The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to analyze the potential of restoring 4G services in certain areas.
Since August 5, 2019, Internet services were stopped in J&K after the central government ended the special status of State (revoked Article 370) and divided the former state into two Union Territories. However, 2G speed was restored after the Supreme Court’s direction in January.
The court was hearing a contempt petition filed by NGO Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP) against the central government and the J&K administration for non-compliance of SC order to constitute a three-member high-powered committee to look into the issue of restoring 4G services in J&K.
A bench of Justices N V Ramana, R S Reddy and B R Gavai asked solicitor general Tushar Mehta not to delay taking a decision on one pretext or the other when the law officer said there was a change in lieutenant governor in the UT and he would need time to take fresh instructions.
“There is no question of further adjournment,” a special three-judge bench led by Justice N.V. Ramana told solicitor general Tushar Mehta, as it fixed the next date of hearing in the case on 11 August.
Former Union minister Manoj Sinha was on Friday appointed as the new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Sinha succeeds former IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu, who resigned on Wednesday night and was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Thursday.
