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President nod for J&K High Court bench in Ladakh hailed
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday welcomed President Droupadi Murmu's approval for a bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in the union territory. The notification…
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday welcomed President Droupadi Murmu's approval for a bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in the union territory. The notification was published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary on August 27, just seven days after the Union Cabinet announced the decision on August 20.
Saxena called the move historic and said it reflects the government's commitment to addressing the long-standing aspirations of the people of Ladakh. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for bringing the High Court closer to the region. Saxena noted that for a geographically challenging area like Ladakh, access to justice is tied to physical accessibility, and the bench will ease difficulties in seeking higher judicial remedies.
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Ladakh has had no High Court bench since it became a union territory in 2019, forcing litigants to travel over 400 km to Srinagar or to the Supreme Court in Delhi. The region's winter closures make this route impassable for months. Under Article 214 of the Constitution, High Court benches require Presidential assent, which was now granted. The Ladakh High Court bench is expected to start functioning within a year, but its interim location and the number of judges to be appointed are yet to be decided by the Chief Justice of the J&K High Court in consultation with the central government.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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