Jammu, Jan 27 : Prominent Jurist and retired District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Ahmed Tak, breathed his last on January 26TH after a brief illness at Jammu. He was 94.
The deceased was laid to rest, last evening, at Gujjar Nagar graveyard in Jammu. Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayer of the departed soul.
Prominent among those present were Minister for Planning and Development, Ajay Sadhotra, Minister of State for Industries and Commerce, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo, Economic Advisor to the government Jaleel Ahmed Khan, MLA Inderwal GM Saroori, Provincial President National Conference Jammu, Devender Singh Rana, Justice (Retired) OP Sharma, Justice (Retired) GD Sharma, sitting Judges of the subordinate Judiciary and President Bar Association Jammu.
Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir, MLC Sheikh Ghulam Rasool and MLC RS Chib also visited the residence of Tak today to express condolence with the bereaved family.
Tak was a well known figure in the judicial and political circles of Jammu and Kashmir and retired as Registrar, High Court, J&K in the year 1973. He also served as a member Anti-Corruption Tribunal in the year 1979 for three years up to March 31, 1982.
He did his schooling from Islamia Primary School, Kishtwar and later graduated from Prince of Wales College, Jammu (now known as G.G.M. Science College) in the year 1939. After his graduation he joined Aligarh Muslim University and did his M.A in history and L.L.B; (Law) in the year 1941.
He was enrolled as a pleader by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir on September, 1941 and started his law practice from Kishtwar. He was appointed as Munsiff (Sub-Registrar) Jammu in 1950 following which he served at various places in different capacities. |
