Jammu, Aug 8: The Division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal while hearing the related Public Interest Litigation (PIL No 09/2012) titled Sheikh Muhammad Shafi and another versus Union of India and others has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to file a specific affidavit and status report the final formal decision for granting prosecution sanction with regard to eight Indian Administrative Service Officers in a case related to the arms licence scam.
Division Bench directed Deputy Solicitor General of India Vishal Sharma, appearing for MHA and Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, to file an affidavit and status report within six weeks.
On April 24, 2025, the Division Bench had issued detailed directions to GAD to apprise the court of the further progress in the matter with regard to the sending of prosecution proposals of IAS officers to MHA and DoPT, Government of India.
However, Advocate S S Ahmad, along with other advocates, appearing for the petitioners, submitted that the PIL in question involved the issues of national security and the arms licences were allegedly issued by the IAS officers on monetary considerations in connivance with gun dealers.
The PIL will now come up for hearing on October 9, 2025.
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