India, Dec. 24 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti seeking the transfer of undertrial prisoners lodged in jails outside the Union Territory back to Jammu and Kashmir.

According to a report from Srinagar, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal termed the petition "misconceived" and observed that courts cannot be used as instruments for political or electoral gain. The court described the plea as vague, lacking factual foundation and apparently driven by an attempt to project political advantage.

Mufti had approached the court claiming that families of several Kashmiri un...