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Govt clears two names for High Court Judges | | | Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 1: Union of India cleared the names of Adv Sindu Sharma presently Assistant Solicitor General of India and Rashid Ali Dar then Principal Sessions Judge Srinagar for the elevation of High Court Judge. Adv Sindhu is the first Woman from J&K who will be High Court Judge. The Jammu & Kashmir High Court which was established in 1928 has not had a single woman judge in its 90 years of existence. The High Court has had 107 judges in those 90 years and all of them have been men. Sources told that the warrants of elevation likely to be issued in next few days. Advocate Sindhu Sharma was the first lady Advocate of State to be appointed as Assistant Solicitor General of India. She cleared LL.B in the year 1996, from Punjab University. Adv Sindu is practicing as an Advocate at High Court and District Courts of Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu since 1996. She was appointed Assistant Solicitor General of India for Jammu & Kashmir High Court at Jammu in November 2014. She is also Counsel for NHPC and Power Grid Corporation of India, JDA. She was also elected as Vice President of J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu in the year 2013. Rashid Ali Dar retired as Principal District and Session Judge Srinagar on November 30, 2017. The sanctioned strength of the J&K High Court is 17 Judges including Chief Justice, but presently there are only 8 Judges. |
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