Jammu and Kashmir administration fails to submit status report in multi-crore arms licence scam again
Hindustan TimesThe Jammu and Kashmir administration has yet again failed to submit a status report in the much-publicised arms licence scam, allegedly involving IAS officers, despite clear directives by a division bench of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court comprising chief justice N Kotiswar Singh and justice Puneet Gupta. Jammu and Kashmir administration failed to submit status report in multi-crore arms licence scam again. On June 1, the division bench comprising chief justice N. Kotiswar Singh and justice Puneet Gupta had directed senior additional advocate general SS Nanda, who appeared for the government of Jammu and Kashmir, to file a status report as regards aforesaid two CBI FIR’s before the next date of hearing, i.e., July 26. CBI had registered two cases on the request of Jammu and Kashmir administration and further notification from Government of India, and taken over the investigation of two FIRs and FIR number 11 of 2018 dated May 17, 2018 of Police Station Vigilance Organisation Jammu on the allegations of bulk issuance of arms licences in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir during the period 2012 to 2016.
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