Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 9: Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal today administered oath of office to two newly appointed Judges of J&K High Court Justice Mohan Lal and Justice Mohammad Akram Chowdhary at a oath ceremony held in the Court Room of the Chief Justice here.
The proceedings of the ceremony were conducted by Jawad Ahmad, Registrar General of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, who read the contents of the notification received from Union Ministry of Law & Justice, Department of Justice (Appointments Division), the warrants of appointment issued by the President of India and the Letter of Authorization issued by the Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, authorising the Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, to administer the oath of office to the two newly appointed Judges.
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The oath taking ceremony was attended by Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Justice Sindhu Sharma, Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul and Justice Puneet Gupta at Jammu while Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Justice Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sanjay Dhar and Justice Javed Iqbal Wani participated online from Srinagar.
The ceremony was also attended by former Chief Justice, former Judges of High Court, Advocate General, Chief Secretary, Assistant Solicitor General of India, Secretary Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, District Judges posted at Jammu Headquarter, members of various Bars, officers of civil and police administration besides officers and staff of the Registry.
With the oath of Justice Mohan Lal and Justice Akram Chowdhary, the strength of Common High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has risen to 13 including Chief Justice against the sanctioned strength of 17.
Born on November 20, 1961 at village Khellani Top in Bhalla tehsil of Bhaderwah, Mohan Lal Manhas did his early schooling from Government High School Malothi and then from Government Ranbir Higher Secondary School Jammu.
He did his graduation from GGM Science College and LLB Professional from Jammu University in the year 1985. He was enrolled as an Advocate with J&K Bar Council in the year 1986 and started practicing at Jammu with Senior Advocate G N Goni. He got selected as Prosecuting Officer in the J&K Police in the year 1988/1989 and served as Prosecuting Officer till he joined as Munsiff JMIC in the year 1995.
He was first posted as District Judicial Mobile Magistrate Doda and was promoted as Sub-Judge in the year 1997 and remained posted as Sub-Judge Auqauf Islamia, Sub-Judge Nowshera, Sub-Judge Kishtwar, Sub-Judge (Municipal Magistrate) Srinagar, CJM Udhampur and got promoted as District and Sessions Judge in the year 2007.
He remained posted as Principal District and Sessions Judge Leh, 2nd Additional District and Sessions Judge Jammu, Registrar Judicial J&K High Court Wing Jammu, Principal District and Sessions Judge Kishtwar, Special Judge Anti-Corruption Srinagar, Judicial Member J&K Special Tribunal Srinagar, Principal District and Sessions Judge Samba, Special Judge Anti-Corruption (CBI cases) Jammu, Principal District and Sessions Judge Udhampur.
Born on June 10, 1965 in village Thuroo of tehsil Mahore of erstwhile District Udhampur (now Reasi), Mohd Akram Chowdhary received early education from Government High School Thuroo and Higher Secondary School Reasi.
He graduated from Government Moulana Azad Memorial College, Jammu and did LLB Degree from University of Jammu in the year 1989. He practiced law almost in all courts including High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. He was appointed as Civil Judge Junior Division/Munsiff in the year 1995 and promoted as District and Sessions Judge in the year 2007.
He served in all the three divisions and to mention few was Chief Judicial Magistrate Kargil and Budgam, J&K Eviction Authority (Wakafs); Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bandipora, Ramban,Anantnag, Samba, Kathua and Srinagar; Chairman J&K Sales Tax Tribunal; Member Secretary J&K State Legal Services Authority.
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