Srinagar: The President of India on Tuesday ordered appointment of prominent lawyer Javed Iqbal Wani as judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
A notification as per news agency, in this regard was issued by union ministry of Law and Justice today . It is after a gap of seven years that a Kashmiri Muslim has been appointed as judge of J&K High Court
Before this appointment, Justice Ali Muhammad Magray was the last Kashmiri Muslim appointed as judge of the High Court in 2013.
Javed Iqbal is basically from Maharaja bazaar Amira Kadal Srinagar.
