06/09/2026
NEW DELHI, Sep 5: The President has appointed Dr Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati, Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice on September 5, the appointment has been made under clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India and will take effect from the date Justice Bhati assumes charge of his office.
Besides Justice Bhati, the other appointments are Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao, Judge of the Delhi High Court, as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court; Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge, Judge of the Bombay High Court, as Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court; Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, as Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court; Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi, Judge of the Allahabad High Court, as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court; Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High ...