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'''Nisar Ahmad Kakru''' (born 26 October 1949 [[Baramulla]], [[Kashmir]], India) was the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[High Court of Andhra Pradesh]], India from 19 February 2010 to 26 October 2011.<ref name="cdjl">{{cite web| title=High Court of Andhra Pradesh| url=http://www.cdjlawjournal.com/judges_sc1_index.php?id=417| accessdate=27 August 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Kakru was enrolled as a [[Special pleader|pleader]] in August 1975, as a [[Lawyer|vakil]] in February 1979 and as an [[advocate]] in April 1982.<ref name="cdjl"/><ref name="siasat">{{cite web| title=Kakru sworn in Chief Justice of AP High Court. He is the best example of corruption in Indian Justice System. i| publisher=siasat.com| url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/kakru-sworn-chief-justice-ap-high-court| date=20 February 2010| accessdate=27 August 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Practice==<br />
Initially from August 1975, practised at [[Baramulla]] district and sessions courts and other courts. He was appointed as [[Prosecutor|public prosecutor]] in the [[District court|district]] and [[sessions court]] of Baramulla in 1978 and resigned in 1981 due to the order issued by Government of Jammu and Kashmir, debarring the [[public prosecutors]] of the state from their private practice and continued his private practice at Baramulla until 1984.<br />
Later, he started practice at [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]] in 1984 in [[Civil affairs|civil]], [[criminal]], [[constitutional]], service, [[Labour relations|labour]], revenue and company matters.<ref name="cdjl"/><ref name="siasat"/><br />
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In February 1988 he was appointed as a [[Lord Advocate|chief government advocate]] and [[Solicitor General of India|additional advocate general]] at [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]] by the [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] and resigned in 1990, as the state government ceased to be in power due to imposition of the [[President's rule|governor’s rule]] in the state. He continued his private practice until 1996, when he was again appointed as an advocate general until he was promoted to the bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir in November 1997.<ref name="cdjl"/><ref name="siasat"/><ref name="chennaionline">{{cite web| title=Kakru is new Chief Justice of AP High Court| publisher=news.chennaionline.com| url=http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=78e858c1-f08f-47cb-8349-13ccbe02b06c&CATEGORYNAME=NATL| date=16 February 2010| accessdate=27 August 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005155735/http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=78e858c1-f08f-47cb-8349-13ccbe02b06c&CATEGORYNAME=NATL| archive-date=5 October 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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During his practice as an advocate general, occasionally Nisar Ahmad was appointed as [[Chief Justice|Acting Chief Justice]] of Jammu and Kashmir from (April 2007 – June 2007), (November 2007 – January 2008) and (October 2008 – January 2009). Finally on 16 February 2010 he was appointed as [[Chief Justice]] of the [[High Court of Andhra Pradesh]] following a recommendation by the [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] which was approved by the [[President of India]].<br />
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On 19 February 2010, governor of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]] administered oath of office to Kakru at [[Raj Bhavan (Andhra Pradesh)|Raj Bhavan]] in the presence of [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister]] [[Konijeti Rosaiah|K Rosaiah]] and [[Andhra Pradesh Legislature#Speakers|Assembly Speaker]] [[Kiran Kumar Reddy|N Kiran Kumar Reddy]].<ref name="cdjl"/><ref name="siasat"/><br />
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He retired upon attaining superannuation as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Hyderabad on 26 October 2011.<br />
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==Judgments==<br />
During his stint as the Acting Chief Justice of [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]], reorganisation of services of High Court staff took place. As executive chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority, Justice Nisar Ahmed played a key role in conducting about 1800 Lok Adalats in which about 70,000 cases have been settled.<ref name="siasat"/><br />
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Nisar Ahmed's landmark judgment was during his tenure as a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court include the judgment holding of [[Human migration|migrants]] from [[Doda district|Doda]] and [[Poonch district, India|Poonch]] districts have to be treated on par with migrants of [[Kashmir|Kashmir province]].<ref name="siasat"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
:[[High Court of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
:[[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]]<br />
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