Kargil, Dec 3, Dec. 3 -- Five councillors of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) have approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, challenging the nomination of a Muslim member to the council by Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta. The petitioners argued that the nomination violates Section 4(2) of the LAHDC Act, 1997, which allows nominations only from the "principal religious minority" or women. They contended that in Kargil district, Buddhists are the principal religious minority, while Muslims form the majority. The petition, filed by LAHDC Chairman Muhammad Jaffer Akhoon and councillors Kacho Muhammad Feroz, Aga Syeed Mujtaba Mussavi, Zakir Hussain, and Punchok Tashi, seeks to quash the nomination of advocate...