Srinagar: President of India on Tuesday ordered the appointment of Javed Iqbal Wani as a Judge of Common High Court for the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Wani is the son-in-law of Kashmir High Court Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom, presently lodged in Tihar Jail New Delhi under Public Safety Act.
“In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Javed Iqbal Wani, to be a Judge of Common High Court for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of I.adakh with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office,” reads the notification issued by the Government of India.