After finding the case for grant of Arms and Ammunition Dealers License in favour of Sanjeev Singh and Aditya Bhargav devoid of merit, the Home Department of J&K Government on Tuesday rejected the same. An order in this regard stated that before the notification of the Arms Rules, 2016, various proposals were received in Home Department from the concerned District Magistrates for grant of fresh Sale and Keep Licenses. “These proposals were examined in terms of the Arms Rules, 1962 which were applicable at that point in time and a view was taken that the decision on grant of any fresh Sale and Keep License shall be taken only after analyzing the number of existing/functional shops in the District and number of fresh cases, in which applicants have applied for grant of Sale and Keep/Repair license as would be obtained from the District Magistrates,” it further stated. While the matter was being examined in the Home Department, Sanjeev Singh and Aditya Bhargav filed a writ petition in the High Court which disposed of the same on November 17, 2016 with directions to the respondents Sanjeev Singh and Aditya Bhargav to accord consideration to the matter in accordance with rules. The order also stated that the petitioners also concealed the material facts before the Court by not bringing to the notice of the High Court, the changed legal position with regard to issuance of the arms license and in this was they misrepresented the facts before the High Court. Ultimately, the Home Department rejected the case for grant of Arms and Ammunition Dealers License in favour of Sanjeev Singh and Aditya Bhargav.
