Patron-in-Chief

 

Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Somashekar

  • Born on 15.09.1963. enrolled as an advocate on 27.01.1990 and practiced in Mysore and Chamarajanagar Districts on both Civil and Criminal sides.
  • Directly appointed as District and Sessions Judge on 17.06.1998 and served as Additional Districts and Sessions Judge at Bijapur (Vijayapura); and City Civil Court, Banglore and Principal District and Sessions Judge at Uttara Kannada, Karwar District; Hassan; Bangalore Rural District, Chitradurga and Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore and also served as Registrar Judicial and Registrar Vigilance, High Court of Karnataka.
  • Appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on 14.11.2016 and Permanent Judge on 03.11.2018.
  • Sworn in as the Chief Justice of High Court of Manipur on 22nd May, 2025.

 

Judge in-charge, Judicial Education & Training

 Judge In-charge

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh

  • Name : Ahanthem Bimol Singh 

  • Father's Name: (Late) A.Nilamani Singh 

  • Date of Birth: 01.02.1966 

  • Place of Birth: Keishamthong Ahanthem Leikai, Imphal, Imphal West District. 

  • Qualifications: B.A., L.L.B 

  • Date of Enrolment: 20.01.1994 (Enroll No.268/1993-94) 

  • Areas of Practice:

Have been dealing with Service, Constitutional, Civil, Revenue and Administrative law matters before the Hon'ble High Court and Supreme Court for the last 25 years.

Appeared before the High Court of Madras and Madurai Bench, DRT and DRAT, City Civil Court, Sessions Courts, Magistrate Courts and other Subordinate Courts.

Standing Counsel and Legal Advisor of the Jawaharal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Porompat.

  • Took oath as Additional Judge, High Court of Manipur on 18th March 2020.

Director


Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Golmei Gaiphulshillu Kabui (Retd.)

  • Name : Mrs. Golmei Gaiphulshillu Kabui
  • Name of Spause: Gonglin Faumei
  • Date of Birth: 26.03.1963
  • Address: Namthanlong, Thangmeiband, Imphal West
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Educational Qualification: B.A, LL.B.

After getting LL.B. Degree, enrolled in the Bar Council on 12.09.1989 and practised under the guidance of His Lordship, (Late) Shri AsokPotsangbam, Judge, Gauhati High Court. During the practising period, conducted many cases in the High Court, Criminal Court, Civil Court, Revenue Court, Claims Tribunalfor 5 (five) years in the areas of Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Service etc. Was also the 1st lady Additional Central Government Counsel in the State.

  • Activities:
    During the tenure as Member Secretary, Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA), the institution was converted to full-fledgedGovernment office by implementing separate budget, salary head and legal aid fund. Earlier, salaries of the officers and staff of the institution enjoyed from the Grant-in-Aid. Opened 5 (five) Alternative Dispute Redressal (ADR) Centres in 5 (five) Districts.
    In the COVID pandemic, masks, sanitizers and other essential materials were distributedto the old age homes, children homes, newspaper hawkers, police personnel etc.Stranded non-Manipurisof the State in other States were provided help through Manipur State Legal Services Authority with the help State Legal Services Authorities of other States.
    While working as Registrar General, many recruitments of Judicial officers and staff of the High Court and Subordinate Courts in Manipur were done to fill up the vacant posts. E-SewaKendras were opened in the High Court and District Courts of Manipur.Developed e-Court projects and infrastructure for both the High Court and District Courts.
  • Appointment :
  • -Appointed as MJS Grade – III on 04.10.1995
    Earlier posted as :-
    -Judicial Magistrate First Class/Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.) in Districts.
    -Chief Judicial Magistrate/Civil Judge, Senior Division, Bishnupur from 03.06.2008 to 19.03.2012.
    -Civil Judge, Senior Division, Manipur West from 19.03.2012 to 09.10.2013.
    -Additional District & Sessions Judge from 09.10.2013 to 08.01.2014.
    -District & Sessions Judge, Senapati from 08.01.2014 to 07.04.2015.
    -Registrar, High Court of Manipur from 07.04.2015 to 24.12.2016.
    -District & Sessions Judge, Imphal East from 24.12.2016 to 18.03.2019.
    -Member Secretary, Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA) from 18.03.2019 to 30.04.2021.
    -Registrar General, High Court of Manipur from 30.04.2021 to 31.03.2023.
  • Took oath as Judge of the High Court of Manipur on 16.10.2023.
  • Date of Retirement : 25th March, 2025.
  • Joined as Director, Manipur Judicial Academy on 19th May, 2025.

 

Joint Director

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Shri. Maibam Manojkumar Singh

  • Born on 1st March 1961.
  • LLB. from I.LS. College, Pune, Poona University.
  • Joined Bar Council of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura in 1988.
  • Joined Manipur Judicial Service Grade-III on 02-09-1995.
  • Retired as District & Sessions Judge on 28-02-2021.
  • Re-employed as Judge, Family Court, Manipur West from 23-12-2021 till 28-02-2023.
  • Re-appointed as Joint Director, Manipur Judicial Academy since 19-10-2023.