JAGBIR SINGH v. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR THROUGH ADDL CHIEF SECRETARY TO HOME DEPTT AND ORS
WP(C)/1878/2022 · 2025-07-29
Moksha Khajuria Kazmi
body2025
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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU
WP (C) No. 1878/2022
Jagbir Singh .....Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s)
Through :- Mr. Sumir Pandita, Advocate
v/s UT of J & K & Ors. .....Respondent(s)
Through :- Ms. Chetna Manhas, Assisting counsel to Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG
CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI, JUDGE
ORDER 29.07.2025
Since 15.09.2022, response/status report has not been filed by the respondents. No purpose would be served by retaining this writ petition on board, as such, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to Respondent No. 2-Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu to ensure conclusion of the investigation as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from today and in the event of non-compliance, the petitioner shall be at liberty to approach the Chief Judicial Magistrate concerned in view of the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Sudhir Bhaskarrao Tambe Vs. Hemant Yashwant Dhage & Ors. [2016 (6) SCC 277].
Disposed of along with connected applications.
(Moksha Khajuria Kazmi) Judge
JAMMU 29.07.2025 Manan Sr. No. 128