Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 13: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Meenakshi Slathia, a practicing lawyer, seeking strict enforcement of rules framed by the Governor laying down criteria for appointment of State Law Officers, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today issued certain directions.
After hearing Senior Advocate B S Slathia with Advocate Bhanu Singh Slathia for the PIL whereas Advocate General DC Raina with Deputy AG Aseem Sawhney appearing for the State, DB observed, “certain prayers have been made, some of them are premature, namely seeking direction to implement J&K Law Officers (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2016 while appointing Law Officers, Public Prosecutors and Standing Counsels”.
“Even though no prayer is made in the prayer portion, after going through paras of the writ petition with regard to payment of retainership/counsel fee payable to the Law Officers which has not been paid, we directed Deputy AG Aseem Sawhney to file response”, the DB said.
Insofar as prayer seeking direction to Registrar General to apprise this court about the exact number of contempt petitions pending in both the wings of High Court and for direction to Registry to treat all the contempt petitions as specially ordered cases, the DB directed Registrar General to furnish a list of contempt petitions year-wise including the orders passed by the Judges.
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