Last year when mobile tower was installed at Jumgund a remote area close to Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara, people were happy to witness the development. However, the weak signal is giving the subscribers a tough time.

The residents said that though the mobile tower was made operational following its installation, the signal has been confined to 100 meters only due to which people suffer a lot.

“Last year when the mobile tower was made operational, we could hear our mobiles ringing. We were so happy regarding this development but as soon as we reached home, our happiness turned into gloom as we were unable to make calls due to non-availability of network on our mobiles,” a student from the area said. “What is the fun of installing a tower when it does not work. Whenever we call anyone, the call instantly drops. Till the signal is not upgraded to whole area, it is of no use.,” he added.

The residents also complained about the non-availability of mobile internet service which has especially shattered the student community of Jumgund.

“After the mobile connectivity was restored here, we were much optimistic about the mobile internet service but to our surprise, we have not been given the privilege of using the internet,” another student said.

“Due to lack of mobile connectivity in Jumgund we are forced to stay in rented rooms in Kupwara to avail the facility of internet. After the partial mobile connectivity was restored in Jumgund, we were optimistic about the launch of internet also so that we could stay back and take online classes in Jumgund but don’t know when our woes will end,” he said.

Baramulla, Jul 10: In view of the Muharram procession at Mirgund, Pattan, on July 11 (25th Muharram), the Traffic Police Rural Kashmir has announced traffic diversions along the Srinagar-Baramulla highway.

According to the advisory issued by the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Traffic Rural Kashmir, Liyaqat Ali, vehicular movement along the Srinagar-Baramulla road will remain affected from 10 am to 8 pm due to the procession. Commuters have been advised to avoid unnecessary travel on the highway during the specified period. To regulate traffic and ensure smooth movement, the department has announced alternate routes for vehicles travelling in both directions.

Traffic heading towards Srinagar from Baramulla and Kupwara will be diverted via Hamray–Pattan–Hanjiveera–KP Payeen–Jheel Bridge–Gund Khawaja Qasim–Mazhama–Narbal before reaching Srinagar. Similarly, vehicles travelling towards Baramulla, Sopore and Kupwara from Srinagar will be routed through Narbal–Magam–Kongamdara–Hanjiveera–Pattan–Hamray before proceeding to their respective destinations.

The advisory has been issued in view of the expected congregation and to facilitate the smooth conduct of the religious procession while minimising inconvenience to the public. Traffic Police have

Srinagar, Jul 10: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has ruled that once a criminal court records a compromise, disposes of the complaint and acquits the accused, it ceases to have jurisdiction over the proceedings unless a specific statutory provision permits further action. A bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal said this while allowing one Gulzar Ahmad Ganaie’s plea whereby he had sought to quash execution proceedings initiated by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Budgam, to enforce a compromise reached in a cheque dishonour case.

In his plea, Ganaie had assailed the CJM’s orders dated November 17, 2025, and May 6, 2026, with the contention that the Magistrate lacked jurisdiction to entertain execution proceedings after the complaint had already been decided and he had been acquitted. The dispute arose from a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. During the pendency of the case, the parties entered into a compromise on July 26, 2024, under which Ganaie agreed to pay Rs 6.60 lakh to the complainant, while the complainant agreed to provide a patch of land to Ganaie. Acting on the settlement, the CJM dismissed the complaint and acquitted the accused.

Subsequently, alleging that the terms of the compromise had been violated, the complainant-initiated execution proceedings before the CJM.  The CJM entertained the application and subsequently directed the complainant to furnish details of the petitioner’s properties for attachment. Assailing the proceedings before the High Court, the petitioner argued that once the complaint had been disposed of and the accused acquitted, the criminal court had exhausted its jurisdiction and could not revive the matter by executing the settlement.

Before the High Court the question for consideration was whether, after recording the compromise between the parties and dismissing the complaint, the CJM retained jurisdiction to subsequently entertain execution proceedings and direct attachment of the petitioner’s property on the allegation that the terms of the settlement had not been complied with.

“Once parties voluntarily settle their dispute and place such settlement before the criminal court, it is open to the court to record the compromise and dispose of the complaint accordingly. Upon acceptance of the compromise and passing of a final order disposing of the complaint, the criminal proceedings attain finality,” the bench noted.    

The court observed that the criminal proceedings stood concluded and the Magistrate became “functus officio”. Thereafter, the criminal court ceased to possess any continuing jurisdiction over the complaint, it observed. The bench further noted that although the compromise had been recorded, the final order neither incorporated the terms of the settlement into its operative portion nor directed that the agreed amount would be recoverable under Sections 421 and 431 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

It held that coercive recovery mechanisms available under criminal procedure can be invoked only when there is an executable judicial direction and not merely because parties have entered into a private settlement. The bench observed that while a settlement creates independent contractual rights and obligations between the parties, any breach gives rise to a fresh cause of action and cannot be enforced through execution proceedings before a criminal court after the complaint has attained finality.