Kashmir Advocates Association Moves Supreme Court for Establishment of Bar Council for J&K
The Kashmir Advocates Association approached the Supreme Court seeking establishment of a bar council for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought the responses of the Central government and the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court to the plea.
Currently, there is no bar council for J&K and lawyers take the membership of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association.
Supreme Court Justice Hrishikesh Roy Retires
Supreme Court judge Justice Hrishikesh Roy retired from office after a tenure of over 5 years at the top court.
Justice Roy obtained his LL.B Degree from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 1982. He initially practiced at the Supreme Court before shifting to the Gauhati High Court. He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in 2004.
He was appointed an additional judge of the Gauhati High Court in October 2006 and was made a permanent judge in 2008.
He was appointed as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court in August 2018 before being elevated to the Supreme Court on September 23, 2019.