Srinagar, July 6 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has directed the University of Kashmir to allow contractual as well as faculty members engaged on academic arrangement to continue till such time when core faculty is put in place in the Department of Law.

A bench comprising of Justice Sanjay Dhar said while allowing a bunch of petitions filed by those engaged on academic arrangement basis and whose engagement was extended from time to time either by virtue of interim orders passed by the Court or otherwise said, " so far as the legal position as regards the permissibility of replacing the teaching faculty of an educational institution engaged on contractual basis or academic arrangement basis by a similar arrangement is concerned, the...