Established 2013 No. of positions 3 Number of positions 3 | Country India Judge term length Till 62 years of age Phone 0364 230 8600 | |
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. Similar CMJ University, Meghalaya Public Service C, Ministry of Environm & Forests, BSNL Office Shillong, Meghalaya Tourism Develop |
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The Meghalaya High Court is the High Court of the state of Meghalaya. 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. The strength of judges as for this High Court is 3 permanent judges including the Honourable Chief Justice. The current Chief Justice is the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari who took oath as Chief Justice on 24 February 2016.
The first Chief Justice was the Hon'ble Mrs. Justice T. Meena Kumari, who retired on 3 August 2013. On the 14 January 2016 -- with the retirement of the outgoing Chief Justice -- the Hon'ble Mr. Chief Justice Uma Nath Singh, (one of the Permanent Judges of the High Court of Meghalaya, the Hon'ble Mr Justice T. Nandakumar Singh), took oath as Acting Chief Justice with immediate effect. Justice T. Nandakumar Singh was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 25.11.2004 and became Permanent Judge w.e.f. 27.2.2006 of Gauhati High Court. He took oath as a Permanent Judge of the High Court of Meghalaya on 23.3.2013. There is also the Hon'ble Mr Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen, who was elevated as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 6.2.2012 and he took oath as the Additional Judge of Meghalaya High Court on 23.3.2013. He became a Permanent Judge of the same High Court w.e f. 7.1.2014.
The present Registrar General of the High Court of Meghalaya is Mrs. B. Giri Massar, a senior judicial officer of the state.