Personal Life
| Date of Birth | 16/02/1922 |
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| Birthplace | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Family
| Spouse | Name Not Known | ||||||||||
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| Neelkanth Ganjoo was an Indian judge at the Jammu and Kashmir high court who was murdered by JKLF terrorists on 4 November 1989. | |
| He was raised in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. | |
| Neelkanth Ganjoo presided over the trial of Maqbool Bhat in the late 1960s, resulting in Bhat's execution in 1984. | |
| Ganjoo retired in 1984. | |
| On 4 November 1989, he was fatally shot by three terrorists near the high court in Srinagar. | |
| His murder was announced on Radio Kashmir. | |
| His assassination was the second one of a prominent Kashmiri Pandit within a short period. | |
| Earlier in April 1984, Ganjoo’s residence was attacked with a bomb. | |
| His family was deeply affected by his assassination. | |
| In August 2023, the case of his murder was reopened by the State Investigation Agency of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. |
