High Court of Bhutan

The High Court of Bhutan derives its authority from the 2008 Constitution of Bhutan. It consists of the Chief Justice and eight Drangpons (Associate Justices). The Chief Justice and Drangpons of the High Court are appointed from among juniors, peers, and eminent jurists by the Druk Gyalpo. The judges of the High Court serve 10 year terms, or until reaching age 60; this retirement age is unique among the Civil Service and Constitutional Offices of Bhutan — all others retire at age 65. During their tenure, they are subject to censure and suspension by the Druk Gyalpo on the recommendation of the National Judicial Commission for proven misbehavior that does not rise to the level of impeachment.^[2]

High Court of Bhutan
Established	3 November 1967[1]
Jurisdiction	Bhutan
Location	Thimphu
Composition method	Appointment by the Druk Gyalpo from a list of drangpons of dzongkhag courts or from eminent jurists on the recommendation of the National Judicial Commission[1]
Authorised by	Constitution of Bhutan
Website	www.highcourt.gov.bt
Chief Justice of High Court
Currently	Duba Drukpa

List of High Court Judges

• Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Bhutan - Dasho Sangay Khandu(Justice, Supreme court of Bhutan)
• Justice, Dasho Lungten Drubgyur (retd)
• Justice, Dasho Tshering Namgyal (retd)
• Justice, Dasho Duba Dukpa (Chief Justice of the High Court)
• Justice, Dasho Kinley Dorji
• Justice, Dasho Pema Wangchuk
• Justice, Dasho Pema Rinzin
• Justice, Dasho Dr. Jangchub Norbu
• Justice, Dasho Pasang Wangmo
• Justice, Dasho Birkha Bdr. Tamang
• Justice, Dasho Tshering Dorji
• Justice, Dasho Lobzang Rinzin

See also

• Supreme Court of Bhutan
• Dzongkhag Court
• Dungkhag Court
• Constitution of Bhutan
• Politics of Bhutan
• Judicial system of Bhutan
• Judiciary

Notes

1. "Justices of the Supreme Court and High Court". Royal Court of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. Constitution of Bhutan Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Art. 21, §§ 11–15

References

• "The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan" (PDF). Government of Bhutan. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-10-08.

External links

• "༄༅།།འབྲུག་གི་རྩ་ཁྲིམས་ཆེན་མོ།།" [The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan] (PDF) (in Dzongkha). Government of Bhutan. 2008-07-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
• "Royal Court of Justice of Bhutan". Government of Bhutan. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
• "Laws of Bhutan". Bhutannica. Retrieved 2010-10-19.