Srinagar, Feb. 18 -- The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to submit its final decision on the prosecution sanction of three IAS officers allegedly involved in the arms license scam.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M.A. Chowdhary ordered the MHA to file an Action Taken Report regarding Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Niraj Kumar, and Yasha Mudgal, all former District Magistrates of Udhampur, before the next hearing.
The J&K government had forwarded their prosecution sanction request to MHA on December 27, 2024.
The court's directive, as per the news agency KNT, came in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL No. 09/2012) filed by Sheikh Mohammad ...