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Sikkim High Court
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 (Jurisdiction and Powers) 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. The seat of the court is at Gangtok, the administrative capital of the state. With a sanctioned court strength of 3 judges, the Sikkim High Court is the smallest High Court of India. The Chief Justice Hon'ble Mr. Justice Biswanath Somadder was appointed the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court effective from 12 October 2021. List of former Chief Justices * Hon’ble Justice Man Mohan Singh Gujral (7 May 1976–14 March 1983) * Hon†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikkim
Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siliguri Corridor, which borders Bangladesh. Sikkim is the least populous and second smallest among the Indian states. Situated in the Eastern Himalaya, Sikkim is notable for its biodiversity, including alpine and subtropical climates, as well as being a host to Kangchenjunga, the highest peak in India and third highest on Earth. Sikkim's capital and largest city is Gangtok. Almost 35% of the state is covered by Khangchendzonga National Park – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Kingdom of Sikkim was founded by the Namgyal dynasty in the 17th century. It was ruled by Buddhist priest-kings known as the Chogyal. It became a princely state of British India in 1890. Following Indian independence, Sikkim continued its protectorate status with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Revenue, Constitutional and Taxation matters. He served as Standing Counsel in Orissa High Court since 1974. Patra worked there as a Government advocate. On 22 June 1992 he was appointed an Additional Judge of Orissa High Court. He was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court on 9 July 2003 and retired on 23 November 2004. After the retirement Justice Patra was appointed the Chairperson of Odisha Human Rights Commission. He led the Commission of Enquiry for the multi crore chit fund scam in the state of Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Sikkim
The Government of Sikkim also known as the State Government of Sikkim is the subnational government of the Indian state of Sikkim and its 6 districts, created by the National Constitution as the legislative, executive and judicial authority to govern the state. The Governor acts as the head of state and is, nominally, the highest figure of executive authority. However it is the Chief Minister who is the ''de facto'' head of government and chief executive. Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly), the secretariat, and the Sikkim High Court. The current Legislative Assembly of Sikkim is unicameral, consisting of 32 Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved. Council of Ministers # Prem Singh Tamang Prem Singh Tamang (born 5 February 1968), better known as P. S. Golay, is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Sikkim and founding leader of the Sikkim Krantikari Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of High Courts In India
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of pecuniary, territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters, if so designated specially by the constitution, a state or union law. The work of most high courts primarily consists of appeals from lower courts and writ petitions in terms of Articles 226 and 227 of the constitution. Writ jurisdiction is also an original jurisdiction of a high court. Each state is divided into judicial districts presided over by a district and sessions judge. He is known as district judge when he presides over a civil case, and session's judge when he presides over a criminal case. He is the highest judicial authority below a high court judge. Below him, there are courts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arup Kumar Goswami
Justice Arup Kumar Goswami (born 11 March 1961) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court. He is former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Sikkim High Court and Judge of Gauhati High Court. Career Graduated in Economics (Hons.) from Cotton College under Gauhati University in 1981. Obtained LL.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 August 1985. Practiced mainly on the Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Service matters. Was designated as Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court on 21 December 2004. Was Standing Counsel of the Gauhati High Court, Karbi-Anglong Autonomous Council and North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council. Had also been a Senior Standing Counsel, Education Department, Government of Assam. After that he was appointed an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijay Kumar Bist
Vijay Kumar Bist (born: 17 September 1957) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court and former Judge of Uttarakhand High Court. Career Bist was born in Lansdown, Pauri Garhwal district, in Uttarakhand. He passed from Intermediate College Kanskhet, Pauri Garhwal and completed LL.B. from Allahabad University. He started practice under Mr. S.P. Gupta, Senior Advocate from 1984 in the various courts of Uttar Pradesh as well as Allahabad High Court. In his lawyer career, Bist was the Legal advisor and Standing Counsel of Allahabad University, North Eastern Railway, various Corporations, Housing Federation, Development Authority like government undertaking institutions. After the formation of the Uttarakhand, he shifted to Nainital and also served as panel advocate of Uttarakhand State Government in the Uttarakhand High Court. Bist was elevated as Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court on 1 November 2008. On 30 October 2018 Justice Bist was appointed the Chief J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish K
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Sunil Kumar Sinha
Sunil Kumar Sinha (born 7 July 1954) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. Career Sinha was born at Ambikapur in 1954 in a lawyer family. He studied in Government Multipurpose Higher Secondary School, Ambikapur and passed LL.B. in 1980 from Government P.G. College of Ambikapur. He was enrolled as an advocate under Madhya Pradesh Bar Council on 3 September 1980. Initially he started practice in District Court of Ambikapur, later in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. In May 2003 Sinha was appointed an Additional Advocate General of Chhattisgarh. On 1 December, 2004 he became the permanent Judge of the 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 .... On 14 July 2014 Sinha was transferred as a judge of the Sikkim High Court and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pius C
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Permod Kohli
Permod Kohli (born: 1 March 1951) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court. Career Kohli was born at Rajouri in 1951. He graduated from Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College and passed Law from University of Jammu in 1972. He was appointed Additional Advocate General, later Advocate General of Jammu. On 7 January 2003 Kohli was appointed additional Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Thereafter he was transferred to the Jharkhand High Court in 2006. He also became the judge of 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 Per ... on 10 May 2007. On 12 December 2011, Justice Kohli was elevated to the post of the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court. After the retirement he was appointed the Chairman of Central Administrative Trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barin Ghosh (judge)
Barin Ghosh (5 June 1952 – 7 October 2015) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of three High Courts of India. Career Ghosh was born in 1952. After passing B.Com., LL.B. he was enrolled as an Advocate on 19 December 1978 and practiced in the Calcutta High Court. He worked on Civil, Company and Constitutional matters. On 14 July 1995 he was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court. Justice Ghosh was transferred to Patna High Court on 7 January 2005. He became the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 31 January 2009. Thereafter Justice Ghosh was also appointed the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court on 13 April 2010. He was transferred to the Uttarakhand High Court on 6 August 2010 and served there as a Chief Justice. Ghosh died in Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftab Hussain Saikia
Aftab Hussain Saikia (born 7 April 1949) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Indian High Courts. Career Saikia was born in 1949. He passed B.Sc. from Cotton University in 1969 and completed LL.B. and LL.M. from Guwahati University. In 1974, he started practice in the Guwahati High Court on civil, criminal, constitutional and service matters. He practised for 26 years in the Guwahati High Court and other outlying benches in the North East India. Saikia was appointed public prosecutor of Government of Assam for three years. He also worked as principal as well as lecturer of J.B. Law College of Guwahati. He served as the guest lecturer in the Department of Law, Guwahati University. In 1999 Saikia was designated as senior advocate. He was appointed a permanent judge of the Guwahati High Court on 15 November 2000 and became the chief justice of Sikkim High Court on 7 March 2009. He was awarded Ph.D. in law by the Guwahati University in December 2009. On 13 April 2010, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
