Jammu, 28 October (H.S.): The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has ordered the transfer and posting of 78 Civil Judges (Junior Division) across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, attached 10 trainee judicial officers to the J&K Judicial Academy and placed 11 promoted Civil Judges (Senior Division) under the Registrar Judicial, Jammu, pending further adjustment.

The order, issued by Registrar General M. K. Sharma, covers courts in several districts, including Jammu, Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara, Anantnag, Rajouri, Kathua, Udhampur, Doda and Kishtwar. The officers concerned have been directed to report at their respective stations on or before November 1, 2026.

In Jammu district, Roopsi has been posted as Fourth Additional Munsiff, Lakshay Badyal as Third Additional Munsiff, Arushi Shukla as Additional Mobile Magistrate Traffic and Sonali Sharma as Munsiff. Kritika Sethi has been posted as Forest Magistrate and First Additional Munsiff, while Samreen Tibb will serve as Munsiff at Akhnoor.

In other postings across the Jammu division, Sanah Badyal has been posted as Additional Munsiff at Samba, Varun Kumar as Munsiff at Udhampur, Kangna Gupta as Munsiff/District Judicial Mobile Magistrate Traffic at Udhampur and Deepika Sharma as Munsiff at Chenani. Shavika Gupta has been posted at Reasi, Arvind Manhas at Katra, Bhawana Kesar at Kathua, Shyam Kumar as District Mobile Magistrate Traffic at Kathua, Aastha Sharma at Hiranagar, Cheena Sumbria at Basohli and Rishabh Koushal at Billawar. Jaspreet Kaur will serve as Munsiff/Additional Special Mobile Magistrate at Billawar.

Anurag Khajuria has been posted as Munsiff at Bhaderwah, Deepshikha as District Mobile Magistrate Traffic at Doda, Akash Deep Singh at Gandoh with additional charge of Thathri, Viren Magotra at Kishtwar, Alisha Bhagat at Ramban, Shivali Sharma at Banihal and Waqar Ahmad at Gool.

In Rajouri and Poonch, Sheeraz Akhter Malik has been posted at Kalakote, Zirgham Hamid at Thannamandi, Andleeb Singh at Budhal, Akanksha Bhagat at Sunderbani, Fazal Ul Haq as District Mobile Magistrate Traffic at Rajouri, Vikas Bhardwaj at Mendhar and Amandeep Singh as District Mobile Magistrate Traffic at Poonch.

In Srinagar, Tasneem Kawoos has been posted as City Munsiff, Mansoor Ahmad Mir as First Additional Munsiff and Iram Irtiza as Second Additional Munsiff. Rameen Rashid Khan will serve at Ganderbal, Aiman Amin at Kangan, Usman Khurshid at Budgam and Amaan Nissar Gulzar at Magam.

In Anantnag district, Manzar Muneer Khajuria has been posted as Munsiff/District Mobile Magistrate, Rahila Rashid Qureshi at Anantnag, Bharti Slathia at Shangus and Younis Hamid at Aishmuqam. Rabiya Snober Gulzar has been posted at Kulgam, Hina Parveen Goney at Qazigund, Muneer Ahmad Bhat at Pulwama, Mahjabeen Akhter at Pampore and Aarizoo Javaid Rather at Awantipora.

Ravinder Singh has been posted at Shopian, Akash Deep Kesar at Baramulla, Ajay at Boniyar, Nissar Ul Haq Khan at Tangmarg, Arshad Aziz Qureshi as District Mobile Magistrate Traffic at Sopore, Prashant Kumar at Bandipora and Mahoor at Sumbal. Aastik Verma has been posted at Kupwara, Meghna Mohan at Handwara and Moonis Wahid at Kralpora.

The order also provides for appointments to Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs). Vishal Bharti has been posted as Principal Magistrate, JJB Jammu, while Arusa Chowdhary will serve at Samba, Bhanu Bhasin at Kathua, Kartar Singh at Udhampur, Rekha Sharma at Reasi, Ahtzaz Ahmed at Rajouri, Mohd Waseem Mirza at Poonch, Mahavir Singh at Ramban, Karan Bijyal at Doda and Man Mohan Kumar at Kishtwar.

In Kashmir, Uzma Amin has been posted as Principal Magistrate, JJB Ganderbal, Towfeel Ahmad Mir at Budgam, Fakhar-un-Nissa at Anantnag, Saloni Anand at Kulgam, Mainaaz Qadir at Pulwama and Mudasir Bashir at Shopian.

Four Law Research Professionals-Hiteshwar Kesar, Jyoti Kataria, Altaf Ahmad Mir-II and Farah Bashir-currently serving at the High Court in Jammu and Srinagar, have been assigned for further adjustment in Gram Nyayalayas.

The order also specifies postings for trainee Civil Judges (Junior Division) in various courts. In the Jammu division, Kritika Jain has been posted at R.S. Pura, Stanzin Itzes Chosket at Bishnah, Vasudha Sharma at Samba, Divyam at Udhampur, Muskan Puri at Majalta, Anshul Lal Sharma at Reasi, Anchal Gupta at Mahanpur, Riju Gupta at Doda, Shikha Jamwal at Thathri, Shweta Shavan at Kishtwar, Sharida Rashid at Ukhral, Rasleen Kour at Thannamandi, Amar Kumar at Kotranka and Chadhha Vatsalya at Surankote.

In Kashmir, Amjed Iqbal has been posted as Third Additional Munsiff at Srinagar, Gaurang Resutra at Pantha Chowk, Syed Sibtian Mehdi at Ganderbal, Dawood Ahmad Bhat at Chrar-e-Sharief, Tarush Kumar Oberoi at Beerwah, Zahir Irshad Butt at Dooru, Saiga Sharief Khan at Pahalgam, Shazia Manzoor at Kulgam, Syeed Faheem at D.H. Pora, Mohd Sala Ud Din at Tral, Abaid Ullah at Shopian, Shubah Shabir at Dangiwacha, Mohmad Aleem Syed at Chandooa, Ufaq Mushtaq at Bandipora and Mudasir Fazal at Tangdhar.

Eight trainee Civil Judges appointed through Government Order No. 13833-JK(LD) of October 27, 2026-Deekhsha Sharma, Sonam, Manvika Koshal, Priyanka Bhardwaj, Anamika Angral, Sahiba Banotra, Sanyogita Saini and Tania Mahajan-along with two selected candidates, Abdul Nafeh Rehmani and Nusrat Kabir, whose appointment orders are yet to be issued, have been attached to the J&K Judicial Academy.

Separately, 11 Civil Judges (Junior Division) promoted to Civil Judges (Senior Division)-Rohit Sharma, Rashi Verma, Shilpa Dogra, Poonam Gupta, Neena Thakur, Himani Parihar, Shafiq Mushtaq Lone, Shayesta Nazir, Shahber Ayaz, Bazila Bashir and Danishta Shafi-have been attached to the Registrar Judicial, Jammu, pending further adjustment.

The order provides for additional charge arrangements in 31 vacant courts across the two divisions. It also temporarily transfers eight vacant Civil Judge (Junior Division) posts from the overall cadre to the Judicial Academy to facilitate salary payments to officers attached to the institution.

The joining reports of the officers are to be submitted through the concerned Principal District and Sessions Judges, who have been directed to ensure timely compliance.

The trainee judicial officers will exercise the powers of Judicial Magistrate First Class within their respective districts for specified functions, including recording statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, supervising the sealing of seized contraband under the NDPS Rules, 2022, and attesting affidavits.

Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar