Justice Apresh Kumar Singh will take oath as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court at Raj Bhavan on Monday i.e April 17 at 11:30 AM.
Justice Apresh Kumar Singh is currently the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
Tripura High Court Registrar General V Pandey informed this.
Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Tripura High Court in place of Jaswant Singh who retired recently .
The Department of Justice, Ministry of Law issued a notification stating that under the powers conferred by Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh as the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.
Justice Singh was born on 7 July 1965 and started his career as a lawyer in 1990.
On January 25, the Collegium approved the nomination of Justice Jaswant Singh of the Orissa High Court as the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.
However, a week after Justice Singh’s appointment, on 19 February 2023, Justice Singh announced his retirement.
The Collegium then recommended the appointment of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh as the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.
The post of Chief Justice was lying vacant after the retirement of Justice Indrajit Mahanty on November 10.
Todupunuri Amarnath Goud, who took over as the Additional Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court, has been replaced by Singh in February.
Since 1990, Singh worked as an advocate in the High Courts of Patna and Jharkhand. Later, in 2012, he was elevated to the rank of Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court.
From December 22, 2017 to February 19, 2018, he also served as the Additional Chief Justice of the High Court.
