Chief Justice administers oath of office to Justice Nargal

Jammu, May 22: Chief Justice High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N Kotiswar Singh administered the oath of office to Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal as Additional Judge of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh in the Chief Justice’s Court Room here Wednesday.

The oath-taking ceremony was attended at Jammu by Justice Atul Sreedharan, Justice Rajesh Oswal, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Puneet Gupta, Justice Rahul Bharti and Justice Raiesh Sekhri while Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Sanjay Dhar, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, Justice Muhammad Akram Chowdhary, Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi and Justice Muhammad Yousuf Wani participated virtually from Srinagar.

The proceedings of the oath-taking ceremony were conducted by Shahzad Azeem, Registrar General, who read the contents of the notification received from the Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Justice (Appointments Division), the Warrants of Appointment issued by the President of India and the Letter of Authorisation issued by Lieutenant Governor authorising Chief Justice to administer the oath of office to Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal.

The ceremony was also attended by a former judge of the High Court, Advocate General, Assistant Solicitor General of India, Jammu, Director General of Police (DGP), Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Secretary to Government, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Principal District Judge Jammu, members of various Bars, other officers of civil and Police administration besides officers and staff of the Registry.