By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia, Judge of the Gauhati High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil today made appointment. Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia will be the Chief Justice from the date he assumes charge of his office.
Born in April 1949, Aftab Hussain Saikia obtained B.Sc. with distinction from Cotton College, Guwahati in 1969. He obtained LL.B. and LL.M. from Gauhati University also. He got enrolled as an Advocate in the Gauhati High Court in August 1974. He was public prosecutor for Government of Assam from 1983-1986.
He has also been in academic fields for some years. He was associated with J.B. Law College, Guwahati as Lecturer from 1977-1991. He was Principal of J.B. Law College in 1991. He was Guest Lecturer, LL.M. Classes in the Department of Law, Gauhati University from 1983-85 and 1988-89.
He was Member, Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh since 1983 and Vice-Chairman of this Bar Council from 1996-98. He is permanent Member, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. He was designated as Senior Advocate of the Gauhati High Court in June 1999. He was sworn in as Judge of the Gauhati High Court in November 2000.
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