Justice Ajit Borthakur

Born on 01-12-1961, he did his M.A, LL.B from Gauhati University. He joined in Grade-III of Assam Judicial Service and initially appointed as Munshiff-cum-Judicial Magistrate at Silchar on 03-12-1988. He was promoted to Grade-II of Assam Judicial Service and worked as Deputy Registrar, Gauhati High Court, from 25-05-2001 to 14-11-2005. He was promoted to adhoc Grade-I of Assam Judicial Service and joined as Additional District & Sessions Judge (F.T.C.) at Nagaon on 01-11-2006 and then regularized in the same grade of the service from 04-02-2008. He worked as District & Sessions Judge, Sivasagar from 30-06-2008 to 02-02-2011, Registrar (vigilance), Gauhati High Court from 03-02-2011 to 02-03-2012, District & Sessions Judge Sonitpur, Tezpur from 07-03-2012 to 28-01-2015 and District & Sessions Judge, Kamrup (M), Guwahati from 02-02-2015. He was promoted to the Selection Grade of Grade-I of Assam Judicial Service from 04-02-2013 and as the super time scale District & Sessions Judge from 05-02-2016. Elevated as Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court on 15-11-2016. Became permanent Judge w.e.f. 12.11.2018.