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DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 16
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei to replace the incumbent Justice Kuranam Sreedhar Rao as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, with effect from October 21 next.
This was informed through a notificationfrom the Joint Secretary to the government of India, Praveen Garg, on Friday.
T. Vaiphei is the senior most judge of Gauhati High Court. T. Vaiphei did his LLB from University of Delhi (Campus Law Centre). During 1997 – 2003 he served as an advocate at Aizawl bench of Gauhati High Court on deputation and later promoted to senior advocate. He was appointed as judge of the Gauhati High Court in 2003.