Mr. Hamid Ansari- Vice President of India to inaugurate Golden Jubilee celebration of Sikkim High Court

Gangtok,October26: Mr. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India will inaugurate a three-day event of Golden Jubilee celebration by High Court of Sikkim which will be held on October 29, 31and November 1 here at Gangtok.

The High Court of Sikkim, which was established in 1955 with a High Court of Judicature (Jurisdiction and Powers) Proclamation, 1955, has delivered judicial service to the people of Sikkim for 54 years. The High Court thus established was made the final Court in all judicial matters, civil or criminal, subject to the exercise of prerogative by

the then Maharaja (Chogyal) to grant mercy, pardon, remission, commutation and reduction of sentence in case of conviction.

Justice Mr. Aftab Hussain Saikia, Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court, has initiated celebration of the golden Jubilee and has declared the current year as Golden Jubilee Year. It is his efforts to make the celebration a memorable one.

The event will be inaugurated with a regional conference on “Right to Education with Special Reference to Sikkim and Its Impact on Legal Awareness Campaign”. The first day conference will also be presided by Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh, Governor of Sikkim and Chief Minister Dr. Pawan Chamling. The Vice President will address the seminar.

In the second session of the seminar, participants will be Dr. Abdul Hannan, Executive Academician of Sikkim University, Dr. Rathin Bandyopadhyaya, Head of the department of Law, North Bengal University, Siliguri, Dr. Subrhram Rajkhowa, Reader, Department of Law, Gauwahati, University, Prof. Mahendra P Lama, Vice Chancellor of Sikkim University and Justice Sonam Pintso Wangdi.
The second day programme of will chaired by Justice Tarun Chatterjee, Judge Supreme Court with a regional seminar on “Implementation of NREGS in North-East with Special Reference to Sikkim” at Tashi Namgyal Academy auditorium, in which participants will be Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court, Minister Mr. C B Karki and Lok Sabha MP Mr. P D Rai who will deliver a keynote address on the implementation of NREGS in Sikkim. Justice Chatterjee will deliver inaugural address on Implementation of NREGS in North-East with Special Reference to Sikkim.
In the afternoon session of the day A K Ganeriwala, Secretary of Rural Management and Development department, Mrs. Lakchung Sherpa, Civil Judge, East-North, Mrs Laxmi Chakraborty, Advocate, and Dr. Satya Brata Singh, Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Sikkim University will be the speakers.
The final day programme will be addressed by Justice Altamas Kabir, Judge of Supreme Court of India. He will speak on “Freedom of Press and Judicial Activism” at Chintan Bhawan. Minister of Information and Public Relation Ms. Niru Sewa will preside the seminar. R B Subba, former law minister, now Legal Advisor to Chief Minister, will deliver the keynote address.