Ashish Gupta vs UNion Territory of JK through Chief SecretaryTo Goverment Civil SEcrteriart — 1378/2023
Case under Code of Civil Procedure Section 19. Disposed: Uncontested--Exparte Decree on 29th December 2025.
Original Suits (OS) - Original Suits
CNR: JKSG020024312023
Filing Number
3397/2023
Filing Date
20-Jun-2023
Registration No
1378/2023
Registration Date
20-Jun-2023
Court
Principal District Judge, Srinagar
Judge
13-Sub-Judge Srinagar
Decision Date
29-Dec-2025
Nature of Disposal
Uncontested--Exparte Decree
Last updated 20-Mar-2026
Acts & Sections
Petitioner(s)
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1.Ashish Gupta
Adv. Altaf Mehraj
Respondent(s)
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1.UNion Territory of JK through Chief SecretaryTo Goverment Civil SEcrteriart
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2.COMISSIONER SECRETARY TO GOVT.REVENUE DEPARTMENT
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3.SECRETARY TO GOVT. CENTRAL BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION
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4.DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTRAL BUREAU OF COMMUNICATION MINISTARY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
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5.ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTRAL BUREAU OF COMMUNICATION
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6.DIRECTOR CENTRAL BUREAU OF COMMUNICATIN REGIONAL OFFICE
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7.public at large
Case History
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Case disposedDisposed
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29-Dec-2025
Copy of JudgmentView PDF
The Sub Judge Court in Srinagar granted a declaration that four family members (Ashish Gupta, Anju Gupta, Mehak Gupta, and Harsh Gupta) are Muslims with Islamic names (Abdul Wahied, Shameem Akhter, Mehak Sheikh, and Hamza Sheikh respectively), and issued a mandatory injunction ordering government authorities to update official records to reflect their religious conversion and name changes, which they had practiced for 16 years since 2009. The court upheld their constitutional right under Article 25 to freely profess and practice religion, finding no factual or legal reason to deny relief where the conversion was genuine and uncontested. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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29-Dec-2025
Disposed
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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15-Dec-2025
Documents
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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29-Nov-2025
Orders__
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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24-Nov-2025
Orders__
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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03-Nov-2025
Formal Hearing
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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14-Oct-2025
Final Arguments
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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25-Sep-2025
Awaiting Defendants
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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09-Sep-2025
Awaiting Defendants
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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29-Jul-2025
Witness__
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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18-Jun-2025
documents/issues
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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02-May-2025
Formal Hearing
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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24-Mar-2025
Preliminary Statement
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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27-Feb-2025
Written Statement
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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04-Feb-2025
Written Statement
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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02-Dec-2024
Written Statement
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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28-Aug-2024
Notice
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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20-Jul-2024
Notice
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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29-May-2024
Awaiting Defendants
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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07-Mar-2024
Awaited
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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23-Dec-2023
Awaited
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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23-Nov-2023
Notice
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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22-Aug-2023
Notice
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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22-Jul-2023
Notice
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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15-Jul-2023
Notice
Sub-Judge Srinagar
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20-Jun-2023
First hearing
Initial hearing scheduled
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20-Jun-2023
Case filed
Registration No. 1378/2023
The Sub Judge Court in Srinagar granted a declaration that four family members (Ashish Gupta, Anju Gupta, Mehak Gupta, and Harsh Gupta) are Muslims with Islamic names (Abdul Wahied, Shameem Akhter, Mehak Sheikh, and Hamza Sheikh respectively), and issued a mandatory injunction ordering government authorities to update official records to reflect their religious conversion and name changes, which they had practiced for 16 years since 2009. The court upheld their constitutional right under Article 25 to freely profess and practice religion, finding no factual or legal reason to deny relief where the conversion was genuine and uncontested. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.
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