Judicial officer Aribam Guneshwar sharma was sworn in as a judge of Manipur High Court on Monday in Imphal. The swearing-in ceremony was held at court room number one of the Manipur High Court.
Aribam Guneshwar subscribed to the oath before the senior-most judge of Manipur High Court, justice MV Muralidaran. Police officials, law practitioners among others also attended the ceremony.
The Union Law and Justice Ministry notified the appointment after the Supreme Court collegium meeting held on January 10, 2023 and approved the proposal of appointing Aribam Guneshwar Sharma as judge of Manipur High Court.
Before his elevation, Aribam Guneshwar Sharma served as the District and Session Judge, Imphal West having jurisdiction over revenue districts of Imphal West, Tamenglong, Noney, Chandel and Tengnoupal and was also the senior most district judge in Manipur.
His experiences include working as Standing Counsel, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation; AOR for the Municipal Corporations of Punjab; AOR for J Sagar & Associates for NDPL, BSES Yamuna & Rajdhani, Tata Telecom, PTC Co. Ltd.; Filed & appeared in many cases in Supreme Court as a private counsel.
As chairman, District Legal Services Authority, Imphal West (on assuming charge of District & Sessions Judge, Imphal West in May 2021), he introduced legal talk show programmes on various media platforms, especially television and radio.
