Courts’ Power to Reopen Evidence After Closure of Trial Explained: Jammu and Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has partly allowed a petition filed by Mangat Ram challenging a Family Court order that permitted his wife, Shano Devi, to present additional evidence in their divorce proceedings. In its judgment dated 26 September 2026, Justice Sanjay Dhar set aside the direction requiring Mangat Ram to pay Rs 10,000 in costs and the recall of two witnesses, while upholding the decision to…
