Opposition on Jurisdiction extension of CAT
The decision to extend the Jurisdiction of CAT, Chandigarh, to UT of J&K for addressing the service matters, being opposed by many lawyers, National Conference & J&K Apni Party.
Jammu based Advocate Naseem tweeted, “Shifting of all pending service-related matters from both wings of the High Court in Jammu and in Kashmir to the CAT will hit the advocates of the Union Territory in particular and the public in general... Ironically, the worst sufferers are those who had welcomed the abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile State”
Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, President of Apni Party said this decision would influence around 30,000 matters. “Instead of establishing two tribunals, one in Jammu and the other in Srinagar, for the aggrieved employees of J&K, shifting these service matters to the CAT, Chandigarh, for adjudication is simply a travesty of justice,” Syed Mohammad
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