Javid Ahmad Wani and Ors. v. Union Territory of J and K (Home) and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Short corrective order, not a substantive ruling. Single-judge Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar (M. A. Chowdhary, J.), order dated 06.04.2026, disposing of CrlM No. 2109/2025 in CRM (M) No. 444/2025 c/w CRM (M) No. 6/2025. Applicants/Petitioners: Javid Ahmad Wani and Ors. (counsel: Iman Abdul Muizz, Advocate); Respondents: Union Territory of J&K and Ors. (no counsel appeared). The Court allowed rectification of a typographical error in its own Judgment dated 21.11.2025, substituting FIR Nos. 96/2016 and 97/2016 for the misprinted FIR Nos. 96/2025 and 97/2025 wherever mentioned, and deemed the Order a continuation of that Judgment. Useful for locating the corrected FIR numbers attached to the 21.11.2025 judgment; no statutory references, no cited precedents, no quantum.
What did the court decide?
Rectification directed: in the Judgment dated 21.11.2025 passed in CRM (M) No. 444/2025 c/w CRM (M) No. 6/2025, FIR Nos. 96/2016 and 97/2016 are to be read wherever mentioned, instead of FIR Nos. 96/2025 and 97/2025; the Order stands disposed of accordingly and is deemed part of that Judgment.