G’bal: A promising lawyer, Umer Rashid works as Principal Lawyer at M/s Lexican Law Associates with eleven Years of standing at J&K High Court and other District Courts of J&K, Delhi and Chandigarh has proved to be the last resort for litigants when all chips are down. Mostly, he has dealt with cases of Civil and Criminal nature. He appeared in few cases of which the judgments are reported in the leading law Journals of J&K and one such glaring example is the recent bail granted to Naib Tehsildar arrested and traped by Anti Corruption Bureau Baramulla on 3rd April 2021.
The accused were facing serious charges of involvement demanding Rs. 30,000/ bribe. It’s pertinent to mention that Umer Wani while spinning his argument before the court, questioned the report of investigation team by calling it an orchestrated-narrative against his clients and secured bail of accused Naib Tehsildar.
Its pertinent to mention that on 3rd April 2021 Anti Corruption Bureau Baramulla received a complaint from one complainant alleging therein that the mother of complainant possesses 12 Kanals of land at Chandil, Tangmarg, Baramulla. Out of the 12 Kanal land, 6 Kanalwere sold by the mother of the complaint. The complainant approached revenue officials for the revenue papers. The concerned patwari had prepared the revenue papers of the said land. For the collection of the revenue extracts (Intikhab), the concerned Naib Tehsildar demanded Rs. 30,000/ from the complainant to be paid as a bribe money. On the receipt of the complaint, case FIR No. 05 u/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act,1988 was registered in Police Station ACB North Kashmir.
Subsequently, a trap was laid and the accused Bashir Ahmad Hajam R/o Gandarbal, Naib Tehsildar of Tangmarg, was caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe Rs. 30,000/- from the complainant.The accused was arrested and taken in custody by ACB.
Umer Wani became very popular right since the beginning of his career, because of his ability to quickly grasp the core and Germain points in any dispute and thriving upon right chord in a swift manner. He is today well known for his thorough preparation of the facts and the law. His notes are always meticulous, and he knows which fact is to be found at which page of the Paper Book and which proposition of case law supported that. One endearing feature of the Advocate Umer Wani is the effort that he takes in each case he deals. For Wani, as he is widely called, reaching to a conclusion of disputed matter in fair but in the shortest time is important as it saves client’s money and emotional health