Srinagar, Dec. 11 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on three villagers from Kupwara for suppressing material facts in their writ petition that a civil court had already passed an order against them in a land dispute case.

The villagers - Farooq Ahmad Shiekh, Showkat Ahmad Shiekh and Ghulam Mohi ud Din of Surigam, Lalpora Kupwara - had obstructed a community pathway passing their 'shamilat' patch of land. They had also filed a writ petition against the orders by the Financial Commissioner (Revenue) and other officers that ordered removal of the obstruction in the pathway.

The case had also gone to the Civil Judge/Munsiff Sogam, which had in July 2024 restrained the trio from interfering with or ...