Shillong, March 25: The state of Meghalaya finally get to have what they have been anxiously waiting for and that is their own High Court. Its been decades that Meghalaya is running under the Guwahati High court but finally today the state get to have a High court of its own.
The Meghalaya High Court was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Altamas Kabir here on Monday.
Speaking at the inaugural function Kabir said the inauguration of the three High Courts in the north-east was a fulfillment of an overdue pledge in the Constitution that each state should have its own high courts.
Acknowledging that the people of the north-east have special laws and customs, Justice Kabir said all these need to be integrated.
Meanwhile, Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma said the inauguration of the Meghalaya High Court was a fructification of the dreams of the people of the state and thanked the CJI for having kept his promise without losing much time.
Sangma said justice was crucial to democracy and he firmly believed that expeditious trial and disposal of cases create an environment where people automatically develop high respect and fear for law.(SP News)
