JAMMU: President of India has issued warrants of elevation of Justice Bansi Lal Bhat as Permanent Judge of J&K High Court. As per the sources, the oath ceremony in this regard will take place on Friday in Jammu.
With the elevation of Justice Bansi Lal Bhat, the strength of Permanent Judges of J&K goes to 9 including the Chief Justice.
Justice Bhat was born on April 19, 1954 at village Arihal, Tehsil and District, Pulwama in Kashmir. He passed matriculation from Government High School, Hawal. He completed graduation from Amar Singh College, Srinagar in 1972 and obtained his Law Degree from University of Kashmir in 1974.
He started his career as pleader with Bar Association Srinagar in the year 1975. Later, he practiced law in Civil, Criminal and Revenue Courts until his selection in KCS Judicial. He joined as Munsiff on November 17, 1982 and was promoted as Sub Judge on June 29, 1989. He served as CJM, Jammu till his induction in Higher Judicial Service in August, 1999. During his elite career, he served as Principal District and Sessions Judge in both capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar besides at Poonch, Reasi and Kathua. He also also served as Presiding Officer of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Jammu for one year.
He also served for two tenures as Special Judge Anti Corruption Jammu. Later, he was appointed as Special Judge of the newly created Anti Corruption Court for trial of CBI Cases on August 18, 2011 where he served till his elevation as Permanent Judge of J&K High Court. He has contributed to development of Law by delivering many landmark judgments besides settling thousands of disputes as Presiding Officer of the Permanent Lok Adalat. He was appointed as Additional Judge of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on April 8, 2013. JNF
