NEW DELHI: Manipur received its first illustration in Supreme Courtroom on Thursday as CJI D Y Chandrachud administered the oath of workplace to 61-year-old Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh as a decide of the apex courtroom.
In Courtroom No. 1, full of legal professionals and relations of the newly-appointed judges, the CJI additionally administered oath to Justice R Mahadevan of Madras excessive courtroom as an SC decide.With the elevation of the 2 judges, SC has now reached its full sanctioned energy of 33 judges, together with the CJI.
Justice Singh has immaculately adopted within the footsteps of his father N Ibotombi Singh, the primary advocate normal of Manipur who was additionally a decide in Gauhati HC that then served because the principal bench for all northeastern states.
Justice Singh too grew to become advocate normal of Manipur in Nov 2007 and remained so until Oct 2011, when he was appointed a decide of Gauhati HC. He was appointed chief justice of J&Okay and Ladakh HC in Feb 2023.
Justice Singh will most likely be the primary decide within the Supreme Courtroom’s historical past to have been hospitalised with a gunshot damage suffered in 2010 as advocate normal from the unintended firing of a gun by a minister within the Congress govt led by O Ibobi Singh. The accident occurred when Singh was travelling in a automobile with the minister. Coincidentally, ‘Nongmei’ in Manipuri means ‘gun’.
In Courtroom No. 1, full of legal professionals and relations of the newly-appointed judges, the CJI additionally administered oath to Justice R Mahadevan of Madras excessive courtroom as an SC decide.With the elevation of the 2 judges, SC has now reached its full sanctioned energy of 33 judges, together with the CJI.
Justice Singh has immaculately adopted within the footsteps of his father N Ibotombi Singh, the primary advocate normal of Manipur who was additionally a decide in Gauhati HC that then served because the principal bench for all northeastern states.
Justice Singh too grew to become advocate normal of Manipur in Nov 2007 and remained so until Oct 2011, when he was appointed a decide of Gauhati HC. He was appointed chief justice of J&Okay and Ladakh HC in Feb 2023.
Justice Singh will most likely be the primary decide within the Supreme Courtroom’s historical past to have been hospitalised with a gunshot damage suffered in 2010 as advocate normal from the unintended firing of a gun by a minister within the Congress govt led by O Ibobi Singh. The accident occurred when Singh was travelling in a automobile with the minister. Coincidentally, ‘Nongmei’ in Manipuri means ‘gun’.
