Aparesh Kumar Singh is new chief justice of Tripura HC: Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has been named the new chief justice of the Tripura High Court, succeeding Justice Jaswant Singh, who retired recently. The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry issued a notification stating that President, under the powers conferred by Article 217 of the Constitution of India, has appointed Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, who is a judge at the Jharkhand High Court, to assume the position of the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court with effect from the date he takes charge of the office. Justice Singh was born on July 7, 1965, and began his legal profession in 1990.
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On January 25, the collegium approved the nomination of Justice Jaswant Singh, a judge of the Orissa high court, as chief justice of the Tripura high court. However, on February 19, 2023, a week after his appointment, Justice Singh announced his retirement from the service. The collegium then recommended that Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh be appointed chief justice of the Tripura high court. Since Justice Indrajit Mahanty retired from the Tripura High Court on November 10 of last year, the position of chief justice has been vacant.
Todupunuri Amarnath Goud, who took over as interim chief justice of the Tripura high court in February, has been replaced by Singh. Since 1990, Singh has worked as a lawyer in the high courts of Patna and Jharkhand. Later, in 2012, he was appointed as an additional judge to the Jharkhand High Court. From December 22, 2017 to February 19, 2018, he also served as interim chief justice of the Supreme Court.
