First 'Saturday' sitting of HC held in new complex
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 07 2012:
With Gauhati High Court, Imphal Bench shifting to the newly constructed court complex at Chingmeirong today, the first sitting of the Division Bench was conducted in the four court rooms in the complex after its inaugural function by Justice Altamas Kabir, Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Interestingly, it is first time in the history of any Gauhati High Court to have sitting on Saturday.
The sittings of High Court is normally held from Monday to Friday only.
The sitting in the court room no.1 was that of Division bench comprising AK Goel, Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court and Judge Tayenjam Nandakumar.
The Division bench comprising Justice Amitav Roy and Justice N Kotiswar has its sitting in Court no.2, Division bench comprising Justice IA Ansari and Justice SR Sen had the sitting in court room no.3 and the Division bench of former Justice BK Sharma and Justice SC Das had its sitting in court room no.4 .
Altogether 21 cases including one motion were brought up on the first day of the sitting of the Division benches.
The cases include NSA, PIL and Writ Petitions.