Justice Rajnesh Oswal to take oath as JKHC judge under Indian Constitution

Justice Rajesh Oswal is set to script history by becoming the first to take oath as a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court under the Indian Constitution and not the state Constitution as per the earlier protocol.

Jammu: History would be scripted on Thursday when Justice Rajesh Oswal will take oath as a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court under the Indian Constitution and the oath ceremony will be broadcast on Internet due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

All previous HC judges have taken oath under the state constitution.

The oath in Jammu will be administered by HC Chief Justice Gita Mittal and it will be broadcast via a web link, as per a notification issued by Registrar General Sanjay Dhar.

The webcast will be available on https://webcastgov.in/jammukashmir/judiciary/.

Asked whether Justice Oswal will be the first judge of the HC to take oath under the Indian Constitution, Dhar told a news agency, "It is true."

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Following the abrogation of Article 370 and re-organisation of the state into two union territories, judges have to take oath under the Indian Constitution.

Senior HC lawyer and former Jammu Bar Association President A K Sawhney too said Judge Oswal will be the first judge of J&K to take oath under Indian Constitution.

(PTI Report)