| Meghalaya High Court | |
|---|---|
| Established | 23 March 2013; 11 years ago (2013-03-23) |
| Jurisdiction | Meghalaya |
| Location | Shillong, Meghalaya |
| Composition method | Presidential with confirmationofChief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. |
| Authorized by | Constitution of India |
| Appeals to | Supreme Court of India |
| Judge term length | Till 62 years of age |
| Number of positions | 4 |
| Website | meghalayahighcourt.nic.in |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | S. Vaidyanathan |
| Since | 11 February 2024 |
The Meghalaya High Court is the High Court of the stateofMeghalaya.[1] It was established in March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act of 1971. Earlier, a bench of the Gauhati High Court had jurisdiction over the state of Meghalaya. The seat of the High Court is at Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya. This court has four permanent judges, including the Hon'ble Chief Justice, and three Hon'ble Judges.
The current Chief Justice is Justice S. Vaidyanathan who took charge on 11 February 2024.[2]
There have been eleven chief justices of the Meghalaya High Court, out of whom two were elevated as judges of the Supreme Court of India, Prafulla Chandra Pant and Dinesh Maheshwari
| # | Chief Justice | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| 1 | T. Meena Kumari | 23 March 2013 | 3 August 2013 |
| 2 | Prafulla Chandra Pant | 20 September 2013 | 12 August 2014 |
| 3 | Uma Nath Singh | 19 March 2015 | 14 January 2016 |
| 4 | Dinesh Maheshwari | 24 February 2016 | 12 February 2018 |
| 5 | Tarun Agarwala | 12 February 2018 | 2 March 2018 |
| 6 | Mohammad Yaqoob Mir | 21 May 2018 | 27 May 2019 |
| 7 | Ajay Kumar Mittal | 28 May 2019 | 2 November 2019 |
| 8 | Mohammad Rafiq | 13 November 2019 | 26 April 2020 |
| 9 | Biswanath Somadder | 27 April 2020 | 11 October 2021 |
| 10 | Ranjit Vasantrao More | 12 October 2021 | 3 November 2021 |
| 11 | Sanjib Banerjee | 24 November 2021 | 1 November 2023 |
| 12 | S. Vaidyanathan | 11 February 2024 | Incumbent |
