Guwahati (IANS) | President Draupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud will participate in a series of events to be organized as part of the platinum jubilee of the Gauhati High Court. Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta will attend a meeting on the occasion on Wednesday.
President Murmu and CJI Chandrachud will attend the ceremony on April 7, while the Prime Minister will attend the closing ceremony on April 14.
The High Court will honor senior advocates who have completed 50 years of legal practice. A commemorative postage stamp and the Assamese edition of the book titled ‘Gauhati High Court: History and Heritage’ as well as a special edition of the magazine ‘Atman’ will also be released on the occasion.
Gauhati High Court was established on 5th April, 1948. Prior to the establishment of separate full-fledged High Courts in Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur in March 2013, all the northeastern states except Sikkim were under it.
–IANS
