Tripura High Court

Tripura High Court
Established23 March 2013 (2013-03-23)
JurisdictionTripura
LocationAgartala, Tripura
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorised byConstitution of India
Appeals toSupreme Court of India
Judge term lengthMandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions4
Websitethc.nic.in
Chief Justice
CurrentlyM. S. Ramachandra Rao
Since22 July 2025

The Tripura High Court is the High Court of the state of Tripura.[1] It was established on 23 March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971. The seat of the High Court is at Agartala, the capital of Tripura. The first Chief Justice was Justice Deepak Gupta (23 March 2013 to 16 May 2016)[2] Earlier, the state of Tripura along with the other six states of the North - East of India was under the Guwahati High Court, a permanent bench of the Guwahati High Court was established in Agartala in the year 1992 having territorial jurisdiction of the state of Tripura.

The current chief justice is M.S. Ramachandra Rao. He took oath on 22 April 2025.[3]


List of chief justices

# Portrait Chief justice Tenure
Start End
1 Leonard Stone (judge) 1947 1947
2 Ronald Francis Lodge 1947 1948
3 T V Thadani 1948 1949
4 Sarjoo Prasad 1949 1950
5 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha 1950 1952
6 Holiram Deka 1952 1952
7 G. Mehrotra 1952 1953
(6) Holiram Deka 1954 1957
(7) G. Mehrotra 1957 1958
(6) Holiram Deka 1958 1960
(7) G. Mehrotra 1960 1965
8 C. S. Row Nayudu 1965 1970
(7) G. Mehrotra 1970 1973
9 S. K. Dutta 1973 1973
(8) C. S. Row Nayudu 1973 1974
(9) S. K. Dutta 1974 1975
10 M. C. Pathak 1975 1976
11 M. S. Swamy 1976 1977
(10) M. C. Pathak 1977 1978
(11) M. S. Swamy 1978 1978
12 C. M. Lodha 6 July 1978 10 March 1979
13 Debi Singh Tewatia 10 March 1979 30 September 1985
14 P. C. Reddy 30 September 1985 2 November 1986
15 K. M. Lahiri 1986 1986
16 T. S. Misra 1986 1988
17 G. M. Lodha 1 March 1988 15 March 1988
18 A. S. Raghuvir 6 May 1988 21 March 1991
19 R. K. Manisana Singh 27 January 1994 1 February 1994
20 V. K. Khanna 1 February 1994 14 February 1997
21 M. Ramakrishna 18 June 1997 12 February 1999
22 Brijesh Kumar 12 February 1999 19 October 2000
23 N. C. Jain 20 October 2000 5 April 2001
24 R. S. Mongia 5 April 2001 10 June 2002
25 P. P. Naolekar 10 June 2002 27 August 2004
26 Binod Kumar Roy 27 August 2004 5 December 2005
27 B. S. Reddy 5 December 2005 12 January 2007
28 Jasti Chelameswar 12 January 2007 17 March 2010
29 Ramesh Surajmal Garg 17 April 2010 18 June 2010
30 Madan Lokur 18 June 2010 20 December 2011
31 Adarsh Kumar Goel 20 December 2011 23 March 2013
32 Deepak Gupta 23 March 2013 15 May 2016
33 T. Vaiphei 21 September 2016 28 February 2018
34 Ajay Rastogi 1 March 2018 1 November 2018
35 Sanjay Karol 14 November 2018 10 November 2019
36 Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi 16 November 2019 11 October 2021
37 Indrajit Mahanty 12 October 2021 10 November 2022
38 Jaswant Singh 15 February 2023 22 February 2023
39 Aparesh Kumar Singh 13 April 2023 15 July 2025
40 Justice Ramachandra Rao 13 April 2025 —

Chief Justices

# Chief Justice Parent high court Assumed office Left office Term length Appointer
1 Justice Deepak Gupta Himachal Pradesh High Court 23 March 2013 15 May 2016 3 years, 53 days Pranab Mukherjee
– Justice T. Vaiphei (acting) Gauhati High Court 16 May 2016 20 September 2016 127 days
2 Justice T. Vaiphei 21 September 2016 28 February 2018 1 year, 160 days
3 Justice Ajay Rastogi Rajasthan High Court 1 March 2018 1 November 2018 245 days Ram Nath Kovind
– Justice Subhasis Talapatra (acting) Gauhati High Court 2 November 2018 13 November 2018 11 days
4 Justice Sanjay Karol Himachal Pradesh High Court 14 November 2018 10 November 2019 361 days
– Justice Subhasis Talapatra (acting) Gauhati High Court 11 November 2019 15 November 2019 4 days
5 Justice Akil Kureshi Gujarat High Court 16 November 2019 11 October 2021 1 year, 329 days
6 Justice Indrajit Mahanty Orissa High Court 12 October 2021 10 November 2022 1 year, 29 days
– Justice T. Amarnath Goud (acting) Telangana High Court 11 November 2022 14 February 2023 95 days Droupadi Murmu
7 Justice Jaswant Singh Punjab and Haryana High Court 15 February 2023 22 February 2023 7 days
– Justice T. Amarnath Goud (acting) Telangana High Court 23 February 2023 16 April 2023 52 days
8 Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh Jharkhand High Court 17 April 2023 15 July 2025 2 years, 89 days
9 Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao Telangana High Court 22 July 2025 Incumbent

Judges elevated as Chief Justices

This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Tripura. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Tripura High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Tripura High Court but does not have Tripura as their Parent High Court.

Name Image Appointed as CJ in HC of Date of appointment Date of retirement[a] Tenure
As Judge As Chief Justice As Chief Justice As Judge[b]
Subhasis Talapatra Orissa 15 November 2011 8 August 2023 3 October 2023 57 days 11 years, 323 days
  1. ↑ this includes date of resignation, death and elevation to supreme court
  2. ↑ also includes tenure as Chief Justice

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "New Chief Justices for Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura high courts". The Times of India. 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tripura, Manipur CJs take oath". Assam Tribune. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Justice M S Ratna Sri Ramachandra Rao sworn in as Tripura High Court Chief Justice". The Indian Express. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
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