>Fylindfotberserk at 09:45, 2 March 2021

2021-03-02T09:45:37Z

New page

{{Short description|Common High court for Indian-administered union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox court
| court_name = Jammu and Kashmir High Court
| image = Jammu and Kashmir High Court logo.jpg
| established = 26 March 1928 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/history.html |title=History |website=Jkhighcourt.nic.in |access-date=6 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075405/http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/history.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| jurisdiction = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Ladakh]]
| location = [[Srinagar]] Wing (Summer) and [[Jammu]] Wing (Winter)
| type = [[President of India|Presidential]] with [[advice and consent|confirmation]] of [[Chief Justice of India]] and [[Governors of states of India|governor of respective state]].
| authority = [[Constitution of India]]
| appealsto = [[Supreme Court of India]]
| terms = Mandatory retirement at the age of 62
| positions = 17 (13 Permanent Judges and 4 Additional Judges)
| website = [http://www.jkhighcourt.nic.in/ www.jkhighcourt.nic.in]
| chiefjudgetitle = [[Chief Justice]]
| chiefjudgename = [[Pankaj Mithal]]
| termstart = 4 January 2021
| termend =
}}
The '''Jammu and Kashmir High Court''' is the Common [[List of high courts in India|high court]] for union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Ladakh]]. It was established in 26 March 1928 by letters patent issued by the [[Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir]]. The seat of the court shifts between its summer capital [[Srinagar]] and winter capital [[Jammu]] of Jammu and Kashmir. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 17 in which 13 are permanent judges and 4 are additional judges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jklaw.nic.in/high_court.htm|title=Law Department J&K|website=jklaw.nic.in|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/history.html|title=History|website=jkhighcourt.nic.in|access-date=8 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075405/http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/history.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 4 January 2021, the [[Chief Justice]] of the court is Justice [[Pankaj Mithal]].<ref name="Jan2021"/>

==History==
The High Court of the Jammu Kashmir 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 judge]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/history.html |title=History |publisher=Jkhighcourt.nic.in |access-date=6 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075405/http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/history.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kandahar’s Qizilbash |url=https://kashmirlife.net/kandahars-qizilbash-issue-35-vol-09-157293/ |website=Kashmir Life |access-date=2 March 2021 |date=30 November 2017}}</ref> was the first Muslim Judge of the High Court. He retired as Home and Judicial Minister of Jammu & Kashmir during the Maharaja Rule.<ref>{{cite web|last=Altaf |first=Sana |url=http://www.newsinsight.net/Changingtimes...aspx |title=Changing times.. |website=Newsinsight.net |date=1 December 2011 |access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> In August 2018, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court got its first and second woman judges. Sindhu Sharma who was appointed as a Judge and Justice Gita Mittal who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the J&K High Court.

In August 2019, a [[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill|Reorganisation Bill]] was passed by both houses of the Indian Parliament. The provisions contained in the bill reorganised the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories; [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)]] and [[Ladakh]] with effect from 31 October 2019. The existing Jammu and Kashmir High Court is to continue as the high court for both union territories.

===The present Chief Justice===
Justice [[Pankaj Mithal]] was appointed as the [[Chief Justice]] of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 3 January 2021.<ref name="Jan2021">{{cite news |last1=Upadhyay |first1=Sparsh |title=Justice Pankaj Mithal Appointed As CJ Of Jammu & Kashmir High Court; Justice Ravi V. Malimath Made HP High Court Judge |url=https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/justice-pankaj-mithal-appointed-as-cj-of-jammu-kashmir-high-court-justice-ravi-v-malimath-made-hp-high-court-judge-167806 |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=www.livelaw.in |date=31 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==List of former chief justices==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
|-
!#
!Chief Justice
!Term
|-
!1
| Kanwar Sain
|27 April 1928–16 February 1931
|-
!2
| Birjor Dalal
|16 February 1931–24 November 1936
|-
!3
| Abdul Qayoom
|24 November 1936–20 July 1940
|-
!4
| Rachpal Singh
|13 August 1940–6 March 1942
|-
!5
| Ganga Nath
|24 June 1942–23 October 1945
|-
!6
| S.K. Ghose
|29 March 1946–29 March 1948
|-
!7
| Janki Nath Wazir
|30 March 1948–2 December 1967
|-
!8
| [[Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali]]
|3 December 1967–1 April 1975
|-
!9
| Raja Jaswant Singh
|2 April 1975–23 January 1976
|-
!10
| M.R.A. Ansari
|23 January 1976–8 November 1977
|-
!11
| Mian Jalal-ud-Din
|15 February 1978–22 February 1980
|-
!12
| Mufti Baha-ud-Din
|7 March 1983–23 August 1983
|-
!13
| [[ Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid]]
|24 August 1983–24 June 1984
|-
!14
| [[Adarsh Sein Anand]]
|11 May 1985–23 October 1989
|-
!15
| S.S. Kang
|24 October 1989–14 May 1993
|-
!16
|S.C. Mathur
|10 October 1993–17 March 1994
|-
!17
| S. Sagir Ahmed
|18 March 1994–22 September 1994
|-
!18
| M. Ramakrishna
|10 October 1994–15 June 1997
|-
!19
| Bhawani Singh
|16 June 1997–21 February 2000
|-
!20
| B.P. Saraf
|21 February 2000–22 August 2001
|-
!21
| H.K. Sema
|12 September 2001–8 April 2002
|-
!22
| B.C. Patel
|16 May 2002–4 March 2003
|-
!23
| S.N. Jha
|4 February 2004–11 October 2005
|-
!24
| B.A. Khan
|25 January 2007–31 March 2007
|-
!25
|[[K.S. Panicker Radhakrishnan|K.S. Radhakrishnan]]
|7 January 2008–28 August 2008
|-
!26
| Manmohan Sarin
|4 September 2008–19 October 2008
|-
!27
| [[Barin Ghosh (judge)|Barin Ghosh]]
|3 January 2009–13 April 2010
|-
!28
| Dr. [[Aftab Hussain Saikia]]
|13 April 2010–6 April 2011
|-
!29
| [[Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla|F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla]]
|24 February 2011–2 April 2012
|-
!30
|M. M. Kumar
|8 June 2012 – 4 January 2015
|-
!31
|[[N. Paul Vasanthakumar]]
|2 February 2015 - 14 March 2017
|-
!''Acting''
|[[Ramalingam Sudhakar]]
|16 March 2018 - 31 March 2018
|-
!32
|[[Badar Durrez Ahmed]]
|1 April 2017 - 15 March 2018
|-
!''Acting''
|[[Ramalingam Sudhakar]]
|16 March 2018 - 11 May 2018
|-
!''Acting''
|[[Alok Aradhe]]
|11 May 2018 - 11 August 2018
|-
!33
|[[Gita Mittal]]
|11 August 2018 - 8 December 2020
|-
!''Acting''
|[[Rajesh Bindal]]
|9 December 2020 - 3 January 2021
|-
!34
|[[Pankaj Mithal]]
|4 January 2021 - Incumbent
|}

== Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy ==
In 2001, the Hon’ble High Court of Jammu and Kashmir Vide its Order No. 342, dated 26 July 2001 established its regular Judicial Academy in the year 2001. Since then, Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy is functioning regularly and is holding training programmes on regular basis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Jammu & Kashmir State Judicial Academy |url=http://jkja.nic.in/presentsetup.php |website=jkja.nic.in |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy has its own infrastructure at Jammu in the premises of High Court and in Srinagar at Mominabad. Administrative machinery of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, as per tradition moves to Summer Capital, Srinagar in the month of April, and to Winter Capital, Jammu in the month of November, every year. In view of this tradition, Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy also functions likewise from Jammu and Srinagar. It has infrastructures both in Jammu and Srinagar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Jammu & Kashmir State Judicial Academy |url=http://www.jkja.nic.in/srinagarcampus.php |website=www.jkja.nic.in |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Jammu & Kashmir State Judicial Academy |url=http://www.jkja.nic.in/jammucampus.php |website=www.jkja.nic.in |access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [http://www.ebc-india.com/lawyer/hcourts.htm Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts]
* [http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2003/roct2003/30102003/r301020036.html Judge strength in High Courts increased]

==External links==
* [http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/ Jammu and Kashmir High Court official website]
[[Category:Government of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Judiciary of India]]
[[Category:High Courts of India]]
[[Category:Courts and tribunals established in 1928]]

Jammu and Kashmir High Court - Revision history

>Fylindfotberserk at 09:45, 2 March 2021