Basit Amin Makhdoomi

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that where a drawer of a cheque deliberately appends a signature that does not tally with his specimen signature available with the bank, with the intent to prevent the cheque from being honoured, the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, would stand attracted. A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar remarked, “..

The Tripura High Court has upheld the removal of a judicial officer from his service after he was accused of attempting to exercise extraneous influence by approaching a union minister to secure a transfer closer to his home. The Judicial officer allegedly approached a Union Minister to influence a favourable transfer. On the receipt of the recommendation by the High Court Registry, the High Court charged the officer for exercising extraneous influence upon the High Court and issued show-cause.

These observations were made by Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal while hearing a plea moved by the State Health Agency (SHA) of Jammu and Kashmir seeking a restraint order against IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance Company for opting out of a contract for Implementation of Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana & Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - SEHAT in the Union Territory of J&K.