In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 100 the Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, has appointed Shri Justice

Ramalingam Sudhakar

The senior-most judge of H&K High court to be the Chief Justice of J&K  with effect from 16th March 2018.

Justice Sudhakar enrolled as an advocate and started practice as an associate of the senior advocate Mr.Habibullah Badsha, former Advocate General of Tamil Nadu and Public Prosecutor of Madras High Court.

Justice Sudhakar practised in all branches of law and specialized in the field of Customs, Central Excise and Sales Tax Law. Besides Madras High Court, he also practiced, appeared in cases before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka High Court and Kerala High Court. He regularly appeared in matters before the Supreme Court of India as well.

Justice Sudhakar was elevated to the Bench as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Madras on 10 December 2005 and as a Permanent Judge on 20 April 2007. In his career as a Judge of the Madras High Court spreading over a decade he decided 26196 Main Cases and 32943 Miscellaneous Cases. A number of judgments delivered by him are reported in various Law Journals. On 18 April 2016, he was appointed as a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He was the Acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, from 15 March 2017 to 31 March 2017, after the retirement of former Chief Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar, until the appointment of the current Chief Justice, Hon’ble Sh. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed.