Arup Kumar Goswami

Arup Kumar Goswami
Hon'ble Chief Justice; Arup Kumar Goswami
Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 January 2021
Nominated by	Sharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari
Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
	In office; 15 October 2019 – 5 January 2021
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting)
Succeeded by	Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari
Judge of Gauhati High Court
	In office; 24 January 2011 – 14 Oct 2019
Nominated by	S. H. Kapadia
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Personal details
Born	11 March 1961; Jorhat, Assam

Justice Arup Kumar Goswami (born 11 March 1961) is an Indian Judge. In January 2021 he assumed office as chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.[1][2] Before that, he served as chief justice of Sikkim High Court.[3]

Career

Graduated in Economics (Hons.) from Cotton College under Gauhati University in 1981. Obtained LL.B. Degree from Government Law College, Guwahati in 1985. Enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on 16.8.1985. Practiced mainly on the Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Service matters.

Was designated as Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court on 21.12.2004.

Was Standing Counsel of the Gauhati High Court, Karbi-Anglong Autonomous Council and North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council. Had also been a Senior Standing Counsel, Education Department, Government of Assam.

After that he is appointed as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 24.01.2011 and became a permanent Judge w.e.f. 07.11.2012.

Was the Executive Chairman of Nagaland State Legal Services Authority from 01.04.2011 to 12.08.2013.

Was the Executive Chairman of Assam State Legal Services Authority from 06.06.2018 to 14.10.2019 and the Executive Chairman of Arunachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority from 08.03.2016 to 14.10.2019.

Was Chief Justice (Acting) of the Gauhati High Court from 06.09.2018 to 29.10.2018 and also from 24.05.2019 to 06.10.2019.

Was Editor of ATMAN, a Biannual News Bulletin of the Gauhati High Court, from October 2018 to 14.10.2019.

Was the Secretary General of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association for the period 2000-2001.

Represented Assam in Ranji Trophy. Also represented East Zone in Under-19, Under-22 and at the senior level.

On 15 October 2019, Hon’ble Justice Arup Kumar Goswami had sworn in as the new Chief Justice of High Court of Sikkim. Hon’ble Governor Shri Ganga Prasad administered him the oath at the lawn of New Raj Bhawan.

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Hon’ble Chief Minister P. S. Tamang (Golay), Hon’ble Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, Hon’ble Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, Hon’ble Cabinet Ministers, Hon’ble Member of Lok Sabha, Indra Hang Subba, Hon’ble Members of Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Registrar General, Chief Secretary of Sikkim, Additional Chief Secretaries, Additional Registrar General, Senior government officers, Advisors to Government of Sikkim, Law fraternity members of High Court of Sikkim and Sikkim State Legal Service Authority and host of dignitaries.

After retirement of Justice Vijay Kumar Bist in the month of September, the post of Chief Justice of High Court of Sikkim had fallen vacant after the superannuation of Justice Vijai Kumar Bist on 16 September 2019. And on 15 October 2019, Hon'ble Justice Arup Goswami appointed as an New Chief justice of Sikkim High Court.

He was transferred as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 6 January 2021.

References

"Justice Goswami takes over as new chief justice of Andhra Pradesh". Hindustan Times. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
Reporter, Staff (6 January 2021). "Arup Kumar Goswami sworn in as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
"Justice Arup Kumar Goswami sworn in as new Chief Justice of High Court of Sikkim". www.sikkim.gov.in. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

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[1] "Justice Goswami takes over as new chief justice of Andhra Pradesh". Hindustan Times. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[2] Reporter, Staff (6 January 2021). "Arup Kumar Goswami sworn in as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[3] "Justice Arup Kumar Goswami sworn in as new Chief Justice of High Court of Sikkim". www.sikkim.gov.in. Retrieved 7 January 2021.