N. Kotiswar Singh

Hon'ble Justice
Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh
Judge of Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 July 2024
Nominated byDhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed byDroupadi Murmu
Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
In office
15 February 2023 – 17 July 2024
Nominated byDhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed byDroupadi Murmu
Judge of Gauhati High Court
In office
11 October 2018 – 14 February 2023
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
In office
12 January 2023 – 14 February 2023
Appointed byDroupadi Murmu
In office
9 May 2022 – 22 June 2022
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
In office
21 September 2020 – 9 January 2021
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Judge of Manipur High Court
In office
23 March 2013 – 10 October 2018
Nominated byAltamas Kabir
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court
In office
23 February 2018 – 17 May 2018
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
In office
1 July 2017 – 8 February 2018
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of Gauhati High Court
In office
17 October 2011 – 22 March 2013
Nominated byS. H. Kapadia
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Personal details
Born (1963-03-01) 1 March 1963 (age 61)
Imphal, Manipur
Alma materUniversity of Delhi

Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh (born 1 March 1963) is a Judge of Supreme Court of India. Previously, he has served as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. He is former Judge of Gauhati High Court and Manipur High Court. He has also served as the Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court for three times and Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court for two times.[1][2][3]

Career

Singh was born in 1963 in Imphal, Manipur. His father N. Ibotombi Singh was a former Judge of the Gauhati High Court and first Advocate General of the State of Manipur.[4] Singh completed his schooling from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Purulia and graduated from Kirori Mal College in 1983. He passed LL.B. from the Delhi University in 1986. He practised in the Supreme Court, the Gauhati High Court and in the Central Administrative Tribunal. On 3 November 2007 he was appointed Advocate General of Manipur. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court on 17 October 2011 and made permanent judge on 7 November 2012. He was appointed as Judge of Manipur High Court upon its creation on 23 March 2013.[5][6] He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court from 1 July 2017 to 8 February 2018 and again from 23 February 2018 to 17 May 2018. He was transferred as Judge of Gauhati High Court on 11 October 2018. He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court from 21 September 2020 to 9 January 2021, from 9 May 2022 to 22 June 2022 and again from 12 January 2022 to 14 February 2022. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on 15 February 2023.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh appointed Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court". barandbench.com. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Bar & Bench News.
  2. ^ "Hon'ble The Chief Justice & Sitting Judges – The Gauhati High Court". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ^ Sharma, Devika (23 September 2020). "Gauhati HC | Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh, Senior-most Judge appointed as the Acting Chief Justice". SCC Blog. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Welcome to High Court of Manipur Imphal - Justice N.Ibotombi Singh". hcmimphal.nic.in. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ "High Court of manipur at Imphal". hcmimphal.nic.in. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ News, Ne Now (11 January 2021). "Sudhanshu Dhulia takes oath as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 3 April 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "New Chief Justices appointed to 4 HCs". The Indian Express. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.