Srinagar: President of India on Monday appointed two additional judges of the J&K and Ladakh High Court as permanent judges.
“In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Rahul Bharti and (ii) Ms. Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi,, Additional Judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, to be Judges of that High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices,” reads a notification by Ministry of Law & Justice Department of Justice.
The Supreme Court collegium had on January 4 recommended that the two additional judges be made permanent.
Justices Bharti and Kazmi were appointed as additional judges on March 28, 2023.
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has a sanctioned strength of 17 Judges including 13 Permanent Judges and 4 Additional Judges.
Besides Chief Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, the judges in place include Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Atul Sreedharan, Justice Sanjeev Kumar Shukla, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Sanjay Dhar, Justice Puneet Gupta, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, Justice Mohd Akram Chowdhary, Justice Rahul Bharti, Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal and Justice Rajesh Sekhri.
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