Murmu approves first judicial appointment
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU/NEW DELHI: Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday approved first judicial appointment as President, signing the warrant of appointment of Rajesh Sekhri as an additional judge in the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
Murmu took over as the 15th President of India on July 25. Sources in the government said this was the first warrant of appointment of a judge President Droupadi Murmu signed.
“In exercise of the power conferred by clause (l) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Rajesh Sekhri, to be an Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, for a period of two years, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office,” said a notification signed by an additional secretary in the department of justice. Sekhri was so far serving as a judicial officer.
The J&K High Court has sanctioned strength of 17 Judges including 13 Permanent Judges and 4 Additional Judges. However, at present there are fifteen Judges including Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal. With the elevation of Senior Most District & Sessions Judge Rajesh Sekri as Judge of J&K High Court the sitting strength of the Common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh goes to 16.
Rajesh Sekri, born in Jammu, did his Matriculation from S.D. Sabha High Secondary School. He did Graduation from Government Gandhi Memorial Science College and L.L.B from Faculty of Law, University of Jammu in the year 1989; passed K.C.S. (Judicial) and joined as Munsiff in 1995. He was promoted as Sub-Judge, in 1998 and as District and Sessions Judge in 2008 and got selection Grade in 2014 with effect from June 2013 and was placed in Super Time scale in 2017.
He served as CJM, Rajouri and Kargil and as District Judge, as Special Judge TADA/POTA Court Srinagar, Additional District Judge Anantnag, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Jammu, Principal District Judge, Reasi, Ramban and Baramulla. He also served as Special Judge Anti-corruption CBI cases, Jammu and presently posted as Judicial Member, J&K Special Tribunal, Jammu.