Justice Ujjal Bhuyan sworn in as the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court, brief biography about him

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan’s oath ceremony was held at Raj Bhavan. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan will administer the oath to him at an official function.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, born on 2nd August, 1964 at Guwahati. His father Suchendra Nath Bhuyan was a Senior Advocate and a former Advocate General of Assam. He has completed his schooling at Don Bosco High School, Guwahati and thereafter studied at Cotton College, Guwahati. After graduating in Arts from Kirori Mal College, Delhi, he obtained his LL.B. degree from Government Law College, Guwahati and LL.M. degree from Gauhati University, Guwahati. He enrolled in 1991 with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. He had practised before the Principal Seat of the Gauhati High Court at Guwahati and appeared before the Agartala, Shillong, Kohima and Itanagar Benches of the Gauhati High Court. He also practiced before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Guwahati Bench and the Assam Board of Revenue and appeared before the Labour Court, Guwahati, various Civil Courts and the State Consumer Forum, Arunachal Pradesh. He was appointed as Senior Standing Counsel of the Income Tax Department in 2008. He was the Additional Government Advocate, Meghalaya in the Principal Seat of the Gauhati High Court till October 2006. He was engaged as Special Counsel of the Forest Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh from December to April 2009. 

He is Designated as a Senior Advocate by the Gauhati High Court in 2010. He was appointed as Additional Advocate General, Assam in 2011. He was a member of Gauhati High Court Bar Association, Lawyers Association, Guwahati, and Bar Association of India. He was appointed as Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court in 2013. He was also the Executive Chairman of Mizoram State Legal Services Authority. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was closely associated with the Judicial Academy, Assam and National Law University, Guwahati and transferred to Bombay High Court and took oath as Judge of Bombay High Court in 2019. After two years, he transferred to Telangana High Court and took oath as Judge of Telangana High Court in 2021. He is also the Executive Chairman of Telangana State Legal Services Authority.