{"id":6922,"date":"2025-12-15T18:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:35:16","slug":"arrange-suitable-premises-for-cat-jammu-in-a-month-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/arrange-suitable-premises-for-cat-jammu-in-a-month-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrange suitable premises for CAT Jammu in a month: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi, Dec 15:\u00a0<\/strong>The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to arrange suitable premises within a month for the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Jammu, expressing concern over continued delays in addressing the tribunal\u2019s infrastructure needs.<\/p>\n<p>A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said the absence of proper facilities was affecting the functioning of the CAT and warned that further inaction could prolong the issue indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>The Apex Court directed both authorities to ensure that the tribunal is provided operational space within the stipulated timeframe.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the Centre informed the bench that a building under the Jammu Development Authority had been identified after an earlier proposal to shift the tribunal to a private premises could not be implemented due to ownership-related issues.<\/p>\n<p>The court asked the authorities to take immediate steps to make the identified building functional.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also emphasised the need for a permanent CAT complex in Jammu.<\/p>\n<p>It also directed the Centre and the Union Territory administration to identify land for a dedicated building and begin the process within three months.<\/p>\n<p>A status report on the progress has been sought by the end of February next year.<\/p>\n<p>Raising concerns over staffing arrangements, the court reiterated that judicial and quasi-judicial bodies should not depend on outsourced personnel, citing issues related to confidentiality, record-keeping and institutional continuity.<\/p>\n<p>The bench noted that such arrangements were not an appropriate long-term solution.<\/p>\n<p>The matter arises from a petition filed in 2020 pointing to inadequate infrastructure and manpower at the CAT Jammu bench.<\/p>\n<p>The court observed that these deficiencies had been impacting day-to-day functioning and required urgent corrective measures<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Dec 15:\u00a0The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to arrange suitable premises within a month for the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Jammu, expressing concern over continued delays in addressing the tribunal\u2019s infrastructure needs. A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said the absence of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6925,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922\/revisions\/6925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}