Reported by, Sept. 13 -- Mrinal Banik

Agartala: The Tripura High Court has directed the state government to constitute and make functional the Technical Institutions Fee Regulatory Committee in accordance with directions issued by the Supreme Court, while declining to grant remuneration to a retired High Court judge who had sought payment for serving as its chairman.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit passed the order earlier this month while disposing of a writ appeal filed by Justice (Retired) Alok Baran Pal against a May 16, 2025, judgment of a single judge.

Justice Pal had been appointed chairman of a committee constituted by the state government on June 10, 2010, for determina...