All the senior advocates of High Court of Tripura in a press meet on January 13 appealed to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to appoint Chief Justice for High Court of Tripura at the earliest for greater interest of litigants as the former CJ of HC retired on November 10, 2022, but till date there are no appointment of Chief Justice.

More than 250 lawyers of Tripura have urged CJI D Y Chandrachud to appoint a full-fledged chief justice for the High Court of Tripura in the interest of the people and in absence of Chief Justice, the judicial systems of HC are suffering  and in absence of a division bench.

The high court has a strength of five judges but it now has only two, including an acting chief justice, following the retirement of others. The high court chief justice's post fell vacant after Justice Indrajit Mohanty retired in November last year.

Speaking in a press meet, senior advocates said that they have submitted a memorandum to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud to appoint a full-fledged chief justice for the High Court of Tripura explaining the hardships faced by lawyers.

Senior advocate Purushottam Roy Barman said that in the memorandum, members of several bar associations of Tripura also appealed to the CJI to fill up the vacancies in the High Court in the interest of litigants and advocates.

Barman said that the scope for making appeals challenging a verdict of a single bench to a division bench has also been reduced due to a shortage of judges as the verdict given by any judge cannot be challenged in the court of similar judge.