Quick Info
| Profession | Judge |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Date of Birth | 16/02/1922 |
| Age | 67 years (died on 04, Nov, 1989) |
| Birthplace | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Date of Death | 04/11/1989 |
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Bio/Wiki
| Profession: Judge | |
| Famous for: Giving a death sentence to J&K Liberation Front founder and leader Maqbool Bhat in 1968 as a Sessions and District Court Judge in Jammu and Kashmir |
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Career
| Served as a judge for the Sessions and District Court in Jammu and Kashmir in the late 1960s. | |
| Presided over the trial of Maqbool Bhat for the murder of police inspector Amar Chand in 1966. | |
| Handed death sentences to Maqbool Bhat and another individual in August 1968. | |
| The Supreme Court upheld the decision in 1982, leading to Bhat's execution on 11 February 1984 at Tihar Jail. | |
| Served at the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. | |
| Retired in 1984. |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Neelkanth Ganjoo was an Indian judge at the Jammu and Kashmir high court who was murdered by JKLF terrorists on 4 November 1989. | |
| 2. He was raised in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. | |
| 3. Neelkanth Ganjoo presided over the trial of Maqbool Bhat in the late 1960s, resulting in Bhat's execution in 1984. | |
| 4. Ganjoo retired in 1984. | |
| 5. On 4 November 1989, he was fatally shot by three terrorists near the high court in Srinagar. | |
| 6. His murder was announced on Radio Kashmir. | |
| 7. His assassination was the second one of a prominent Kashmiri Pandit within a short period. | |
| 8. Earlier in April 1984, Ganjoo’s residence was attacked with a bomb. | |
| 9. His family was deeply affected by his assassination. | |
| 10. In August 2023, the case of his murder was reopened by the State Investigation Agency of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. |