Srinagar, March 15 -- Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir (KU) Professor Neelofer Khan on Friday appeared in-person before a division bench of the High Court which is hearing a contempt petition against the top Varsity officers.

As per the KNO news agency, petitioner Zahoor Hussain has moved the court seeking regularisation of his services as Junior Professional Assistant (JPA) in the Kashmir University, along with other service and financial benefits, retrospectively.

The petitioner had accused the KU authorities of flouting the previous Court orders which directed for his regularisation retrospectively, leading to the contempt petition which was Friday heard by the division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Moksha ...