New Delhi, Feb. 23 (Telegraph): Nagaland will soon have a full-fledged high court, the foundation stone of which will be laid by Supreme Court Chief Justice K.G Balakrishnan on April 7. Sources said the 20-acre complex will come up near Tsiesama village, less than 10 km from Kohima. The court will initially comprise of five judges. Cases from the state are now being handled by the Kohima bench of Gauhati High Court. The law ministry has cleared the proposal, though the number of litigants in Nagaland is less than in other regions with an almost equal population. This will be the third high court in the Northeast after Assam and Sikkim. A majority of cases from the region are being heard at Gauhati High Court. Sikkim has a high court with three judges. “In principle, the law ministry has agreed to have high courts in all the northeastern states,” Nagaland’s law and justice Parliamentary Secretary Yitachu said.
