Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 16: President of India has appointed Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
A notification in this regard was issued by Ministry of Law and Justice today. Presently, Justice Mir is the Acting Chief Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court and he will take oath as Chief Justice on June 18, 2014 at 5 pm.
Born on April 25, 1955 at village Rajpora in Pulwama district, Justice Mir did his schooling from the same village and obtained Bachelors Degree from Amar Singh College in 1976. He did LLB in 1978 from Kashmir University and joined the Bar in the same year and practiced in almost all branches of law—civil, criminal, revenue etc at District Court Pulwama till May 26, 1993.
He was appointed as Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kupwara on May 27, 1993. He remained posted as Principal District and Sessions Judge, Srinagar from September 2004 till his elevation as Additional Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on January 31, 2005.
He was appointed as Permanent Judge of the High Court on July 7, 2007 and delivered landmark judgments in all branches of law and decided 37000 cases from January 31, 2005 to November 24, 2013.
He was transferred to High Court of Himachal Pradesh and took over as Acting Chief Justice on November 26, 2013. During this short stint, he decided 4134 cases.
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