Instead Of Making Life Easier For Pensioners, Widows, Transgenders, A J&K Govt Online Process Has Led To Misery
In September 2022, the Jammu & Kashmir government began online verification to make welfare doles for pensioners, the differently abled, widows, and transgenders more efficient. Instead, reflecting similar glitches in other states, hundreds have been denied monthly income for seven to eight months due to lack of documents, system glitches and biometric mismatches, despite several trips to offices meant to help them.
J&K lecturer suspended for appearing in SC, arguing for petitioners in Article 370 case
A senior lecturer at a government school in Srinagar has been suspended from service after appearing in an ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court on the abrogation of Article 370. Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, an advocate, appeared in the apex court on Wednesday, arguing for the petitioners in the case.
J&K administration revokes suspension order of lecturer who argued against abrogation of Article 370
Zahoor Bhat was suspended after he told the Supreme Court that the abolition of the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir was against the Constitution.