Case of harassing a judge: High Court gives two days to IAS officer to apologize.

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday gave two days to Ganderbal Deputy Commissioner Shyambir Singh to consider filing an affidavit of apology in a criminal contempt case.

A division bench of Justice Atul Shridharan and Justice Sanjeev Kumar listed the matter for hearing on August 14.

This was the case

2018 batch IAS officer Shyambir Singh has been serving as DC Ganderbal since 2022. He had initiated an investigation into the assets of Ganderbal Sub-Judge Fayaz Ahmed Qureshi. In a case, Sub-Judge Fayaz Ahmed Qureshi had ordered to stop the salary of DC in October 2020.

It is alleged that Singh had investigated the judge's property as an act of vengeance and misused his official position to intimidate and harass him.

According to the sub-judge, the deputy commissioner had also made unauthorized visits to his property to harass him. This was considered an attempt to undermine the power of the judiciary and retaliate against the court's decision.