The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently held that the scope of an appeal against an award passed under the Employees Compensation Act is significantly limited, being permissible only if a substantial question of law is involved. The observation made by Justice Wani was based on a reading of Section 30 of the Employees Compensation Act which outlines …
Ruling against the selective acceptance of lease conditions by lessees the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that a lessee cannot selectively accept only the favourable terms and conditions of a lease while rejecting the unfavorable ones. In dismissing an appeal challenging a decision by a Single Judge regarding the payment of premium for the transfer of …
Upholding the true spirit of Order 6 Rule 17 of the Civil Procedure Code, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that amendments to pleadings are meant to promote justice, not hinder it.A bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani has emphasised,“The object of the Rule is that the courts should try the merits of the cases that …
