Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court is the High Court of the state of Tripura.[1] It was established on 23 March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971. The seat of the High Court is at Agartala, the capital of Tripura. The first Chief Justice was Justice Deepak Gupta ( 23.3.2013 to 16.5.2016)[2] Earlier, the state of Tripura along with the other six states of the North - East of India was under the Gauhati High Court , a permanent bench of the Gauhati High Court was established in Agartala in the year 1992 having territorial jurisdiction of the state of Tripura.

Tripura High Court
त्रिपुरा उच्च न्यायालय
Established23 March 2013
LocationAgartala, Tripura
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 lengthmandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions4
Websitetsu.trp.nic.in/highcourt/
Chief Justice
CurrentlyAkil Abdulhamid Kureshi
Since16 November 2019

Former Chief Justices
S. No. Chief Justices Date of Appointment as CJ/ACJ Date of Retirement
1 Deepak Gupta 23 March 2013 15 May 2016
Acting T. Vaiphei 16 May 2016 20 September 2016
2 T. Vaiphei 21 September 2016 28 February 2018
3 Ajay Rastogi 1 March 2018 1 November 2018
4 Sanjay Karol 14 November 2018 10 November 2019
Acting Subhasis Talapatra 11 November 2019 15 November 2019
5 Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi 16 November 2019 Incumbent

References
  1. "New Chief Justices for Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura high courts". Times of India. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. "Tripura, Manipur CJs take oath". Assam Tribune. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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