Four PILs filed challenge National Highway Ban, Rajnath rules out rollback

The J&K High Court has directed the state administration to file its response to four public interest litigations (PILs), which have termed the recent order banning the civilian movement on the Jammu-Srinagar-Baramulla highway “as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional” and sought its immediate quashing. Issuing notices to the state administration and also keeping the matter on board for further directions on Wednesday, a division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan on Monday directed Additional Advocate General Bashir Ahmad Dar, representing the state, to…

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