Justice Gita Mittal, the acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday. With the appointment, she became the first woman to be appointed as the Chief Justice of J&K High Court. The notification for the appointment of Justice Mittal stated: “In … Read more
The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) High Court is set to get its first woman judge with the appointment of Sindhu Sharma. The Central Government notified the appointment of advocate Sindhu Sharma today along with judicial officer Rashid Ali Dar as judges to the J&K High Court. In the 90 years of its existence, the J&K High Court has had 107 judges and all of … Read more
After lawyer Deepika Singh Rajwat — who is fighting the case of an eight-year-old girl from Kathua who was raped and murdered — accused the Jammu High Court Bar Association president of threatening her, the Jammu Bar on Sunday sent a team of women lawyers to defend its president Bopinder Singh Salathia. The Bar had come under criticism … Read more