{"id":9570,"date":"2011-03-22T15:16:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T09:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=9570"},"modified":"2011-03-23T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T09:49:42","slug":"meghalaya-demands-its-own-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/meghalaya-demands-its-own-high-court","title":{"rendered":"Meghalaya demands its own high court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/M.-Veerappa-Moily.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/meghalaya-demands-its-own-high-court\/m-veerappa-moily-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/M.-Veerappa-Moily.jpg?fit=196%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"196,241\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"M. Veerappa Moily\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/M.-Veerappa-Moily.jpg?fit=196%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9571\" title=\"M. Veerappa Moily\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/M.-Veerappa-Moily.jpg?resize=196%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/M.-Veerappa-Moily.jpg?w=196&amp;ssl=1 196w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/03\/M.-Veerappa-Moily.jpg?resize=121%2C150&amp;ssl=1 121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>The Meghalaya government Tuesday demanded a high court of its own in the state and said it would continue to pursue the issue with the central government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are in the process of approaching and reminding the government of India of the need of having a separate high court, but we need to have the infrastructure (for setting up the high court),&#8217; Deputy Chief Minister Bindo Lanong said in the assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to a question by Manas Chaudhuri (Independent), Lanong said having a separate high court would help dispose pending cases faster.<\/p>\n<p>At present, Meghalaya has a permanent bench of the Guwahati High Court. It was set up in Shillong Feb 4, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>All the eight northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, come under the jurisdiction of the the high court. Sikkim has a separate high court.<\/p>\n<p>Union Law and Justice Minister M. 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