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About High Court of J&K and Ladakh
The full-fledged High Court of Judicature for the Jammu and Kashmir State was established in the year 1928. Prior to the establishment of High Court of Judicature (Maharaja Pratap Singh), the State (Maharaja) was the final Authority in the Administration of justice. In the year 1889, the British Government asked the then Ruler of the State, Maharaja Partap Singh to appoint a Council, and the Judicial member of the Council exercised all the appellate powers both on civil and criminal side. The State having two provinces- Jammu and Kashmir, had chief judges exercising judicial authority but they acted under the superintendence and control of the Law member of the Council...
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