HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR (Through Virtual Mode) CCP (D) No. 58/2024 Naseer Ahmed Lone & Ors. .....Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through :- Mr. Dar Khurshid, Advocate v/s Sheetal Nanda & Anr. .....Respondent(s) Through :- Mr. A R Malik, Sr. AAG CORAM: HON’BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.A. CHOWDHARY, JUDGE ORDER 15.04.2025 1. This is a petition for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for their willful disobedience and non-compliance of order dated 16.07.2018 passed by this Court in PIL No. 9/2015. 2. In response to the notice issued, the respondents have filed objections/statement of facts, wherein, it has been submitted by the respondents that with the coming into force of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2013 and the rules framed thereunder, stand repealed and replaced by the new Act. 3. It has been further submitted that the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 which is now applicable to the UT of J & K does not envisage the Constitution of Selection-cum- Oversight Committee and the Selection Committee as required by the new law is already in position. Sr. No. 09 2 CCP (D) No. 58/2024 4. In view of the aforesaid objections/statement of facts, there is no point in keeping the contempt proceedings pending in this Court. As such, the proceedings in the contempt petition are closed. (M.A. Chowdhary) (Sanjeev Kumar) Judge Chief Justice (A) JAMMU 15.04.2025 Manan