Court Name: | High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
Jurisdiction: | Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
Location: | Principal Seat: Muzaffarabad Circuit Benches: Kotli, Mirpur & Rawalakot |
Authority: | Section 43, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution Act 1974 |
Appealsto: | Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
Appealsfrom: | District Courts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
Positions: | Nine |
Chiefjudgetitle: | Chief Justice |
Chiefjudgename: | Sadaqat Hussain Raja |
The High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (commonly known as Azad Kashmir High Court) is an appellate court in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It hears appeals from the District Courts of Azad Kashmir. The court has three circuit benches based in Kotli, Mirpur, and Rawalakot.[1] [2]
In 2016, Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan, president of Azad Kashmir appointed Raja Sadaqat Hussain as a permanent judge of the High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in consultation with the High Court chief justice and on the advice of the Kashmir Council.[1]