Tripura High Court

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.

Tripura High Court
Established	23 March 2013; 12 years ago (2013-03-23)
Jurisdiction	Tripura
Location	Agartala, Tripura
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorised by	Constitution of India
Appeals to	Supreme Court of India
Judge term length	Mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	4
Website	thc.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently	Aparesh Kumar Singh
Since	13 April 2023

The current chief justice is Aparesh Kumar Singh. He took oath on 13 April 2023.

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

Notable people

• Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay (born 1963), High Court judge (2020–2022)