Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has been sworn in as the 8th Chief Justice of Tripura on Monday.
Governor of Tripura Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath of office to the new Chief Justice at Raj Bhavan at 11.30 am.
Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha and his cabinet colleagues- Law minister Ratanlal Nath, Finance minister Pranajit Singha Roy, Youth Affairs and Sports minister Tinku Roy, sitting judges of the High Court of Tripura including Justice Amarnath Goud and Justice Arindam Lodh, Advocate General Siddhartha Shankar Dey, senior lawyers and other dignitaries including Chief Secretary J.K. Sinha and DGP Amitabh Ranjan also attended the oath ceremony.
Justice Singh was a judge of Jharkhand High Court before being appointed as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court.
Justice Singh has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Tripura replacing Justice Jaswant Singh who recently retired.
The Union Ministry of Law and Justice, in a notification on April 11, had said that the President has appointed Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
Headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, the Supreme Court collegium, on February 7, recommended the name of Justice Singh for appointment as the Tripura HC Chief Justice.
The Tripura HC was set up in March, 2013 along with the full-fledged High Courts in Meghalaya and Manipur. All the northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, were earlier under the Gauhati High Court.
