Aftab Hussain Saikia

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Aftab Hussain Saikia (born 7 April 1949) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Indian High Courts.

Career

Saikia was born in 1949. He passed B.Sc. from Cotton University in 1969 and completed LL.B. and LL.M. from Guwahati University. In 1974, he started practice in the Guwahati High Court on civil, criminal, constitutional and service matters. He practised for 26 years in the Guwahati High Court and other outlying benches in the North East India. Saikia was appointed public prosecutor of Government of Assam for three years. He also worked as principal as well as lecturer of J.B. Law College of Guwahati. He served as the guest lecturer in the Department of Law, Guwahati University. In 1999 Saikia was designated as senior advocate. He was appointed a permanent judge of the Guwahati High Court on 15 November 2000 and became the chief justice of Sikkim High Court on 7 March 2009. [1] He was awarded Ph.D. in law by the Guwahati University in December 2009. [2] On 13 April 2010, he was transferred to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court as chief justice. He retired on 6 April 2011 from the post. [3] At present Justice Saikia is serving as Chairperson of Meghalaya and Assam Human rights Commission. [4] [5] [6] [7] He was the first sitting Judge or Chief Justice of High Court to obtain Ph.D. within the country while in office. [2]

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  2. 1 2 "The Present Set Up Of The State Commission". ahrc.gov.in. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hon'ble Former Chief Justices's of High Court J & K". jkhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "MHRC chief asks people to gift Constitution on social events". Business Standard. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Karmakar, Sumit (12 December 2013). "Wake-up siren for VIP beacons - Ex-Assam judge removes red light from own vehicles after SC order". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Meghalaya Human Rights Commission Sends Notice to Government". The Sentinel. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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