Meghalaya High Court

Last updated

Meghalaya High Court
Established23 March 2013;10 years ago (2013-03-23)
Jurisdiction Meghalaya
Location Shillong, Meghalaya
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by Constitution of India
Appeals to Supreme Court of India
Judge term lengthTill 62 years of age
Number of positions4
Website meghalayahighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew (acting)
Since2 November 2023

The Meghalaya High Court is the High Court of the state of Meghalaya. [1] It was established in March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act of 1971. Earlier, a bench of the Gauhati High Court had jurisdiction over the state of Meghalaya. The seat of the High Court is at Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya. This court has four permanent judges, including the Hon'ble Chief Justice, and three Hon'ble Judges.

Contents

The current Chief Justice is Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew who took charge on 2 November 2023. [2]

List of chief justices

There have been eleven chief justices of the Meghalaya High Court, out of whom two were elevated as judges of the Supreme Court of India, Prafulla Chandra Pant and Dinesh Maheshwari

#Chief JusticeTenure
StartEnd
1 T. Meena Kumari 23 March 20133 August 2013
2 Prafulla Chandra Pant 20 September 201312 August 2014
3 Uma Nath Singh 19 March 201514 January 2016
4 Dinesh Maheshwari 24 February 201612 February 2018
5 Tarun Agarwala 12 February 20182 March 2018
6 Mohammad Yaqoob Mir 21 May 201827 May 2019
7 Ajay Kumar Mittal 28 May 20192 November 2019
8 Mohammad Rafiq 13 November 201926 April 2020
9 Biswanath Somadder 27 April 202011 October 2021
10 Ranjit Vasantrao More 12 October 20213 November 2021
11 Sanjib Banerjee 24 November 20211 November 2023

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bombay High Court</span> Common High court of the Indian states of Maharashtra and Goa

The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai, and is one of the oldest high courts in India. The High Court has circuit benches at Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra and Panaji, the capital of Goa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gujarat High Court</span> High Court for the State of Gujarat

The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960 after the state of Gujarat split from Bombay State.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Himachal Pradesh High Court</span> High Court for the State of Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

The Odisha High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Odisha.

The Sikkim High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Sikkim. The history of the court can be traced back to 1955, when the High Court of Judicature Proclamation, 1955 was issued to establish a High Court in Sikkim. Upon merger, Sikkim became the 22nd State of India. Under Clause (i) of Article 371F, the High Court functioning immediately prior to the date of merger became the High Court for the State of Sikkim under the Constitution like any other High Court in the country. It was established in 1975.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">A. R. Lakshmanan</span> Indian judge (1942–2020)

Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan was a judge of the Supreme Court of India.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dipankar Datta</span> Indian judge (born 1965)

Dipankar Datta is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former chief justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Calcutta High Court.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sharad Arvind Bobde</span> 47th Chief Justice of India

Sharad Arvind Bobde is an Indian judge who served as the 47th Chief Justice of India from 18 November 2019 to 23 April 2021.

T. Meena Kumari is a retired high court judge of India. She was the first Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. She previously served as the judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Patna High Court.

Mohammad Yaqoob Mir is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.

Aftab Hussain Saikia is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Indian High Courts.

Ajay Kumar Mittal is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and Meghalaya High Court and also former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Justice Arup Kumar Goswami is an Indian Judge. He is the former Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court, Andhra Pradesh High Court and Sikkim High Court and Judge of Gauhati High Court.

Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and Judge of Bombay High Court also.

Uma Nath Singh is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.

Tarun Agarwala is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.

References

  1. ↑ "New Chief Justices for Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura high courts". Times of India. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chief Justice and Judges profile". High Court of Meghalaya. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.