The Manipur High Court is the High Court of the state of Manipur, India. It was established on 25 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 Imphal, the capital of Manipur. The first Chief Justice is Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre. Earlier, a bench of the Gauhati High Court used to have jurisdiction over the state of Manipur.
Chief Justice and Judges
Manipur High Court is permitted to have a maximum of 5 judges of which 4 may be permanently appointed and 1 may be additionally appointed. Currently, it has 3 judges.
Former Chief Justices
# Chief Justice Parent high court Assumed office Left office Term length Appointer 1 Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre Madhya Pradesh High Court 23 March 2013 19 October 2013 Pranab Mukherjee Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra (acting) Orissa High Court 21 October 2013 9 July 2014 2 Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra 10 July 2014 10 July 2015 Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad (acting) Jharkhand High Court 11 July 2015 1 September 2016 3 Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad 2 September 2016 30 June 2017 Justice N. Kotiswar Singh (acting) Manipur High Court 1 July 2017 8 February 2018 4 Justice Abhilasha Kumari Himachal Pradesh High Court 9 February 2018 22 February 2018 Ram Nath Kovind Justice N. Kotiswar Singh (acting) Manipur High Court 23 February 2018 17 May 2018 5 Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar Madras High Court 18 May 2018 13 February 2021 6 Justice P. V. Sanjay Kumar Andhra Pradesh High Court 14 February 2021 5 February 2023 Justice M. V. Muralidaran (acting) Madras High Court 6 February 2023 19 October 2023 Droupadi Murmu 7 Justice Siddharth Mridul Delhi High Court 20 October 2023 21 November 2024 8 Justice D. Krishnakumar Madras High Court 22 November 2024 21 May 2025 9 Justice Kempaiah Somashekar Karnataka High Court 22 May 2025 14 September 2025 10 Justice M. Sundar Madras High Court 15 September 2025 Incumbent Judges elevated as Chief Justices This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Manipur. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Manipur High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Manipur High Court but does not have Manipur as their Parent High Court.
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NameImageAppointed as CJ in HC ofDate of appointmentDate of retirementTenureAs JudgeAs Chief JusticeAs Chief JusticeAs JudgeNongmeikapam Kotiswar SinghJammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
Judges elevated to Supreme Court This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Manipur. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Manipur High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Manipur High Court but does not have Manipur as their Parent High Court.
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Symbol Key Resigned Died in office #Name of the JudgeImageDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureImmediately preceding officeIn Parent High CourtIn Supreme CourtIn High Court(s)In Supreme CourtTotal tenure1Nongmeikapam Kotiswar SinghIncumbent36th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC
References
External links The High Court of Manipur