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Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

Data as on 01.11.2026. Source: LawInC analysis of Department of Justice data.

Sitting judges of this Court, followed by judges whose Parent High Court is this Court and who are serving elsewhere, and sitting Supreme Court judges drawn from this Parent High Court. Parent High Court Seniority is kept after a transfer; that is the figure the public monthly list does not present as an all-India picture.

14
Sitting
25
Sanctioned
11
Vacancies
0
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
1
Of other PHCs, serving here
0
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Srinagar and Jammu (twin seats)
Official website. https://jkhighcourt.nic.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati (Parent High Court: Rajasthan)

Collegium of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief JusticeJustice Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati20.09.2032
MemberJustice Sanjeev Kumar07.04.2028
MemberJustice Smt. Sindhu Sharma09.10.2034

No collegium change is projected from the present sitting list within the next year.

Sitting at this High Court (14)

Ordered by sitting-court seniority (SHC-S). PHC-S is the Permanent High Court Number (parent-court seniority, kept after transfer). AIS is All India Seniority as on this date, including Additional Judges. Incoming transferred judges, including the Chief Justice, appear here.

SHC-SPHC-SAISWorking rankJudgeSitting HCParent HCSourceAppointedRetiresRemarks
126767Hon'ble Justice Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati Chief Justice BarJammu & Kashmir and LadakhRajasthanBar16.11.201620.09.2032CJ.J&K
238787Hon'ble Justice Sanjeev Kumar BarJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhBar06.06.201707.04.2028
34137137Hon'ble Justice Smt. Sindhu Sharma BarJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhBar07.08.201809.10.2034
45240240Hon'ble Justice Rajnesh Oswal BarJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhBar02.04.202016.06.2035
57241241Hon'ble Justice Sanjy Dhar ServiceJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhService07.04.202010.05.2027
610330330Hon'ble Justice Mohd. Akram Chowdhary ServiceJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhService09.11.202109.06.2027
711355355Hon'ble Justice Rahul Bharti BarJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhBar28.03.202230.07.2029
812356356Hon'ble Justice Smt. Moksha Kazmi BarJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhBar28.03.202231.12.2034
912378378Hon'ble Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal BarJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhBar03.06.202230.07.2030
1014406406Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Sekhri ServiceJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhService29.07.202225.09.2027Addl. Addl.
1115564564Hon'ble Justice Mohd. Yousuf Wani ServiceJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhService25.03.202423.04.2028Addl. Addl.
1216627627Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Parihar ServiceJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhService01.05.202518.12.2030
1317628628Hon'ble Justice Shahzad Azeem ServiceJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhService01.05.202526.04.2037
1418817817Hon'ble Justice Yash Paul Bourney ServiceJammu & Kashmir and LadakhJammu & Kashmir and LadakhService22.09.202624.08.2029

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (0)

Including those serving as Chief Justice or as a puisne judge of another High Court. Their Parent High Court Seniority is unchanged.

None recorded in this workbook.

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (1)

Sitting judges of this Court whose Parent High Court is another High Court (transferred in). Their Permanent High Court Seniority (PHC-S) is that of the Parent High Court.

JudgeParent High CourtPHC-S
Justice Dr. Pushpendra Singh BhatiRajasthan2

Sitting Supreme Court judges from this Parent High Court (0)

None sitting in this workbook.

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