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The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh [2] [3] is the common high court for union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. It was established as the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 26 March 1928 by the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. The seat of the court shifts between the summer capital Srinagar and winter capital Jammu.
A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the areas under Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese administration. On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked the special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir—a region administered by India as a state which consists of the larger part of Kashmir which has been the subject of dispute ...
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir will function as the High Court for both the union territories. [ 16 ] The act provides that the administration of the Jammu and Kashmir will be as per Article 239A of the Indian constitution.
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India.However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiar or territorial jurisdiction.
These cases were reviewed in 2002 by the full bench of the state's High Court, which overturned the past rulings and found that the state has discriminated based on gender. [81] [80] In 2004, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly passed the Permanent Residents (Disqualification) Bill – also known as the Daughter's Bill.
Roshni Act controversy, also referred to as Roshni Act scam or Roshni land scam, is an alleged scam in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, involving the illegal transfer of 20,46,436 kanals [a] (approx. 1,03,520 hectares) of state land, [1] valued at approximately ₹25,000 crore (approx. 3 billion USD) to 400 beneficiaries, whose legal status or claims remain contested, under the ...
Mufti Baha-ud-Din Farooqi (1927 – 5 July 2014) was a Kashmiri lawyer, jurist and political figure who served as the 12th Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. [ 1 ] Education and career
The court cases are categorised into two types - civil and criminal. In 2025, the total number of pending cases of all types and at all levels rose above 52 million or 5.2 crores, including over 180,000 court cases pending for more than 30 years in district and high courts.