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Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chief Justice
Born on July 7, 1953 at Hissar, Haryana, His Lordship did his B.A. (Hons.) and LL.B. from the Panjab University, Chandigarh. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana on July 16, 1974. He practised before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana for about five years and before the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court for about 22 years. He also worked as Standing Counsel and Addl. Advocate General for the State of U.P. in the Supreme Court and as Standing Counsel (Civil) for NCT Delhi in Delhi High Court . He practised in different fields of law: Civil, Criminal, Labour, Taxation, Constitutional Law. Designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court with effect from February 11, 1999. His Lordship was elevated as Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court with effect from July 2, 2001. Appointed Executive Chairman, Haryana State Legal Services Authority on 17.05.2005. His Lordship was the Chief Justice (Acting) of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 02.05.2011 till he joined as the senior most Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 12.09.2011. Sworn in as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on 20th December, 2011. |
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Amitava Roy
Born on 1.3.1953 at Dibrugarh. Belongs to a family of lawyers. His father Late Anadi Bhushan Roy was a practising Senior Advocate. Father-in-law, Late Salil Kumar Dutta had been a Judge of the Calcutta High Court. He did his education at Dibrugarh. After completing post graduation in Physics from Dibrugarh University, did his LL.B. from the same University in 1976. Was enrolled with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on 20.02.1976. Had practised before the District Courts in the District of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia from 1976 to 1981. Shifted his practice before the Gauhati High Court in 1981 and since then practised before the Gauhati High Court, the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati and the District Subordinate Courts at Guwahati. Practised mainly on the Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour and Revenue side. Has a knack in Civil, Criminal and Service matters. Had been the Senior Govt. Advocate of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh in the Gauhati High Court from 1991 to 1996. Was a member of Assam Law Commission till elevation. Was designated Senior Advocate by the High Court on 03.06.1999. Elevated as the Judge of the High Court on 04.02.2002. |
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Iqbal Ahmed
Ansari
Born on 29th October 1954, at Tezpur (Assam ). Did B.Sc. from Darrang College, Tezpur. Was a good debator and is awardee of the trophy for best literary competitor of his college. Did graduation in law from Tezpur Law College, where his father, a Bar-at-Law himself, was founder Principal. Handled both civil as well as criminal matters. Remained deeply involved with the activities of All Assam Lawyers' Association and many other socio-cultural and educational bodies. Was the President of Tezpur Lions' Club. Is a life member of Indian Institute of Public Administration. Joined Grade-I of Assam Judicial Service in April, 1991. Worked as District & Sessions Judge. Joined Gauhati High Court Registry in June, 1999. At the time of his elevation, he was Registrar General of Gauhati High Court and President of Assam Judicial Service Association. Underwent training on the subject of Gender and Law, in Warwick University in UK, on being nominated by National Judicial Academy. Worked as one of the trainers for Judicial Officers, in India, on the said subject. Has written many articles on various subjects involving legal and social problems. Has presented papers in various seminars and delivered lectures in many training Institutes. |
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Tinlianthang
Vaiphei
Born on 01.03.1956. Passed B.A. in 1976 from Nowrosjee Wadia College, University of Poona. Obtained LLB Degree from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 1979. Enrolled in the Bar Council of Assam on 22nd August 1980. Started law practice in the Courts of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munsiff and Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate in the Churachandpur District of Manipur in the year 1980. Started appearance in the Court of District & Sessions Judge, Manipur in Criminal and Civil cases both in the Original and Civil sides in the year 1983 and also before Revenue Tribunal and Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Manipur. Specialized in Constitutional Law, Public Law and Service Matter. Started practicing in the Imphal Bench of the Gauhati High Court in 1990. Acted as Concilator in the State as well as District level Lok Adalats in Manipur in 1989, 1992 and 1994. Shifted place of practice to Mizoram in 1997. Empanelled as Defence Pleader in Mizoram on 16th October, 1998. Appointed as Asstt. Advocate General of Mizoram on 12th February, 1999 and as Public prosecutor for High Court on 8th March, 1999. Further, appointed as Public Prosecutor for Aizawl District and Essential Commodities Act on 8th April 1999 & 14th June 1999 respectively. Appointed as Addl. Advocate General, Mizoram on 15th September, 2000. Designated as Senior Advocate on 22nd February, 2001. Appointed Legal Adviser of the Mizoram Co-operative Apex Bank on 9th February, 2001. Elevated to the Bench as Additional Judge, Gauhati High Court on 17.7.2003 and was made Permanent Judge on 28.2.2005. |
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Biplab Kumar
Sharma
Born on February 1, 1954 at Guwahati, Assam. His father late Surendranath Sharma was a thinker, prolific writer and was known for his philanthropic activities and philosophic articulation. Shri Sharma obtained his B.Sc., M.A. and LLM. degrees from Gauhati University. He joined the Bar in September, 1977 and practiced in the Gauhati High Court and its subordinate courts. He also practiced in the Guwahati Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal since its inception in 1985. Specialised in Service, Constitutional and Contractual matters, he was the Standing Counsel of the Indian Railways since 1987 both in the Gauhati High Court and Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench. He conducted cases for State Bank of India (SBI) and Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (BRPL) as Special Counsel. He also conducted cases of Labour Department, Government of Assam as its Special Counsel. He was also engaged as Special Counsel for Revenue Department, Government of Assam and was a Standing Counsel of Director of Land Records, Government of Assam. Earlier he represented the Government of Assam in the Forest Department as its Special Counsel. He was designated as Senior Advocate in June, 1999. He has been associated with the Gauhati Law Times, a monthly Law Journal , as its sole Adviser since 1995 and was also a visiting faculty in the Assam Administrative Staff College. Since 1984 he was involved in law teaching in the Department of Law, Gauhati University. Elevated as the Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 2.12.2003. |
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Brojendra Prasad
Katakey
Born on 28th June, 1952. Obtained B.Sc. degree from Darrang College, Tezpur, and LL.B. degree from university Law College, under Guwahati university. Enrolled as an Advocate on 20th September, 1977. Started practice in Gauhati High Court. Was the Govt. Advocate and Additional Public Prosecutor, Govt. of Assam from 1986 to 1990, Counsel of Election Commission of India since 1999. Appointed as Standing Counsel for Govt. Of Tripura since 1993 in Gauhati High Court and Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench. Appointed as Senior Counsel, National Insurance Corporation and Central Bank of india for last few years. Appointed as Senior Counsel in the Commission of inquiry, appointed under the Commission of Inquiry Act, enquiring about the about the 'Tehelka Tapes'. Was the Legal Advisor of Assam Cricket Association, a unit of Board of Control for Cricket in India. Had intensive practice in Constitutional matters, civil matters, labour and service matters, company matters etc. Invited and admitted as life associate member of IndianRed Cross Society. Was a co-opted member of diciplinary Committee of Bar Council Of Assam,Nagaland, etc. Designated as Senior Advocate on 3rd June, 1999. Sworn in as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 1st November 2004. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 27.02.2006. |
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Smti A.
Hazarika
Born on 1st January 1952. Enrolled as an Advocate on 21st February, 1978. Practised for 26 years at the Gauhati High Court in civil, criminal and constitutional matters. Also having experience of practicing in original Court. Was panel Advocate, Junior Govt. Advocate and Additional Senior Govt. Advocate, Assam from September, 1991 to May, 1996. Joined as Additional Senior Govt. Advocate, Assam, in June 2001 and continued till October, 2004. Was Legal Advisor, Panel Advocate and Principal Standing Counsel of Food Corporation of India from November, 1997 to January, 2001. Was Legal Advisor and Standing Counsel of Assam Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd., Standing Counsel of North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Legal Adviser of Assam State Development Corporation for Schedule Castes Ltd. (SCDC) and Ex-Standing Counsel of ASCARD Bank Ltd. Was Panel Advocate of Gauhati University, Dibrugarh University, Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. and Assam Livestock and Poultry Corporation etc. in the Gauhati High Court. Sworn in as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 1st November, 2004. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 27.02.2006. |
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T. Nandakumar
Singh
Born on 01.02.1954 in a lawer's family. Graduated in Science from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, in the year 1974 and obtained LL.B. Degree from Lucknow university in the year 1977.Enrolled as an Advocate in 1978 and started practice in the Gauhati High Court as well as Sub-ordinate Courts.Practices sucessfully in Civil, Criminal, Service and Constitutional matters in the Gauhati high Court and Supreme Court of India. Was one of the yongest Advocate, designated as "Senior Advocate", in the history of the Gauhati High Court. Was the Consel of Manipur University for a period of six years. Served as Legal Advisor of the Central Agricultural University, Imphal. Participated sucesfully in different Enquiry Commissions for the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India and the Police Deptt., Govt. of Manipur. Was a Senior Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association, New Delhi. Served as Advocate General of Manipur ( Cabinet Status) from 14.01.1998 to 27.03.2001. Elevated as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 25.11.2004. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 27.02.2006. |
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Utpalendu Bikas
Saha
Born on 25th August, 1954 in a middle class family of Udaipur, South Tripura. Did his schooling from K.B.Institution, Udaipur, passed B.A. from Bir Bikram Evening College, Agartala and completed MA (Journalism), LL.B., from Calcutta University. Enrolled as an Advocate on 6th June, 1978. Had practice specially Constitutional, Service, Administrative, Civil and Criminal matters in the Gauhati High Court at Agartala Bench, Subordinate Courts in Tripura as well as at Principal Seat at Guwahati. In the year 1983-84 elected, as, Assistant Secretary of Tripura Bar Association, Agartala and in the year 1986 and 1993 elected as Member of the Executive Committee of the said Bar Association. Since 2004, he was Secretary, High Court Bar Association, Agartala, Tripura, was the Joint Secretary of All India Lawyers Union. Associated with Ram Thakur Law College, Agartala and Tripura Govt. Law College, as Part-Time Lecturer. Held the Office of the Government Advocate, Tripura since 1993 till his elevation and also held office of the Public Prosecutor of Tripura, Gauhati High Court, Agartala Bench, in the year 1993 for 6(six) months and then resigned. Designated as Senior Advocate in the year 1999 and since then functioned as Senior Government Advocate. Delivered Lectures in number of Seminars on important subjects and topics of National Interest. Elevated as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 12.10.2006. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 15.07.2008. |
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Ketulhou Meruno
Born on 11th March, 1951. Enrolled as an Advocate on 28th August, 1979. Practiced about 26 years in the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court and other Sub-ordinate Courts in the North Eastern States. Held the post of President, Nagaland Bar Association for three consecutive terms of three years each. Served as Junior Govt. Advocate of Nagaland during 1980-1983. Also held the Office of the Central Government Standing Counsel since 1994 and thereafter appointed as Senior Central Government Standing Counsel in 1997 till elevation, which is now re-designated as Assistant Solicitor General of India. Elevated as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 12th October, 2006. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 15.07.2008. |
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Hrishikesh Roy
Born on 1st February, 1960. After passing out from Delhi Public School, New Delhi, he obtained his LL.B. Degree from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 1982. First enrolled as an Advocate under the Bar Council of Delhi and eventually on shifting of practice to Guwahati, got the enrollment transferred to the Bar Council of Assam, etc. On 21.12.2004, he was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court. He was the Senior Government Advocate for the Arunachal Pradesh Government and was also appointed as the Standing Counsel of the Assam State Electricity Board in respect of the Gauhati High Court. He was also Standing Counsel of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in the High Court for a number of years. He was the founder secretary of the Assam State Unit of the Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi. As a member of the North Eastern Judicial Officers Training Institute (NEJOTI), he was also involved with training of Judicial Officers. As the elected Secretary of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association he has successfully conducted the year long Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Advocates Association. He was sworn in as an additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 12.10.2006. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 15.07.2008. |
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B. D. Agarwal
Born on 17th June, 1952 at village Chaparmukh, District Nagaon (Assam). Practiced in the Gauhati High Court since September, 1977 to April, 1991. Thereafter, joined the Judicial Service of Assam in the month of May, 1991 in the rank of Additional District Judge. On 1st of March, 1992, appointed as the principal District and Sessions Judge. Worked in the same capacity at different stations. During these 29 years of judicial career, he had the occasion to attend various training courses, which includes 6 weeks training at University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom on the subject Gender & Law. He has also attended many Seminars and work-shops and has also participated in different Training and Orientation courses as resource person on different subjects, like Gender & Law, Domestic Violence, Court Management, Human Rights and Child Rights etc. He has written many articles relating to criminal justice system and on other subjects, which have been published in journals like AIR, Criminal Law Journal, Bi-annual journal published by National Police Academy, Hyderabad etc. He has been appointed as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 12TH October, 2006. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 15.07.2008. |
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Pranoy Kumar
Musahary
Born on 31st May, 1951 at Alokjhar, Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar District, Assam. Did his B.A. (Hons) from Saint Anthony's College, Shillong in 1973. Obtained his M.A. and LL.B. Degrees from Gauhati University in 1975 and 1976, respectively. Enrolled himself with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh in 1977 and started practice as an Advocate in the Gauhati High Court since 1977. Practised mainly on Civil, Criminal,Constitutional, Revenue and Arbitration matters. He dealt with a large number of cases in TADA Court at Guwahati. Served as Standing Counsel of the Bodoland Autonomous Council from 19.11.1999 to 01.10.2001 and the Assam Plains Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. Served as Addl. Senior Govt. Advocate of Assam from 12.06.2001 to 13.09.2001. Thereafter he served as Senior Govt. Advocate and Public Prosecutor of the State of Arunachal Pradesh from 14.09.2001 to 18.02.2003 and also of the State of Assam from 19.02.2003 till his resignation on 24.09.2007. Worked as a member of the Assam State Law Commission till elevation. Ably represented before the Hon'ble Justice K. N. Saikia Commission of Inquiry as the Senior Counsel for the Govt. of Assam. Earlier also represented Private Parties in the Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. N. Phukan Commission of Inquiry ( Bhumka Gang Rape Case), Hon'ble Justice Manisena Inquiry Commission (Gohpur Riot) and Hon'ble Justice Haque Inquiry Commission (Kokrajhar Ethnic Clash). Elevated as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 26.09.2007. He is the first person from the ethnic Bodo Community to get elevated to the Bench of the Gauhati High Court. |
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Arun Chandra Upadhyay
Born on 27th July, 1951. Belongs to a family of freedom fighter. Grandfather late Chabilal Upadhayay was a distinguished freedom fighter of Assam. Graduated in Science and obtained LL.B Degree from the University of Law College under the Gauhati University. Joined the Bar in 1976. Practiced mainly in the Gauhati High Court and the District Courts in Kamrup. Appointed in the Assam Judicial Service on 10.09.1980. Attended various training programmes, seminars and workshops as Judicial Officer and also participated as resource person in different training and orientation programmes such as Computerization in Judiciary, Court Management, etc. On promotion to Grade-I of Assam Judicial Service, appointed as Registrar (Inspection & Enquiry), thereafter as Registrar General of the Gauhati High Court and also as District & Sessions Judge in different Districts of Assam. He was holding the post of Legal Remembrancer and Secretary, Judicial Department, Government of Assam at the time of his elevation as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 28.12.2008. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 28.11.2011. |
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Chitta Ranjan Sarma
Born on 1st of March, 1954, Graduated in Science and obtained LL.B Degree from the University of Law College under the Gauhati University. Enrolled as an Advocate in 1977 and started practice in the Gauhati High Court. Appointed as Munsiff in the Assam Judicial Service in 1980. Promoted and appointed as Grade I officer of the Assam Judicial Service in 2001. Served in various capabilities in the Assam Judicial Service and as Registrar General of the Gauhati High Court till the date of elevation to the Bench. Sworn in as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 28th December, 2008. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 28.11.2011. |
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Shri Arup Kumar Goswami
Born on 11.03.1961 at Jorhat, Assam. Graduated in Economics (Hons) from Cotton College under Gauhati University in 1981. Obtained L.L.B. Degree from Government Law College, Guwahati in 1985. Enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on 16.8.1985. Practiced mainly on the Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Service side. Was designated Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court on 21.12.2004. Was Standing Counsel of Gauhati High Court and Karbi-Anglong Autonomous Council till appointed as an Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court on 24th January, 2011. Had also been a Senior Standing Counsel, Education Department, Government of Assam and Standing Counsel, North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council. Was the Secretary General of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association in 2000-2001. Represented Assam in Ranji Trophy. Also represented East Zone in Under-19, Under-22 and at the senior level. |
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N. Kotiswar Singh
Born on 1st March, 1963 at Imphal, Manipur. Son of (Late) Justice N. Ibotombi Singh of the Gauhati High Court, who had also served as the first Advocate General of the State of Manipur. |
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Ujjal Bhuyan
Born on 2nd August, 1964 at Guwahati. His father Shri Suchendra Nath
Bhuyan is a Senior Advocate and a former Advocate General of Assam. Did
his schooling in Don Bosco High School, Guwahati and thereafter studied in
Cotton College, Guwahati. After graduating in Arts from Kirori Mal
College, Delhi, he obtained his LL.B. degree from the Government Law
College, Guwahati and the LL.M. degree from the Gauhati University,
Guwahati. He was the Junior Standing Counsel of the Income Tax Department since May, 1995 and was subsequently appointed as the Senior Standing Counsel of the Income Tax Department on 03-12-2008. He was the Additional Government Advocate, Meghalaya in the Principal Seat of the Gauhati High Court from April, 2002 to October, 2006. He was engaged as Special Counsel of the Forest Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh for cases relating to encroachment of Reserved Forests from December, 2005 to April, 2009. Appointed as Standing Counsel of the Gauhati High Court on 03-03-2010. Designated as Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court on 06-09-2010. He was appointed as Additional Advocate General, Assam on 21-07-2011. Was a member of Gauhati High Court Bar Association, Lawyers Association, Guwahati, Bar Association of India, All India Federation of Tax Practitioners and Indian Law Institute, Assam Chapter. Appointed as an Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court on 17th October, 2011. |
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Swapan Chandra Das
Born on 16th March, 1955. Graduation from Belonia College and LL.B.
from University College of Law, Kolkata. Enrolled as an Advocate on 27th
February, 1981. Practised in Civil, Criminal & Revenue branches of law
both in original and appellate jurisdiction in the District Courts of
South Tripura & other Subordinate Courts. While practising as an
Advocate, also worked as a part time Lecturer of Commercial and Industrial
Law in the Govt. Degree College at Udaipur. Also worked as Govt. Pleader
of South Tripura District and a panel / retained Lawyer of different banks
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Prasanta Kumar Saikia
Born on 26th January, 1954. Passed H.S.L.C. in 1971 from Nagaon Boys’ Higher Secondary School. Passed B. Sc. from Nagaon College in 1974 and LL.B. from Nagaon Law College, under Gauhati University, in 1978. Enrolled as an Advocate of Nagaon Bar Association in 1979. Joined Assam Judicial Service on 5th September, 1980. Occupied various posts in Judicial Service including Special Judge, CBI, Guwahati, and Registrar General, Gauhati High Court. |
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Subhasis Talapatra
Born on October 4, 1961 at Udaipur, Tripura. Did his graduations in Arts and Law from University of Calcutta. Was enrolled with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on September 12, 1990. Practiced mainly at Agartala Bench of Gauhati High Court and appeared in catena of constitutional, civil and criminal matters. Was designated as Senior Advocate on December 21, 2004. Was sworn in as an Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court on November 15, 2011. |
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Sudip Ranjan Sen
Born on 9th March, 1957 at Shillong in the State of Meghalaya. Did his schooling and college in Shillong. He obtained his LL.B. degree from the Shillong Law College under NEHU. Started his service career as a School Teacher after obtaining the Degree of B.A. Joined the Bar on 28.03.1989. Practised in both civil and criminal matters. He was the Asstt. Public Prosecutor and Addl. Govt. Pleader of Meghalaya since 1997 till 7th July, 2000. Passed Meghalaya Higher Judicial Service Examination in 2000 and joined as Addl. Dist. & Sessions Judge on 10.07.2000. Became District & Sessions Judge in January,2002 with special power to try cases under NDPS, PC Act, WAQF Tribunal, Land Acquisition. Became Selection Grade District & Sessions Judge in 2005. Awarded Super Time Scale in April, 2011. Worked as Registrar (Admn.) of the Gauhati High Court at Guwahati w.e.f. 01.12.2010 till 06.02.2012. Sworn in as Addl. Judge of the Gauhati High Court (High Court of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh) on 06.02.2012. |
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Dr. (Mrs) Indira Shah
Born on 17th August, 1954. After completing M.A. and LL.B Degree from University Law College, Dibrugarh enrolled as an Advocate in 1978. On being selected by Assam Public Service Commission joined the Assam Judicial Service in 1980 and worked in various capacities in many districts of Assam and lastly as District Judge in Jorhat and Kamrup till the appointment as Registrar General on 01.11.2011. Awarded Ph.D. in the year 1995 by Dibrugarh University on the thesis “Women in Crime”. First lady Registrar General and High Court Judge from the Judicial Service in the Gauhati High Court. |
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