Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh administered the oath of office to Mohammad Yousuf Wani as an additional judge.
The oath-taking ceremony was attended in person by justices Tashi Rabstan, Rajnesh Oswal, Vinod Chatterji Koul, Sanjay Dhar, Javed Iqbal Wani, Rahul Bharti, Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, and Wasim Sadiq Nargal. Justices Atul Sreedharan, Sanjeev Kumar, Sindhu Sharma, Puneet Gupta, Mohd Akram Chowdhary, and Rajesh Sekhri attended virtually from Jammu.
The oath-taking ceremony, held at the chief justice’s chamber, was conducted by the registrar general of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Shahzad Azeem.
With this appointment, the number of judges in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has increased to 16, including the chief justice.