STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Thursday administered the Oath of Office to Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as the new Chief Justice of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh at a swearing-in ceremony here at Convention Centre.
The Lt Governor congratulated Justice Pankaj Mithal for his new appointment.
The Registrar General Sanjeev Gupta of the High Court read out the warrant of appointment.
Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey has been appointed to head the High Court for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in view of the transfer of of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal recently. It is worthwhile to mention here that Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey is 35th Chief Justice of Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.
Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey was appointed as Permanent Judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir vide Notification No. K.13021/01/2012-US.II dated 7th March, 2013 and he took oath of office on 8th March, 2013.
Earlier, he was enrolled as Advocate in 1984 and started practicing law in the District Courts, including Revenue Courts/Tribunals and simultaneously started conducting matters in the High Court. He served as Standing Counsel from 1986 onwards for the State Financial Corporation; Jammu & Kashmir Bank and SIDCO; Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences; Power Development Department; Service Selection Board and Jammu & Kashmir Wakf Board. He was appointed as Additional Advocate General in February 2003 with allocation of General Administration Department, Health and Medical Education Department, Service Selection Board, State Public Service Commission, Estates Department, SKIMS and Vigilance Department and was appointed as Senior Additional Advocate General in September 2009 with additional charge of Home Department.
He appeared and conducted important criminal, Division Bench and Full Bench matters involving important questions of law, on behalf of the State in the High Court as also in numerous appeals in the Supreme Court of India. He had also appeared and conducted important Public Interest Litigation matters, Constitutional matters, service matters, tax matters, civil matters involving high stakes and important issues, arbitration matters and appeared in Commissions of Inquiry also on behalf of erstwhile State of J&K etc.