President Draupadi Murmu on Sunday approved the appointment of Justice N. Kotiswar Singh of the Gauhati High Court as Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
The Union Government told the Supreme Court that though the power is vested with the Central Government to notify minorities , the stand to be formulated by the Central Government with regard to issues raised in the group of petitions will be finalized after having a wide consultation with the State Governments and other stakeholders.
Supreme Court heard the PIL filed by visually impaired lawyer and disability rights activist M. Karpagam from Chennai through Advocate (AOR) Nupur Kumar in which all states are parties.