SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 22 September 2025, Shift 1 · General Awareness · Question 7 of 98

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Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in April 2025?

(a)Justice Hima Kohli
(b)Justice Dinesh Maheshwari
(c)Justice Arun Palli
(d)Justice Joymalya Bagchi

Answer

Why

Correct — C. Justice Arun Palli, a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court since December 2013, was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium on 4 April 2025.

He was sworn in on 16 April 2025 as the 38th Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh → option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Justice Hima Kohli — Justice Hima Kohli had retired from the Supreme Court on 1 September 2024. Before that she was the first woman Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.
(b)
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari — Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, retired from the Supreme Court in May 2023, took a different post in April 2025: chairperson of the 23rd Law Commission of India.
(d)
Justice Joymalya Bagchi — Justice Joymalya Bagchi had moved from the Calcutta High Court to the Supreme Court, sworn in on 17 March 2025, a month before this appointment.

Concept

A High Court Chief Justice is appointed by the President under Article 217, on the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation.

Justice Palli's appointment shows the sequence: a judge of one High Court, recommended on 4 April 2025, sworn in as Chief Justice of another on 16 April.

The court he heads is the common High Court for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. It was first established as the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir in 1928.

Key facts

Justice Arun Palli was sworn in as the 38th Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on 16 April 2025.
He came from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, where he had been a judge since 28 December 2013.
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari took charge as chairperson of the 23rd Law Commission of India in April 2025.
Justice Joymalya Bagchi was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on 17 March 2025.

Study next

Article 217 and the appointment of High Court judgesThe Collegium system of judicial appointmentsThe 23rd Law Commission of India and its chairperson

Common traps

Mixing up the April 2025 appointments: Palli to the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Maheshwari to the Law Commission.
Picking Bagchi from 2025 appointment news — his March 2025 move was to the Supreme Court.

Here a 2025 appointment is asked by court and month. Another appointment is asked at 14 Sep 2025, 12:30, GA Q.10, on the new Chairman of ISRO.

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