Union Law Ministry appoints two judicial officers of Tripura as judges of High Court

After  the Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, has recommended the appointment of two judicial officers as judges of the High Court of Tripura including present Law secretary of Tripura government Biswajit Palit and  the incumbent director of Tripura Judicial Academy, Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha , the Union Ministry of Law and Justice on Wednesday has given the appointment to both these judicial officers as judges of High Court of Tripura.

The Union Ministry Law and Justice through a gazette notification, issued on October 18 signed by Special Secretary of government of India, Rajinder Kashyap said that Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha has been appointed as judge of HC of Tripura with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office and Biswajit Palit has been appointed as additional judge of the HC for a period of two years.

The SC Collegium through a statement said that "the Collegium resolves to recommend that S/Shri (i) Biswajit Palit and (ii) Sabyasachi Datta Purkayastha, Judicial Officers, be appointed as judges of the High Court of Tripura. Their inter se seniority be fixed as per the existing practice," read the statement issued by the Collegium.