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- ↑ ShillongNews. "Senior Advocate Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew is Meghalaya HC's new Judge | Shillong News" . Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ Singh, Aditi (17 November 2018). "Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew notified as Judge, Meghalaya High Court". Bar & Bench. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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