DB directives in election of JJBs, CWCs’ members

– A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Comprising Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul while hearing a petition challenging present members of JJB and CWC who are 94 in number from various district of Kashmir and Jammu Divisions have challenged the advertisement notices issued on 01.08.2022, observed that Pendency of any writ petition(s) or orders passed therein stalling the process for selecting the members of the Child Welfare Committee/Juvenile Justice Board(s), shall not come in the way of the selecting authority for proceeding in the matter, however, before finalizing the same, appropriate motion shall be filed in these PILs so as to enable this Court to decide those writ petitions along with these PILs for appropriate orders. JNF