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Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court was promulgated by governor general of India on 1 March 1948 after the ''Government of India Act 1935'' was passed. Establishing the High Court of Assam with effect from 5 April 1948, for the then Province of Assam. It was originally known as the High Court of Assam and Nagaland, but renamed as Gauhati High Court in 1971 by the ''North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971''. It has largest jurisdiction in terms of states, with its area covering the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Mizoram. History After Indian independence, the Assam Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution on 9 September 1947 that a High Court be established for the Province of Assam. In exercise of power conferred by the ''Government of India Act 1935'', the Governor General of India on 1 March 1948 promulgated the ''Assam High Court Order, 1948'', establishing the High Court of Assam. It was inaugurated on 5 April 1948 by H. J. Kania, the Chief Justice of Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for oil drilling in Asia. Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The Assamese economy is aided by wildlife tourism to Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, which are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's North-East region into States and union territories. Effect of the changes Source: * Establishment of the states of Manipur and Tripura. They were Union Territories before. * Establishment of the state of Meghalaya. It was an autonomous part of Assam before. * Establishment of the Union Territories of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. * Reduction of the area of the state of Assam due to the above changes. * Allocation of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats for the newly created territories. * Allocation of seats to the Legislative Assemblies of the newly created territories. * Creation of separate High Courts for Meghalya, Manipur and Tripura. * Creation of a new, common High Court for the rest of the modified territories Later Territorial changes * Following the Mizoram Peace Accord in 1986, Mizoram was given full-statehood in 1987. * Arunachal Pradesh was given full statehood in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adarsh Kumar Goel
Adarsh Kumar Goel (born 7 July 1953) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chairperson of National Green Tribunal. He is former Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also former Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court and Gauhati High Court, and a former Judge of Gauhati High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 .... Career Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel did his B.A. (Hons.) and LL.B. from Panjab University. He was enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana on 16 July 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 was designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court on 11 February 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madan Lokur
Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur (born 31 December 1953) is an Indian jurist. He is a Judge of Supreme Court of Fiji. He is former Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Gauhati High Court and Judge of Delhi High Court. Education Lokur was educated at the Modern School, New Delhi. He later attended St. Joseph's College, Allahabad for his ISC examinations. For his university studies, Lokur graduated in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University with Honours. He obtained his law degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. Judgeship Lokur was elevated to the Bench on 19 February 1999. He joined Delhi High Court as an Additional Judge. He was appointed a Permanent Judge of that High Court on 5 July 1999. He also functioned as the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court from 13 February 2010 to 21 May 2010 before being transferred as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court from 24 June 2010 to 14 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Surajmal Garg
Ramesh Surajmal Garg (born: 18 June 1948) or R. S. Garg is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. Career Garg was born in 1948. He passed Masters degree in Economics and Law. He started practice in Madhya Pradesh High Court on Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Constitutional and Taxation matters. On 15 December 1994 Garg was appointed Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. He served as a judge of Patna High Court and Gujarat High Court also. He became the first acting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at Village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of New state of Chhattisgarh upon th ... in 2000. Justice Garg was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 16 November 2009. On 17 April 2010, he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasti Chelameswar
Jasti Chelameswar (born 23 June 1953) is the former Judge of Supreme Court of India. He retired on 22 June 2018 as the second most senior Supreme court judge. Earlier, he was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and Gauhati High Court. He was also one of the 4 judges who held a controversial press conference against the Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra. Early life Chelameswar was born in Peddamuttevi village of Movva mandal, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, the son of Jasti Lakshminarayana, a lawyer who practised at the district court, and his wife Annapoornamma. After completing his schooling in Machilipatnam, Chelameswar enrolled at Loyola College, Chennai and obtained a Bachelor's degree in Science with Physics as his major subject. He then studied Law and obtained an LLB from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 1976. Career Chelameswar served as an Additional Judge at the then High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Later, he became the Chief Justice of Gauhati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binod Kumar Roy
Binod Kumar Roy (26 December 1944 – 20 June 2019) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of three High Courts of India. Career Roy was born in 1944. He studied in Patna College and passed LL.B from Magadh University. He started his career in the Patna High Court as an advocate. Roy was elevated as a Judge of the Patna High Court on 31 October 1988. In April 1994 he was transferred to the Allahabad High Court. Roy became the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 14 October 2002. He was subsequently moved to the Gauhati High Court and served there as the Chief Justice. On 30 September 2005, Justice Roy became the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court after retirement of Justice Radha Krishna Patra Radha Krishna Patra (24 November 1942—28 January 2015) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. Career Patra was enrolled as an advocate in 1966 and started practice in the Orissa High Court on Civil, Criminal, Reven .... He retired from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debi Singh Tewatia
Debi Singh Tewatia ( 30 June 1930 - November, 2017) was a Chief justice of Calcutta High Court and former Advocate General of Punjab and Haryana. Career Tewatia was born in the village of Kondal, Haryana. After completion of study from Lincoln's Inn he started his lawyer career at Gurgaon district Court in 1955. After two years, he shifted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and was elected as the secretary of the High Court Bar Association in 1965. He was appointed Advocate General of Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ... in 1969. Tewatia was elevated to the Bench of the same High Court in February, 1970. He became the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 1987 from where he resigned in 1989. After resignation, he practiced in the Supreme Court of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandreswar Prasad Sinha
Chandreswar Prasad Sinha was an Indian jurist who served as Governor of Assam This is a list of governors of Assam, and other offices of similar scope, from the start of British occupation of the area in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War. The Governor of Assam is a nominal head and representative of the President ... from 23 August 1959 to 14 October 1959 and Chief Justice of Assam. References {{Governors of Assam Governors of Assam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Stone (judge)
Sir John Leonard Stone, OBE, QC (6 November 1896 – 3 January 1978) was the last British chief justice of the High Court of Bombay, serving from 30 September 1943 until 1948. Educated at Malvern College, he served in the First World War and in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. Called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1923, he joined the Lincoln's Inn Bar in 1931, becoming a Bencher of Gray's Inn in 1942 and its treasurer in 1956. He served in the British Home Guard during the Second World War, until 1943, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. He was appointed an OBE in the 1943 New Year Honours (citing his Home Guard service) and knighted in the 1943 Birthday Honours. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1948. He subsequently served as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 1948 to 1963. See also List of Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court This is a list of chief justices of the Bombay High Court. See List of Chief Justic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrishikesh Roy
Hrishikesh Roy (born 1 February 1960) is a judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. He is also former judge of the Gauhati High Court. Career In 1982, Roy earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delhi. He was initially enrolled under the Bar Council of Delhi thereafter shifted to Guwahati. He served as the senior government advocate for the State of Arunachal Pradesh, standing counsel for the Assam State Electricity Board and Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council. He was designated as senior advocate of Gauhati High Court The Gauhati High Court was promulgated by governor general of India on 1 March 1948 after the ''Government of India Act 1935'' was passed. Establishing the High Court of Assam with effect from 5 April 1948, for the then Province of Assam. It ... on 21 December 2004. Roy became an additional judge of Gauhati High Court on 12 October 2006 and permanent judge on 15 July 2008. In his career he was the Exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shillong
Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the 330th most populous city in India with a population of 143,229 according to the 2011 census. It is said that the rolling hills around the town reminded the British of Scotland. Hence, they would also refer to it as the "Scotland of the East". Shillong has steadily grown in size since it was made the civil station of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in 1864 by the British. In 1874, on the formation of Assam as the Chief Commissioner's Province, it was chosen as the headquarters of the new administration because of its convenient location between the Brahmaputra and Surma valleys and more so because the climate of Shillong was much cooler than tropical India. Shillong remained the capital of undivided Assam until the creation of the new state of Meghalaya on 21 January 1972, when Shil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
