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 |
Latest News about Neelkanth Ganjoo
01/08/2025
The Jammu and Kashmir Police's State Investigation Agency (SIA) reopened the investigation into the 1989 assassination of retired Judge Neelkanth Ganjoo. The agency issued a public appeal seeking information from individuals familiar with the facts or circumstances of the murder, which was carried out by JKLF militants in broad daylight near the High Court in Srinagar.
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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 | |
| Notable for: Serving as a High Court Judge in Jammu and Kashmir and being assassinated by JKLF terrorists in 1989 for his role in the Maqbool Bhat trial |
Personal Life
| Raised in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. | |
| Deeply affected by the assassination of his father, Neelkanth Ganjoo, in 1989. |
Family
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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. |