The Central government has notified the appointment of two judicial officers as additional judges of the Tripura High Court..Union Minister of State with independent charge of the Law and Justice Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the development.The names approved are of judicial officers Biswajit Palit and Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha..The Supreme Court Collegium had on October 10 recommended their appointment as High Court judges. The High Court Collegium had recommended their names in December 2021.However, the Chief Minister and Governor of Tripura did not respond to the proposal for over six weeks. The proposals were, therefore, forwarded to the Supreme Court Collegium without waiting for the inputs of these two functionaries.Biswajit Palit is currently a Legal Remembrancer and Law Secretary with the State government.Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha is the current Director of the Tripura Judicial Academy..With the latest appointments, the Tripura High Court will soon function at its full sanctioned strength of five judges..[Read official notification]
The Central government has notified the appointment of two judicial officers as additional judges of the Tripura High Court..Union Minister of State with independent charge of the Law and Justice Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the development.The names approved are of judicial officers Biswajit Palit and Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha..The Supreme Court Collegium had on October 10 recommended their appointment as High Court judges. The High Court Collegium had recommended their names in December 2021.However, the Chief Minister and Governor of Tripura did not respond to the proposal for over six weeks. The proposals were, therefore, forwarded to the Supreme Court Collegium without waiting for the inputs of these two functionaries.Biswajit Palit is currently a Legal Remembrancer and Law Secretary with the State government.Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha is the current Director of the Tripura Judicial Academy..With the latest appointments, the Tripura High Court will soon function at its full sanctioned strength of five judges..[Read official notification]
