Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 9: President of India today appointed prominent Advocate Javed Iqbal Wani as Judge of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.
A notification in this regard signed by Rajinder Kashyap, joint secretary has been issued by Union Ministry of Law and Justice, which states that President of India in exercise of the power conferred by Clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India has appointed Javed Iqbal Wani as Judge of the High Court with effect from the date he assumes the charge of his office.
The name of Javed Iqbal Wani was approved by the SC Collegium in its meeting held on January 22 this year under the chairmanship of Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde.
Advocate Wani, who is the gold medallist in Law from Kashmir University started his practice in the year 1990 and served as Additional Advocate General (February, 2019 to December 2019).
He also represented Government in several high profile cases including the Pathribal fake encounter case on the behalf of Army, Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association scam case and the defection case on the behalf of seven BJP MLAs in the year 2009-2010.
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