The new premises of the Jammu & Kashmir International Arbitration Centre (JKIAC) at Srinagar was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju
Stating that the freedom of liberty was paramount for an individual, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court rejected the preventive detention order passed against a man, kept in jail on the ground that he was a hardcore criminal, who terrorised people in Jammu.
The Supreme Court has set aside the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order, which had earlier deprived the protected witness statements in the case of Waheed Para, who had approached the top court of the country for access to the statements of witnesses.
The Division Bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court heard a PIL regarding construction of modern slaughter houses at Jammu and Srinagar. In Jammu two slaughter houses are to be constructed whereas one in Srinagar.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court denied bail to a man accused of lynching a Deputy SP of 3rd Battalion Security, while observing that his act has put humanity and spirit of Kashmiriyat to shame.