30-07-2021 | 17:09 PM
New name for Jammu and Kashmir High Court
• The “long-winding and cumbersome” nomenclature ‘Common High Court of UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh’ has been changed to ‘High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh’.
• President Ram Nath Kovind signed the “Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2021” to make this change.
• This nomenclature might be substituted as “High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh” for sake of convenience in consonance with the name pattern followed in “Punjab and Haryana High Court” which has jurisdiction over states of Punjab, Haryana, and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
• This act comprises provisions of reconstituting the State of Jammu & Kashmir, including the park of a Kashmir which has been a subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947, into two union territories called Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
• This act was enacted on October 31, 2019. Bill for the act was introduced and passed on August 5, 2019, by Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah.
• On August 6, 2019, it was passed by the Lok Sabha and received President’s assent on 9 August 2019. The introduction of this bill was preceded by presidential order under Article 370 revoking the special status of Jammu & Kashmir.
