Jammu and Kashmir High Court

Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Established 1928 [1]
Country  India
Location Srinagar Wing (Summer) and Jammu Wing (Winter)
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by Constitution of India
Decisions are appealed to Supreme Court of India
Judge term length Mandatory retirement at the age of 62
Number of positions 17 (12 Permanent Judges and 5 Additional Judges)
Website www.jkhighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar
Since 2 February 2015

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was established in the year 1928 by letters patent issued by the Maharaja of Jammu Kashmir. The seat of the court shifts between its summer capital Srinagar and winter capital Jammu. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 17 in which 12 are permanent judges and 5 are additional judges.Moreover chapter 7 of j&k constitution deals with high court.

History

The High Court of the Jammu and Kashmir state was established on the basis of the Order No. 1 issued by the Maharaja on 26 March 1928. The Maharaja appointed Lala Kanwar Sain as the first Chief Justice and Lala Bodh Raj Sawhney and Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain as Puisne Judges.[2] The seats of the High Court were at Jammu and Srinagar. On 10 September 1943, letters patent were conferred on the High Court by the Maharaja. Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain was the first Muslim Judge of the High Court. He retired as Home and Judicial Minister of Jammu & Kashmir during the Maharaja Rule.[3]

The Chief Justice

N. Paul Vasanthakumar was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 2 February 2015.[4]

List of former Chief Justices

# Chief Justice Term
1 Kanwar Sain 27 April 192816 February 1931
2 Birjor Dalal 16 February 193124 November 1936
3 Abdul Qayoom 24 November 193620 July 1940
4 Rachpal Singh 13 August 19406 March 1942
5 Ganga Nath 24 June 194223 October 1945
6 S.K. Ghose 29 March 194629 March 1948
7 Janki Nath Wazir 30 March 19482 December 1967
8 Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali 3 December 19671 April 1975
9 Raja Jaswant Singh 2 April 197523 January 1976
10 M.R.A. Ansari 23 January 19768 November 1977
11 Mian Jalal-ud-Din 15 February 197822 February 1980
12 Mufti Baha-ud-Din 7 March 198323 August 1983
13 V.Angarial Khalid 24 August 198324 June 1984
14 Adarsh Sein Anand 11 May 198523 October 1989
15 S.S. Kang 24 October 198914 May 1993
16 S.C. Mathur 10 October 199317 March 1994
17 S. Sagir Ahmed 18 March 199422 September 1994
18 M. Ramakrishna 10 October 199415 June 1997
19 Bhawani Singh 16 June 199721 February 2000
20 B.P. Saraf 21 February 200022 August 2001
21 H.K. Sema 12 September 20018 April 2002
22 B.C. Patel 16 May 20024 March 2003
23 S.N. Jha 4 February 200411 October 2005
24 B.A. Khan 25 January 200731 March 2007
25 Aftab Alam 7 June 200710 November 2007
26 K.S. Radhakrishnan 7 January 200828 August 2008
27 Manmohan Sarin 4 September 200819 October 2008
28 Barin Ghosh 3 January 200913 April 2010
29 Dr. Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia 13 April 20106 April 2011
30 F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla 24 February 20112 April 2012
31 M. M. Kumar 8 June 2012 – 4 January 2015
32 N. Paul Vasanthakumar 2 February 2015–till date

References

  1. "History". Jkhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. "History". Jkhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  3. Altaf, Sana (2011-12-01). "Changing times..". Newsinsight.net. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  4. "Honb'le The Chief Justice of High Court of J&K". Jkhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-11-06.

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