred on April 22 in Pahalgam's Baisaran Valley. The attack, which claimed 28 lives and left several injured, has sparked widespread outrage and mourning across the region. Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bar Association at Jammu led by its President Advocate K Nirmal Kotwal issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the attack as a “cowardly and inhumane act of violence” targeting innocent civilians.

2 months ago | barandbench.com | Mohsin Dar

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently quashed the acquisition of 134 kanals of land for construction of an amusement park after it found that the mandatory procedure under Jammu and Kashmir Land Acquisition Act was not followed (Rattan Chand V/s Union Territory of J&K). Justice Sanjay Dhar noted that the public notice under Section 4(1) of the State Act was published only in an English newspaper and not in any regional-language newspaper.

Mar 3, 2025 | barandbench.com | Mohsin Dar

A Court in Lucknow recently sentenced a lawyer, Abhay Pratap, to three years imprisonment and fined him ₹61,000 for sending obscene messages to a female judicial officer [State of U.P V/s Abhay Pratap].

Feb 22, 2025 | barandbench.com | Mohsin Dar

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh recently imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on a man for filing a 'frivolous' plea objecting to the construction of a hospital near a the wall of an Army establishment [Press Core Council Th. Indu Bhushan Bali V/s Union of India and ors.].