{"id":91838,"date":"2025-10-30T20:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=91838"},"modified":"2025-10-30T20:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:31:39","slug":"termination-of-employees-must-be-decided-through-courts-not-on-suspicion-cm-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/termination-of-employees-must-be-decided-through-courts-not-on-suspicion-cm-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"Termination of employees must be decided through courts, not on suspicion: CM Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Oct 30: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that employee termination cases in Jammu and Kashmir should be decided through courts and not on suspicion.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Handwara, CM Omar, per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that every government employee deserves a fair chance to defend themselves before any punitive action is taken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always maintained that termination should be done by the court. Everyone should get a chance to defend themselves\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that many employees who were terminated later return to their posts after being cleared, showing that such actions are often based on flawed judgments. \u201cIt would be better to use the court process to punish the real culprits. Action taken on suspicion harms everyone\u201d, CM said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also reiterated his party\u2019s demand for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s special status and constitutional guarantees and that National Conference remains committed to defending the political and economic rights of the people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpponents are trying to distract and provoke us, but we stay focused on our mission. Whatever I have promised during elections will be fulfilled\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the National Conference\u2019s agenda is centered on justice, development and representation. \u201cOur focus is to ensure fair governance, better infrastructure and employment opportunities. This is possible only when representation is right\u201d, he said\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar, Oct 30: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that employee termination cases in Jammu and Kashmir should be decided through courts and not on suspicion. Speaking to reporters in Handwara, CM Omar, per news agency&mdash;Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that every government employee deserves a fair chance to defend themselves before any punitive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91840,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91838\/revisions\/91840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}