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Improve conditions of gowshala or lose contract: J&K HC’s ultimatum to agency

Expressing displeasure over the undesirable condition of the Nagrota-based 'Gowshala' (cattle pound) here, a division bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh headed by Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan orally directed in the open court the termination of contract of the outsourced agency in case the deficiencies persist before the next date of hearing.

SC cracks whip, sets up three-judge panel on Manipur violence

Cracking whip, the Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee of three former women judges – Justice Gita Mittal, Justice Shalini Joshi and Justice Asha Menon to oversee the measure for the relief, rehabilitation, rebuilding of homes, places of worship and suggest compensation and appointed former DGP of Maharashtra and Mumbai Police Commissioner Dattatrey Padsalgikar to oversee investigations by the SITs.

SC apprised of constitutional provisions for abrogation of Artical 370

The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that Article 370 of the constitution that conferred special status to Jammu & Kashmir could not have been abrogated and the state’s status into two Union Territories could not have been changed without ascertaining the will of the people of the state.