WAJAHAT SHABIR
SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has cancelled the enrollment of a Srinagar-based advocate, Sajad Ahmad Shah, after it was found that he had secured his license using a fake and forged LL.B degree.
The action comes after nearly 16 years of his unlawful practice.
Sajad Ahmad Shah had been practicing law since 2009 after enrolling with the Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir under Certificate No. JK-225/09 dated July 17, 2009. However, recent inquiries revealed that the law degree he had submitted at the time of enrollment was not genuine.
Acting on these findings, the Hon’ble Admission and Enrollment Committee of the High Court passed a resolution on April 29, 2025, directing the cancellation of Shah’s license. The decision was formally notified by the Registrar General (Officiating) through Notification No. 1464 RG/LP dated May 13, 2025, which declared that his certificate of enrollment stands revoked with immediate effect.
The official document explicitly states that Shah’s name has been removed from the Roll of Advocates maintained by the Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir due to the submission of a “fake and forged LL.B degree.” It also refers to an earlier Notification No. 345 dated September 9, 2010, through which he had been listed on the official rolls. The Registrar General has circulated the cancellation order to top judicial and administrative authorities, including the Bar Council of India, Supreme Court Registry, and various courts and judicial officers across the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh.
Shah’s name had remained on the Bar Council rolls for nearly 16 years, from July 17, 2009, to May 13, 2025.
Advocate Sajad Ahmad Shah, son of Gh Mohd Shah, a resident of Aquilmir, Khanyar in Srinagar, was initially enrolled as an advocate under License No. JK-225/09 dated July 17, 2009. His name had appeared on the official Roll of the Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir through Notification No. 345 dated September 9, 2010. However, following an inquiry into the authenticity of his degree, it was found that the LL.B qualification he submitted was not genuine, reads an order, issued by MK Sharma, Registrar General (Officiating).
