JAMMU, June 6 -- Justice Mohd Yousaf Wani of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, while rejecting an application seeking withdrawal of a writ petition with liberty to file afresh, held that the jurisdiction exercised under Article 226 of the Constitution is not shackled by procedural technicalities but nor is it an unregulated space for speculative or unjustified litigation maneuvers.
"A writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot be allowed to be withdrawn on the basis of any unjustified ground on the pretext that the jurisdiction of the writ Courts is not circumscribed or limited by procedural technicalities, after all there has to be a sound and justified ground for seeking the withdrawal of a writ petition with l...