THE UT OF LADAKH SITTING OF BENCH OF THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH IN LADAKH REGULATION 2026

REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-26 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-27082026-275842 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 38] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026/BHADRA 5, 1948 (Saka) Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 27th August, 2026/Bhadra 5, 1948 (Saka) THE UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH (SITTING OF BENCH OF THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, AND LADAKH IN LADAKH) REGULATION, 2026 No. 10 OF 2026 Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of India. A Regulation to provide for a bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in Ladakh and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution read with sub-section (2) of section 58 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:— 1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Union territory of Ladakh (Sitting of Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in Ladakh) Regulation, 2026. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Ladakh. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union territory of Ladakh appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution. Short title, extent and commencement. THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II— Sec. 1] 2. (1) The principal seat of the common High Court shall be at the same place at which the principal seat of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh is located before the commencement of this Regulation. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Judges and division courts of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh may also sit at such place in the Union territory of Ladakh as the Chief Justice may, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, appoint. (3) The Chief Justice of that High Court may, in his discretion, order that any case or class of cases arising in the Union territory of Ladakh shall be heard at Srinagar or Jammu, as the case may be. DROUPADI MURMU, President. DR. RAJIV MANI, Secretary to the Govt. of India. UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002 AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054. MGIPMRND-652GI(S4)—27-08-2026.