Centre Notifies Transfer Of Judges To Manipur And Gauhati HCs

The Central government has notified the transfer of judges to High Courts of Manipur and Gauhati.

The notifications make the following transfers:

• Justice Lanusungkum Jamir, who is currently functioning as an Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court, has been transferred to Manipur High Court. Justice Jamir completed his law course in the year 1988 from the North Eastern Hill University, and enrolled with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura in 1989. He was appointed as the Additional Senior Government Advocate, Nagaland in November, 2000, and was elevated as an Additional Judge in May, 2013.

• Justice N. Kotiswar Singh has been transferred from Manipur High Court to Gauhati High Court. Justice Singh obtained his Degree in Law (LL.B.) from Campus Law Centre, Law Faculty, Delhi University in 1986. He enrolled as an Advocate the same year with the Bar Council of Delhi and later transferred to the roll of the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in March, 2008, and was sworn in as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court in October, 2011.

The recommendations for their transfer had been made by resolutions passed on September 7 this year.