President Promulgates Ladakh High Court Bench Regulation

Key facts

• President Droupadi Murmu promulgated a regulation enabling the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to hold sittings in Ladakh.
• The regulation, titled 'The Union Territory of Ladakh (Sitting of Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in Ladakh) Regulation, 2026', was promulgated on August 27 under Article 240 of the Constitution.
• The regulation provides a legal framework for a bench of the common High Court to sit in Ladakh.
• It keeps the existing principal seat of the High Court unchanged.
• It empowers the Chief Justice to direct that any case arising in Ladakh may be heard at Srinagar or Jammu.
• The regulation comes into force on a date specified by the Administrator of the Union Territory of Ladakh.