Serial No. 11 Regular Cause List HIGH COURT OF JAMMU& KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP (C) No. 877/2026 CM No. 2297/2026 Mehraj-ud-Din Alaie, Age: 45 Years S/O Ali Mohammad Alaie R/O Zewan, Pantha Chowk, Srinagar.

… Petitioner(s)

Through: -

Mr S. S. Rizvi, Advocate.

V/s Muneer Ahmad Malik S/O Abdul Ahad Malik R/O Zewan, Pantha Chowk.

… Respondent(s)

CORAM:

H ON’BLE MR JUSTICE M. A. CHOWDHARY, JUDGE.

(ORDER) 27.04.2026

01. The Petitioner, through the medium of this Petition invoking Writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, seeks quashing of Lok Adalat Order/ Award dated 13^th of December, 2025, arising out of a Complaint, execution of which is pending before the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate (Munsiff), Pampore under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“N. I. Act” for short), being an abuse of process of law.

02. The Petitioner, in this Petition, has pleaded that a baseless, false and frivolous Complaint came to be filed by the Respondent herein against the Petitioner before the Court below, cognizance of which was taken by the learned Magistrate and, without application of mind, the proceedings were initiated; that the Complainant/ Respond