Two Additional Judges Of Gauhati High Court Made Permanent

The Union Government on Friday (January 17) appointed Justice Kardak Ete and Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita as permanent judges of the Gauhati High Court. The Notification issued by the Central Government read as follows:“In exercise of the power conferred by clause (I) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri Justices (i) Kardak Ete and (ii) Mridul Kumar Kalita, Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court, to be Judges of that High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.”It is to be noted that the Supreme Court Collegium (SCC) on January 07 recommended the appointment of above mentioned two Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court as Permanent Judges.Justice Kardak Ete was elevated as the Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on March 13, 2023. Justice Ete completed his LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim in the year 1999. He was designated as Senior Advocate in 2014. He was also appointed as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Arunachal Pradesh in 2011. He was appointed as Senior Additional Advocate General in 2016 and as Acting Advocate General in 2021.Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita was elevated as the Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on April 20, 2023. Justice Kalita obtained B.Sc. degree from the Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, and thereafter LL.B degree from the University Law College, Gauhati University in the year 1994. He further obtained LL.M degree, from Gauhati University, in the year 1997. After obtaining law degree, Justice Kalita enrolled as an Advocate under the Bar council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim on September 23, 1994, and practiced, mainly in district courts, for a period of about four years. He also served as a lecturer in the J.B. Law College at Guwahati from 1998 for about two years. Justice Kalita joined the Assam Judicial Service on May 10, 2000.Click Here To Read Notification

Two Additional Judges Of Gauhati High Court Made Permanent

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