Justice Atul Sreedharan appointed as J&K High Court Judge

Jammu APRIL-27-2023:- President of India Droupadi Murmu in has appointed Justice Atul Sreedharan as J&K High Court Judge as Collegium has recommended his transferred from Madhya Pradesh High Court.

With the appointment Justice Atul Sreedharan the strength of J&K High Court raises to 16 including Chief Justice.

Justice Sreedharan Born on May 24th,1966, Joined the Chamber of Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Advocate in 1992 at Delhi completed in his chamber till 1997. During this period he assisted him in several , Civil and Criminal matters before the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi and the Trial Court at Delhi. From 1997 to December 2000 practiced independently at Delhi. Shifted to Indore in the year 2001 and have been practicing independently and continuously before the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Have also been closely associated with Mr. Satyendra Kumar Vyas, Senior Advocate at Indore. I have also, independently handled criminal and a few civil cases before the Trial Court and High Court, service matters and writ petitions before the High Court and also cases medical negligence before the consumer forums. On the panel of the Madhya Pradesh Housing Board since 04 /10/02 to 2012. Represented the State of Madhya Pradesh as Panel Advocate before the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Indore from 2001 to 2003. Represented the State of Madhya Pradesh as a Government Advocate before the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Bench at Indore, from October’03 to February’04. On the panel of the Kendriya Vidyalaya .Sangathan from the year 2004 till July 2012. Appointed as Central Government Counsel on 19/09/05 to appear in cases on behalf of the Union of India till 19/09/08. Appointed as Central Government Counsel (Senior Panel) on 19/02 /10 to appear in cases on behalf of the Union of India till 19/02/13. Appointed as Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on April 7th, 2016 and Permanent Judge on March 17, 2018. JNF