President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated a regulation offering for the institution of a sitting bench of the Excessive Courtroom of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh within the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The Union Territory of Ladakh (Sitting of Bench of the Excessive Courtroom of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in Ladakh) Regulation, 2026, notified by the Ministry of Legislation and Justice on August 27, 2026, is aimed toward facilitating the functioning of the frequent Excessive Courtroom in Ladakh.
The regulation, numbered Regulation No. 10 of 2026, has been promulgated underneath Article 240 of the Structure, learn with Part 58(2) of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.
Underneath the brand new regulation, the principal seat of the frequent Excessive Courtroom will proceed to stay on the similar place the place the principal seat of the Excessive Courtroom of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh was situated instantly earlier than the regulation comes into pressure.
Nevertheless, the regulation permits Judges and Division Courts of the Excessive Courtroom to sit down at a spot or locations throughout the Union Territory of Ladakh. Such preparations could also be made by the Chief Justice, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
The regulation additionally provides the Chief Justice discretion to direct that any case or class of instances arising in Ladakh be heard at Srinagar or Jammu, relying on the circumstances.
The regulation will lengthen to the entire of the Union Territory of Ladakh and can come into pressure on a date to be appointed by the Administrator of Ladakh via a notification within the Official Gazette.
The regulation follows the reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, underneath which Ladakh turned a separate Union Territory whereas persevering with to share the Excessive Courtroom of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
