The Manner In Which Presiding Officer Of Tribunal Is Passing Orders Doesn't Inspire Confidence: J&K HC Calls For Copies Of All the Orders Passed By Him [Read Order]

In an extraordinary order, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has sought copies of all the orders passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal to the Registrar Vigilance of the Court, from the date he joined as Presiding Officer of the Tribunal. Further, the Bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar and Justice Rajesh Bindal was compelled to observe, " The manner in which the Presiding Officer-Abdul Majid Bhat of the Tribunal is passing orders does not inspire confidence. Regarding the order passed by the Presiding officer of the Tribunal, the Court said, "In the case in hand, even principles of natural of justice has not been followed as neither the counsel for Corporation was heard nor the applicants who had filed application for being impleaded in the appeal were apprised of the date of hearing." It is, therefore, power and also the duty of the Court to ensure that power of superintendence must 'advance the ends of justice and uproot injustice" Keeping in view the aforesaid enunciations of law by Hon'ble the Supreme Court, the Court directed the Tribunal to send soft copies of all the orders passed by it to the Registrar Vigilance of this Court, from the date, he joined as Presiding Officer of the Tribunal.