High Court of Yangon Region

The High Court of Yangon Region (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးတရားလွှတ်တော်) serves as the regional high court of Yangon Region. The High Court was established under the Union Judiciary Law of 2010, in accordance with section 443 of the Constitution of Myanmar.^[1] The High Court resides in the High Court Building, an iconic colonial-era building in Kyauktada Township.

High Court of Yangon Region
ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးတရားလွှတ်တော်
Jurisdiction	Yangon Region
Location	High Court Building, Yangon
Authorised by	Constitution of Myanmar
Judge term length	Lifetime
Number of positions	3-7
Chief Justice
Currently	Sandar Thwe
Since	March 23, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-03-23)

In February 2010, Win Swe, a director of the criminal justice department of the Yangon Division High Court, was appointed the Chief Justice of the High Court by the Yangon Region^[2]

On 23 March 2022, Sandar Thwe replaced Win Swe as Chief Justice of the High Court of Yangon Region.