Pathetic & Unbelievable: J&K High Court Expresses Dismay Over Prolonged Power Outage At Srinagar Bench, Requests Chief Secy For Permanent Solution
Live LawIn a significant move to address the critical infrastructural challenges faced by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar, the court has requested the Chief Secretary of J&K to work out means to ensure an interrupted supply of electricity to the court. The directions came when the High Court, situated in Srinagar, encountered a power outage during court hours, plunging the premises into darkness and rendering essential facilities, including the air heating unit, non-operational. They called upon the Chief Secretary of the Union Territory to intervene and implement measures aimed at guaranteeing a reliable power supply to the High Court. The solution may vary from having a separate power line to the High Court which does not experience any downtime and also supported by generators of such capacity which can power the entire High Court and also the air heating unit without interruption in the event of the dedicated power supply to the High Court fails”, the court recorded.