In a significant pronouncement yesterday, the Supreme Court held that it is empowered under Articles 32 and 142 to direct transfer a civil or criminal case pending in any Court in the State of Jammu and Kashmir to a Court outside that State and vice versa. The judgment was delivered by a Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justices FML Kalifulla, AK Sikri, SA Bobde and R Banumathi. The judgment was delivered in a batch of transfer petitions which were referred to the Constitution Bench by a 3-judge Bench by an order of April 21, 2015. The question […]
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