Chief Justice administers oath of office to 2 judges as HC’s permanent judges

The chief justice of the high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N Kotiswar Singh, on Monday, administered the oath of office to justice Rahul Bharti and justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, as permanent judges of the high court of J&K and Ladakh.

The chief justice of the high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N Kotiswar Singh, on Monday, administered the oath of office to justice Rahul Bharti and justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, as permanent judges of the high court of J&K and Ladakh.

Chief justice N Kotiswar Singh presents a warrant of appointment to justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi in Jammu on Monday. (HT Photo)

The swearing-in ceremony was held in the court room of the chief justice here and it was attended physically by Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Sanjay Dhar, Justice Puneet Gupta, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani and Justice Mohammad Akram Chowdhary while Justice Atul Sreedharan, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal and Justice Rajesh Sekhri joined the event virtually from Srinagar Wing of the high court.

The proceedings of the oath ceremony were conducted by Shahzad Azeem, registrar general of the high court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, who read the notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India, the warrant of appointment issued by the President, as well authorisation issued by lieutenant governor, J&K, authorising the chief justice to administer the oath of office to the respective judges.