Srinagar, May 15
Mr Justice Babulal Chandulal Patel was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court here today.
The Governor, Mr Girish Chander
Saxena, administered the oath of office to the new Chief Justice at the swearing-in ceremony at the Raj Bhavan today. The Registrar of the high court read out the warrant and notification issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan in this regard.
The Defence Minister, Mr George Fernandes, Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, his ministerial colleagues and senior state civil police and security officials were presented on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Dr Abdullah flew to New Delhi today to apprise the Prime Minister of the latest situation in the wake of yesterday’s attack by militants near Jammu.
Talking to mediapersons at the Raj Bhavan after the oath ceremony of the Chief Justice, the Chief Minister said Mr Fernandes and Union Home Minister L.K. Advani would be attending the unified command meeting here soon on the prevailing security scenario in the state.
Replying to questions, he said there was continued intrusion from across the border, adding that militants “continue to come in and kill innocents”. He opined that there was a need to further enhance the deployment of troops along the border.
Expressing serious concern over yesterday’s attack, the Chief Minister said the infiltrators indulged in killings of innocents. They did not even spare a two-month-old boy that shows what type of animals we have to deal with”, he commented.
Referring
to the fight against terrorism the Chief Minister said, “I think we have to take all those countries into confidence and put this matter before them”, Dr Abdullah pointed out.
In reply to a question on the killing of members of National Conference, he said, “we have to face it... we cannot escape”. He said adequate security measures were being taken to provide safety and security to the political personalities, but it was physically impossible to provide security to every individual.
