Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 27: Justice Sanjay Gupta, sitting Judge of J&K High Court, passed away late this evening due to illness.
Justice Sanjay Gupta, 59, is survived by his wife and one son and one daughter. The news of his sudden death has come as a shock to the legal fraternity, Bar and the Bench.
Born on 24.11.1961, Justice Gupta did matriculation from Oriental Academy, Jammu in 1976, BSc with full medical subjects from GGM Science College Jammu in 1982 and LLB from University of Jammu.
He was enrolled as Advocate in Bar Council of Delhi in 1986, joined Jammu bar in the Chamber of S S Lehar (Senior Advocate) and practised in all fields including criminal, civil, revenue and MACT etc in subordinate courts and before High Court.
He was selected as direct recruit in higher judicial service as District and Sessions Judge on 22.01.2004 and served as Additional District and Sessions Judge Doda, District and Sessions Judge in various courts at Jammu and Principal District and Sessions Judge Jammu.
He also remained posted Judicial Member Special Tribunal J&K at Jammu, One Man Forest Tribunal Jammu and Kashmir. He was Principal District and Sessions Judge Jammu when elevated as permanent Judge of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. He took oath on 06.06.2017 as High Court Judge.
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