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Imphal, June 14 : Lawyers in the state today protested against Section 28 of the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act 2012 and stayed away from all court works. Works in all the courts were affected by the strike today.
The decision to protest was taken by All Manipur Bar Association (AMBA) . AMBA officials said under the said Act any Judge of Gauhati High Court may be appointed as Judge of any State High Court as and when separate High Courts are established for the North Eastern States. There are proposals to set up different High Courts for Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya soon. AMBA officials said judges from Manipur quota only should be appointed as Judge of Manipur High Court .
Normally separate Acts were enacted when new High Courts were established but a different system will be enforced under the said Act. As of now Assam has quota of 11 Judges, Manipur, four , Nagaland and Meghalaya, two Judges, Tripura three judges, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh one judge each.
The Manipur People’s Party , President S Umananda in a memorandum to the PM a separate High Court for Manipur which is the crying need of the people and which has not seen the ight of day since Manipur attained Statehood in 1972. Actually, a separate High Court should be one of the components of a State. .
Past experiences where members of the High Court Bar Association -Manipur were shown discrimination particularly in the selection of Judges of the common Guwahati High Court it was added. Therefore, it would do well to local Judges be appointed in the common Guwahati High Court if they opt for absorption, as Judges of the-New High Court, Manipur.
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