Jammu, Aug. 29 -- President Droupadi Murmu has issued a regulation that establishes a bench of the high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the Union territory of Ladakh, paving the way for bringing higher judicial services closer to the people of the region.

The regulation, titled 'The Union Territory of Ladakh (Sitting of the Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in Ladakh) Regulation, 2026,' was promulgated by President Murmu on August 27 and published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary on the same day.

Issued by the Union ministry of law and justice, the regulation seeks to establish a high court bench in Ladakh and address related matters, fulfilling a long-standing demand from the people of Ladakh for imp...