Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Archives

Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers

This was a case where the act of defamation took place in Jaipur, where certain allegations regarding the respondent’s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.

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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Pankaj Mithal

Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Pankaj Mithal is a third- generation lawyer, a second-generation Judge and is also a writer of note.

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S. 306 CrPC does not seek to punish the approver, but to protect him from resentment of his associates in crime: J&K and Ladakh High Court

While deliberating over the petition seeking to set aside S. 306(4)(b), CrPC as unreasonable the High Court pointed out that inherent power under S. 482, CrPC can be exercised to release an approver on bail.

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Know Thy Judge | Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh – The 36th Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

Justice N. Kotiswar Singh was serving as the Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, prior to being appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.