Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar has been appointed acting Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court after the retirement of Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed.

The Ministry of Law and Justice issued the notification today stating that the President has signed off on the appointment of Justice Sudhakar in exercise of powers conferred under Section 100 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir.

Justice Sudhakar, who is the senior most judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, will assume office on March 16.

Read the notification.

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