Agartala: Tripura which has the Agartala bench of the Gauhati High Court would get a separate high court on March 26, official sources said on Thursday.
“The Union Law ministry and Supreme court have agreed to set up a separate high court for Tripura on March 26,” Tripura Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatiya told reporters here. Dipak Gupta, a judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court has been appointed the first Chief Justice of the Tripper High Court who would be administered the oath of office and secrecy by the Governor on March 23.
Population wise Tripura was bigger than Manipur and about 52,000 cases were pending in different courts, including 6,000 in the Agartala bench of Gauhati high court, and the figure was on the rise due to shortage of judges. (PTI)
