The total number of high courts (HC) in India rose to 24 after the north-eastern states of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya each inaugurated their own.

Including the chief justice, Tripura will have four judges. Meghalaya and Manipur will have three judges each, according to The Hindu.

Himachal Pradesh HC judge Deepak Gupta will head Tripura, Patna HC judge T Meenakumari will head Meghalaya, and Chhatisgarh HC judge AM Sapre will head Manipur.

Three high courts will also see new chief justices presiding: Madras HC will soon be headed by Justice RK Agrawal – presently in Allahbad HC; Madras HC judge S Nagappan will be the new chief justice of the Orissa HC; and Gujarat HC judge DH Waghela will be the chief justice of the Karnataka HC. [Hindu]