Kohima: The Centre has decided to set up separate High Courts for each of the Northeastern states.
According to an official report setting up of separate High Courts is subject to creation of necessary infrastructural facilities by the respective State Governments, said Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid.
Giving this information in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha recently, Salman Khurshid said that at present, the Governments of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura have created necessary infrastructural facilities for establishment of separate High Courts in their states.
Accordingly, amendment to the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 is now required for the formal establishment and functioning of separate High Courts in these three states, he said. (UNI)
