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Justice Sanjay Gupta, Sitting Judge of Jammu & Kashmir High Court passes away at 59
Justice Sanjay Gupta, a sitting judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court passed away aged 59.Justice Gupta did his matriculation from Jammu's Oriental Academy in 1976, graduated from GGM Science College in 1982 and had a bachelor of law degree from University of Jammu. He had enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1986. Later, he joined the Jammu bar in the chamber of...
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Justice Sanjay Gupta, a sitting judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court passed away aged 59.
Justice Gupta did his matriculation from Jammu's Oriental Academy in 1976, graduated from GGM Science College in 1982 and had a bachelor of law degree from University of Jammu. He had enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1986. Later, he joined the Jammu bar in the chamber of senior advocate SS Lehar and practised in all fields including criminal, civil, revenue, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) etc. in subordinate courts and then joined the High Court.
He was a direct recruit in higher judicial service as district and sessions judge in 2004 and was posted as the Additional District and Sessions Judge in Doda. He went on to serve as the District and Sessions Judge in various courts in Jammu, including as the 1st additional, 2nd additional, 3rd additional, Additional District and Sessions Judge and Principal District and Sessions Judge Jammu.
Justice Gupta remained posted as 3rd and 4th additional District and Sessions Judge Srinagar, Judicial member of special tribunal, J&K at Jammu. He was also part of the one man forest tribunal Jammu and Kashmir, Principal District and Sessions Judge Leh, Principal District and sessions Judge, Rajouri.
He was posted as Principal District and Sessions Judge, Jammu, and subsequently was elevated as the permanent Judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. He took oath on June 6, 2017 as the High Court Judge.