J. N. Wazir

Janki Nath Wazir (born 1905 ), commonly known as J. N. Wazir, was an Indian jurist who served as the 2nd vice chancellor of the University of Kashmir from 1949 to 1957, the chief justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court from 1948 to 1967, and the acting governor of Jammu and Kashmir from March 1967 to May 1967. He also served as the first chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property (ATFP) from 3 January 1977 to 2 January 1978.

Biography Wazir was born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. He was appointed as puisne judge in Jammu & Kashmir High Court in 1937 and was elevated as chief justice in 1948.

Wazir was appointed as chief justice after the Jammu and Kashmir princely state was accessed to India in 1947.

On 17 November 1952, Karan Singh was sworn in as the first sadr-i-riyasat (president) of princely state Jammu and Kashmir. The oath-taking, administered by Wazir as chief justice, formerly ended the Dogra rule in the region, which had begun with the Treaty of Amritsar in 1846.