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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.
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.
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh) 27 September 2024 (145 days) 9 April 2025 (−49 days) 195 days Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh: 8 March 2013 (11 years, 348 days) 24 Since 20 January 2025: Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao: Jharkhand High Court : 30 May 2023 (1 year, 265 days) 25 September 2024 (147 days)
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 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.
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
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 ...
He did his graduation and LL.B from University of Jammu. On 6 March 1990, he was enrolled in Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir and started practising in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court and in various other High Courts. He has served as Standing Counsel for Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh from 1997 to 2005.