Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh Wednesday (15th February 2023) took oath as 36th Chief Justice (CJ) of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh.

* Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office to the Chief Justice at a ceremony held in Jammu.

* The oath ceremony comes three days after the President of India appointed Justice Singh as the Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh.

* Registrar General of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh, Shahzad Azeem read out the warrant of appointment.

* Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Sanjay Dhar, Justice Puneet Gupta, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, Justice Mohan Lal, Justice Mohammad Akram Chowdhary, Justice Rahul Bharti, Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, and Justice Rajesh Sekhri also attended the ceremony.

* Chief Justice Vijayalakshmi Brara and his family also attended the oath ceremony...

Source : Greater Kashmir