Meghalaya High Court
Established23 March 2013 (2013-03-23)
JurisdictionMeghalaya
LocationShillong, Meghalaya
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized byConstitution of India
Appeals toSupreme Court of India
Judge term lengthTill 62 years of age
Number of positions4
Websitemeghalayahighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
CurrentlyHamarsan 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.

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 Justice Tenure
Start End
1 T. Meena Kumari 23 March 2013 3 August 2013
2 Prafulla Chandra Pant 20 September 2013 12 August 2014
3 Uma Nath Singh 19 March 2015 14 January 2016
4 Dinesh Maheshwari 24 February 2016 12 February 2018
5 Tarun Agarwala 12 February 2018 2 March 2018
6 Mohammad Yaqoob Mir 21 May 2018 27 May 2019
7 Ajay Kumar Mittal 28 May 2019 2 November 2019
8 Mohammad Rafiq 13 November 2019 26 April 2020
9 Biswanath Somadder 27 April 2020 11 October 2021
10 Ranjit Vasantrao More 12 October 2021 3 November 2021
11 Sanjib Banerjee 24 November 2021 1 November 2023

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.
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