Jammu, March 20 -- Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday fixed April 30 for the final hearing in the Public Interest Litigation challenging absolute powers of the Lt Governor to nominate five MLAs to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly The PIL filed by Advocate Ravinder Sharma Ex- MLC and Chief Spokesperson JKPCC came up on Thursday before the special Division Bench Comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Rajesh Sekhri.
As the case came up, the Petitioner Ravinder Sharma, who appeared in person, pointed out to the bench that no reply had been filed by the respondents despite numerous opportunities and requested for an early hearing in the matter, which was of great public importance.
Upon this the bench directed the matter ...