Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court

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chief justice position judicial office public office

The Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court is the head of the judiciary and the highest-ranking judge of the Gauhati High Court, overseeing its judicial and administrative functions.

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Label	Occurrences
Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court canonical	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chief justice position ⓘ judicial office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ surface form: State of Arunachal Pradesh Assam ⓘ surface form: State of Assam Mizoram ⓘ surface form: State of Mizoram Nagaland ⓘ surface form: State of Nagaland
appointedBy	President of India ⓘ
appointmentProcess	consultation with Chief Justice of India ⓘ consultation with Governor of Assam ⓘ presidential warrant under hand and seal ⓘ
canBeTransferredTo	another High Court as judge or chief justice under Article 222 of Constitution of India ⓘ
category	Chief Justices of High Courts in India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
hasDuty	administrative control over officers and staff of Gauhati High Court ⓘ allocation of judicial work among judges of Gauhati High Court ⓘ supervision of case roster of Gauhati High Court ⓘ
hasPower	assign cases to single and division benches ⓘ constitute benches of Gauhati High Court ⓘ frame rules for practice and procedure of Gauhati High Court ⓘ initiate disciplinary proceedings against subordinate judiciary as per law ⓘ recommend names for appointment of judges of Gauhati High Court ⓘ
headOf	administration of Gauhati High Court ⓘ judiciary of Gauhati High Court ⓘ
jurisdictionType	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ original jurisdiction ⓘ writ jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution of India ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 217 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Constitution of India ⓘ
memberOf	higher judiciary of India ⓘ
officeLocation	Gauhati High Court ⓘ surface form: Gauhati High Court, Guwahati
oversees	subordinate judiciary within territorial jurisdiction of Gauhati High Court ⓘ
partOf	Gauhati High Court ⓘ
positionHeldBy	highest‑ranking judge of Gauhati High Court ⓘ
rank	highest judicial officer in Gauhati High Court ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of justice in Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh through Gauhati High Court ⓘ ensuring effective functioning of Gauhati High Court ⓘ upholding independence of judiciary within jurisdiction of Gauhati High Court ⓘ
seat	Guwahati ⓘ
style	Hon’ble the Chief Justice ⓘ
subordinateTo	Constitution of India ⓘ Supreme Court of India ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of India (in judicial hierarchy)
termLength	until age of 62 years, subject to constitutional provisions ⓘ

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Gauhati High Court → hasChiefJustice → Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court ⓘ

National Law University and Judicial Academy Assam → chancellorRole → Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court ⓘ