Contempt proceedings initiated against law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas for misquoting judgment by: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

On January 6, 2025, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court took suo-motu cognizance of misquotations in a legal notice issued by the prominent law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., based in New Delhi. The firm had made inaccurate references to the Court’s 2010 judgment in the matter concerning the Sawalkote Hydroelectric Power Project (HEP). In response to the serious misquotations, the Court has initiated contempt proceedings against…