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Judge of the Supreme Court of India

Hon'ble JusticeNongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh
Judge of Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2024
Nominated by Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by Droupadi Murmu
36th Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court
In office15 February 2023 – 17 July 2024
Nominated by Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by Droupadi Murmu
Preceded by Ali Mohammad Magrey
Succeeded by Tashi Rabstan
Judge of Gauhati High Court
In office11 October 2018 – 14 February 2023 Acting CJ : 12 January 2023 - 14 February 2023 9 May 2022 - 22 June 202221 September 2020 - 9 January 2021
Nominated by Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by Ram Nath Kovind
In office17 October 2011 – 22 March 2013
Nominated by Sarosh Homi Kapadia
Appointed by Pratibha Patil
Judge of Manipur High Court
In office23 March 2013 – 10 October 2018Acting CJ : 23 February 2018 - 17 May 20181 July 2017 - 8 February 2018
Nominated by Altamas Kabir
Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee
Advocate General of Manipur
In office3 November 2007 – 16 October 2011
Appointed by Shivinder Singh Sidhu
Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh
Preceded by H. N. K. Singh
Succeeded by Th. Ibohal Singh
Personal details
Born (1963-03-01) 1 March 1963 (age 62)Imphal, Manipur
Alma mater Kirori Mal CollegeFaculty of Law, University 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 a former judge of Gauhati High Court and Manipur High Court. He has also served as the Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court on three occasions and twice as Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.[1][2][3]

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]

  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.
  7. ^ "New Chief Justices appointed to 4 HCs". The Indian Express. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

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