AG resigns, says ‘dignity of office can’t be compromised’

Three months after he took over as the Advocate General of Jammu and Kashmir, senior advocate Reyaz Ahmad Jan resigned from the post on Tuesday, saying authority, dignity and grace of the office cannot be compromised.

“Authority, dignity and grace are the three components of the office of Advocate General. And none of these can be compromised,” Jan told , when asked why he had tendered his resignation.

Jan, who assumed the charge as AG on March 15 this year after the State Cabinet approved his name, said: “There are many issues on which the AG should be taken into confidence and these cannot be imposed upon every time. There is a limit to patience and when that limit exceeds, you have the only option to quit and not to compromise on your principles.”

When asked if he was forced to compromise on specific issues, Jan said: “My book is open to everyone and I had accepted the assignment keeping in mind some objectives and purpose. But things were not in sync with each other.”

Meanwhile, nobody was willing to come on record in the Law department over the resignation of Jan.

Law Minister, Basharat Bukhari did not respond to repeated calls from this newspaper.