Srinagar, Feb. 25 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has imposed cost of Rs 25,000 on a former State Bank of India (SBI) branch manager for concealing that his petition challenging his compulsory retirement from service for charges of "corruption" had already been rejected by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh.
Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal while dismissing the petition of the ex-manager, Madan Lal Goria, residing at Talab Tillo, Jammu, found "the petitioner has approached this court by concealment of the facts, therefore, it is a fit case that he is burdened with the costs of Rs 25,000 to be deposited within four weeks from today before the Registry of this Court".
The petitioner through the medium of a petition, sought quashment of order ...