Jammu, May 30 -- The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court has issued notices to Union home secretary and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) asking them to respond to the sacking of a jawan before next hearing on June 30.

The court was hearing a plea filed by CRPF jawan Munir Ahmed challenging his dismissal from service, his counsel, advocate Ankur Sharma told HT.

Acting on the petition, justice Javed Iqbal Wani has issued notices to Union home secretary and CRPF and has asked to reply before the next hearing-June 30.

Ahmed was dismissed from service after it was found that he married his cousin sister Menal Khan, a Pakistani national who had migrated from Jammu's Bhalwal tehsil during partition in 1947.

In his writ petition, A...