Jammu Shopkeepers Allowed to Reopen Stores, JMC Safety Audit Order Ignoring Expert Report Quashed: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh delivered an important judgment in the case titled Anoop Uppal & Others versus Jammu Municipal Corporation & Others, where the Court protected the rights and livelihood of shopkeepers whose businesses had been closed due to a dispute regarding the structural safety of a commercial building. The judgment was delivered by Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, who held that the Jammu Municipal Corporation…