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J&K govt declares actions under Roshni Act 'null and void'; what you need to know
Fp Staff •The land-related law, popularly known as the Roshni Act, was brought into force by the Farooq Adbullah government in 2001. The law aimed to grant ownership rights of public land to occupants
Jammu and Kashmir HC dismisses plea seeking ban on use of pellet guns by security forces for crowd control during protests in Valley
•The public interest litigation was dismissed by a division bench of justices Ali Mohammad Magrey and Dhiraj Singh Thakur
J&K Public Safety Act militates against natural justice; HC's refusal to intervene in bar council chief's case gives law greater impunity
Prarthana •Under the PSA, the government detains a person; the same government hears the detenu’s representation against such detention; and the same government (via the Advisory Board) determines if there was a sufficient case for detention.
J&K administration tells SC it has revoked detention order against Mubeen Shah, non-resident businessman detained post-Article 370 abrogation
•Petitioner Asifa Mubeen has said in her plea that her husband is currently lodged at Agra Central jail and has been 'wrongfully deprived' of his liberty
Centre tells SC not a single life was lost in Valley after abrogation of Article 370; 'purpose must be legitimate', argues opposing counsel
Fp Staff •Attorney General K K Venugopal told the top court that instead of questions, the government should be "congratulated" for effectively handling of the situation in the erstwhile state after the "historic" and "unparalleled" decision of 5 August.
Supreme Court asks J&K administration to respond to 'each and every question' raised on restrictions imposed in Kashmir post-abrogation of Article 370
•The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Jammu and Kashmir administration that it will have to respond to each and every question raised on the restrictions imposed in the erstwhile state after the abrogation of Article 370
J&K L-G GC Murmu faces first challenge as Jammu lawyers go on indefinite strike against govt's move to dilute judicial courts' powers
•Work at the high court and lower courts was affected in most parts of Jammu region on Saturday, following an indefinite strike by lawyers against the recent decision to divest the judicial courts of its powers to register various documents
Girish Chandra Murmu sworn-in as first L-G of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after bifurcation of state
Fp Staff •IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu took oath as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday following the bifurcation of the state into two union territories
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh become UTs; L-Gs RK Mathur, GC Murmu administered oath of office in Leh, Srinagar
Fp Staff •Jammu and Kashmir, which has been part of the Union of India since 1947, ceased to be a state at midnight (Wednesday-Thursday), nearly three months after it was bifurcated into two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
Ex-defence secretary RK Mathur sworn in as Ladakh's first L-G; Umang Narula appointed as his advisor
•Former defence secretary RK Mathur was on Thursday sworn-in as the first Lieutenant Governor of strategically located Union Territory of Ladakh, which came into existence after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.