Justice Ujjal Bhuyan transferred from Gauhati High Court to Bombay High Court [Read Notification]

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan transferred from Gauhati High Court to Bombay High Court [Read Notification]

The Central Government has cleared the transfer of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan from the Gauhati High Court to the Bombay High Court.

The transfer has been made pursuant to a Collegium recommendation passed on August 28, “in the interest of better administration of justice.”

His transfer from the Gauhati High Court comes amidst protest from members of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association. Earlier this month, the Association members passed a resolution to intimate that they were unanimously against the transfer of Justice Bhuyan, more so given his seniority rank will fall once he shifts from the Gauhati High Court. In this regard, their resolution had stated,

There was unanimity among the members of the Bar that the transfer of Mr. Justice Bhuyan from Gauhati High Court to the Bombay High Court instead of serving the case of better administration of justice, would adversely affect the administration justice in the Gauhati High Court. Learned members of the Bar were of the opinion that Justice Bhuyan, who is in the Gauhati High Court at present is the 3rd senior most judge and in that capacity also member of the various committees, has been playing a significant role in improving the administration of justice in the Gauhati High Court both on judicial and administrative side and such a role evidently Justice Bhuyan cannot play in the Bombay High Court when on transfer, he will be apparently at serial No. 15 of the Seniority List of Judges.”

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan obtained LLB Degree from Government Law College, Guwahati and LLM from Gauhati University. He enrolled at the Bar in 1991 and practiced before the Principal Seat of the Gauhati High Court at Guwahati and appeared before the Agartala, Shillong, Kohima and Itanagar Benches of the Gauhati High Court. He also practiced before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench and the Assam Board of Revenue.

He was the Standing Counsel of the Income Tax Department for 16 years, starting as Junior Standing Counsel in May 1995 and before being appointed as Senior Standing Counsel in 2008. He was the Additional Government Advocate, Meghalaya in the Principal Seat of the Gauhati High Court from April 2002 to October 2006.

He was designated Senior Advocate in 2010 by the Gauhati High Court and was appointed Additional Advocate General of Assam ion 2011. He was elevated as Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court on October 17, 2011 and was made permanent judge on March 20, 2013.

[Read the Notification pertaining to the transfer]

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