Jammu: Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
He was administered the oath by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Convention Centre here.
Justice Singh was appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on February 12.
The post had fallen vacant after the retirement of Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey.
On the occasion, the warrant of appointment was read out by the Registrar General, High Court of J&K and Ladakh, Shahzad Azeem.
The swearing-in 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 Mohammad Akram Chowdhary, Justice Rahul Bharti, Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal and Justice Rajesh Sekhri and their spouses.
The ceremony was also graced by D.C. Raina, Advocate General; Vishal Sharma, DSGI Jammu; Tahir Shamsi, DSGI, Kashmir; former Judges of the High Court, Senior designated Advocates, Government Advocates, M.K. Bhardwaj, President HCBA; alongwith other office bearers, Advocates, Sanjay Parihar, Principal District and Sessions Judge, Jammu; M.K. Sharma, Principal Secretary to Chief Justice; other Registry officers as well as senior judicial officers.
