Four new Courts of Additional Districts and Session Judge to be created in J&K
These district and session courts in district headquarters will be one in each of the districts of Samba, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Poonch.
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Srinagar, October 27: The Administrative Council (AC) which was chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha approved the establishment of four more districts and session courts in Jammu and Kashmir. These district and session courts in district headquarters will be one in each of the districts of Samba, Bandipora, Ganderbal, and Poonch.
Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K, and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting, as per a handout issued by the administration.
The administrative council also approved the creation of 40 new posts of different categories (10 each) at the new court complexes in the 4 selected districts having a financial implication of rs. 258.245 lacs (salary) and rs 21.657 lacs (NPS) per financial year.
The gradual increase in the population of Jammu and Kashmir has substantially enhanced the judicial workload which has necessitated the opening of new court complexes to cater to the increased public demand.
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