JAMMU, Oct 15: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court today came down heavily on senior Government functionaries for their willful defiance of a binding judicial order, framing rule (Robkar) against Santosh D Vaidya, Principal Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, for contempt of court.

Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, while hearing a contempt petition filed by Karamat Ullah Malik, observed that the conduct of the Finance Secretary reflected “scant respect for the orders of the court” and amounted to “deliberate and willful disobedience” of directions that had attained finality after dismissal of the Union Territory’s appeal.

The contempt proceedings arose from the non-compliance of a May 28, 2024 judgment, wherein the High Court had directed the Government to release Rs 68.50

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