Revenue Authorities Must Step Aside Once Civil Court Assumes Jurisdiction; No Parallel Proceedings Permitted: High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that revenue authorities cannot continue with proceedings when a civil court is already examining the same dispute. Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal gave this ruling while dismissing the writ petition filed by Farooq Ahmad Sheikh and others in a Kupwara land-pathway dispute. The Court described the situation as a clear example of how parallel proceedings can lead to conflicting results…
