India's highest-altitude High Court bench begins regular hearings in Leh. Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Sanjay Parihar on Wednesday presided over the first regular division bench in Leh. The newly established Ladakh Bench, located at a height of over 11,500 feet above sea level, began regular hearings of the cases, an official said.