Jammu, February-15-2023– Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office to hri Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court at an impressive Oath Ceremony.
The Warrant of Appointment of Justice N Kotiswar Singh as Chief Justice of the J&K High and Ladakh Court was read out by the Registrar General Shahzad Azeem.
Pertinently, there are 17 positions in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir including Chief Justice. Of them 12 are permanent judges and 5 additional judges. With the appointment of Justice Gita Mittal as Chief Justice J&K High Court, the strength of the High Court Judges has gone up to 15 and two posts are vacant.
The oath Ceremony was attended by Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul, Justice Sanjay Dhar, Justice Puneet Gupta, Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, Justice Mohan Lal, Justice Mohd. Akram Chowdhary, Justice Rahul Bharti, Justice Moksha Khajuria, Kazmi and Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, Advocate General DC Raina, DSGI Vishal Sharma and Director General of Police; high ranking Civil, Judicial and Police officers; senior Advocates.
Justice Kotiswar Singh is presently serving as a Judge at the Gauhati High Court. He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 2008 and served as the Advocate General of the State of Manipur from November 2007 till his elevation to the Bench in October 2011. He was appointed as a Judge of the Gauhati High Court in November 2012.
He was appointed as a Judge of the Manipur High Court upon its creation with effect from 23rd March, 2013. Later on, in 2017 he was appointed to perform the duties of the office of Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur. On transfer to Gauhati High Court, Justice Kotiswar assumed charge as a Judge, Gauhati High Court on 11.10.2018. Presently, he is Executive Chairman of the Assam State Legal Services Authority, Central Authority member of National Legal Services Authority and a member of the Governing Body of National Judicial Academy, Bhopal. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court w.e.f. 21.09.2020 to 09.01.2021 and from 09.05.2022 to 22.06.2022. JNF