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Jammu and Kashmir High Court clarifies legal boundaries between ‘public order’ and ‘law and order’ under PSA

The court quashed a preventive detention order, ruling routine criminal allegations cannot be conflated with threats to public order.

The High Court intervened to ensure the opposition candidate’s nomination was accepted without procedural harassment.

The court permitted instructional activities to resume while ongoing investigations against individual staff proceed.

The consumer commission held the railway administration liable for deficiencies in senior citizen accommodation facilities.

The bench directed health authorities to fill permanent vacancies rather than relying on ad-hoc staff in specialty medical units.

The judgment laid down stringent guidelines prohibiting arbitrary re-arrest and instructed high courts to penalize lapses.

The court invalidated the decades-old regulation, holding it imposed arbitrary and technically unfeasible barriers on chemical processing.

The 13th Amendment standardizes validity terms and packaging of specialized voice and data bundles for mobile subscribers.

The bench observed that while governments can define song rendition, religious freedoms protect citizens from coercive penalties.