EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 4: A Division Bench of J&K High Court comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Puneet Gupta in PIL regarding farming of new jail manual, granted eight weeks’ time to file latest status report regarding the jail manual, failing which the Principal Secretary to Government, Home Department, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir shall remain personally present before this Court on the next date of hearing.
When the PIL came-up for hearing, DB observed that an adjournment is yet again requested by B A Dar, Sr. AAG, submitting that the jail manual is at the last stage of finalization.
DB observed that inasmuch as this matter has been pending in this Court for over two years now, it is undisputed that the existing jail manual requires to be urgently looked into which exercise is stated to have been undertaken and amendments have been made and directed Sr. AAG to file the latest report regarding the jail manual before us within eight weeks from today failing which the Principal Secretary to Government, Home Department, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir shall remain personally present before this Court on the next date of hearing.
Time is sought by T M Shamsi, Special Counsel appearing for the UT of Ladakh on the ground that the Government of UT of Ladakh is taking serious examination of the jail manuals of other States and Union Territories before finalizing the jail manual which would be applicable in the Union Territory of Ladakh. (JNF) |
