HC sets deadline for govt response to Bar President’s habeas corpus petition

SRINAGAR — Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the government to file a response to incarcerated Advocate Nazir Ahmad Ronga’s habeas corpus petition by December 6 next month.

The case was listed for hearing in the court of Justice Puneet Gupta but no response was yet again filed by the respondents.

The court, as per the news agency KNT, observed that consequent to numerous opportunities granted to the State, and their failure to file a response to the habeas corpus petition, the matter has been listed for final hearing on December 6 next month and the State is granted a final two-week period to file the same, failing which their right shall stand closed.

The petitioner was represented by the senior Supreme Court lawyer D.N. Goburdhun along with Advocate Umair Ronga, Advocate Musharaf Waheed and Advocate Tuba Manzoor.

Notably, the ad hoc chairman of the J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA), Kashmir, Nazir Ahmad Ronga, was arrested in July this year by the LG administration in Srinagar just hours after the Bar issued a notification related to the internal election.