Jammu: Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice Pankaj Mithal, on Monday administered the oath of office to the two newly-appointed Judges of the High Court, in the Court Room of Chief Justice at Jammu. The Chief Justice administered the oath of secrecy to Justices Rahul Bharti and Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, appointed as Additional Judges of the High Court. The oath-taking ceremony was attended at Jammu by Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Puneet Gupta, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, Justice Mohammad Akram Chowdhary while as Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Sanjay Dhar and Justice Mohan Lal attended the oath ceremony virtually from Srinagar. The proceedings were conducted by Sanjeev Gupta, Registrar General of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, who read the contents of the notification received from Government of India, Ministry of Law & Justice, Department of Justice, the Warrants of Appointment issued by the President of India and the Letter of Authorization issued by the Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, authorising the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, to administer the oath of office to two newly-appointed Judges. With this, the strength of Judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has risen to 15, including the Chief Justice.
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