Summary:
Jammu, Oct 11 (PTI) The work in Jammu and Kashmir High Court, its subordinate courts and tribunals was hit on Monday as lawyers stayed away to protest the shifting of debts recovery cases of the twin union territories of J-K and Ladakh to the Chandigarh bench.
The lawyers abstained from working in the high court, subordinate courts and all other tribunals in Jammu in response to a call given by the Jammu-wing of J-K High Court Bar Association.
Association president M K Bhardwaj urged the government to revoke the notification issued on September 10, whereby jurisdiction to deal with debts recovery cases of J-K and Ladakh have been transferred to the Chandigarh bench, within a period of 15 days.
“If the notification was not revoked, the J-K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, has no other option except to fight against the anti-public decisions for getting their genuine demands fulfilled,” he said.
Bhardwaj said at present there is no consumer commission and consumer forum working in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and the UT administration still has not constituted and notified the same till date.
“There is no information about the pending cases and the files.