Justice Riaz Akhter Chaudhry, the senior most judge of Azad Jammu & Kashmir High Court has taken the oath as Chief Justice of Azad Jammu Kashmir High Court in a ceremony held late Saturday in the Kashmir House Islamabad.
President Azad Jammu & Kashmir Major General (R) Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan administered oath to the new Chief Justice of the AJK High Court.
Justice Riaz Akhter Chaudhary has replaced Justice Manzoor Hussain Gillani who had been elevated as the judge of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court.
The oath taking ceremony was attended by the Chief Justice of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Supreme Court Justice Muhammad Younis Sarakhvi as well as other judges and officials of the Superior and subordinate judiciary of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.
Justice Riaz Akhter Chaudhry held the office as Additional Judge of the AJK High Court for three years and later was elevated as Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir Shariat Court in January 1994.
Justice Riaz Akhter Chaudhry was appointed as permanent Judge of the AJK High Court in 1997 and since then he had been holding the office as Judge of the AJK High Court.