Agartala:Thursday;May 12,2016: Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court Deepak Gupta admired the governance by the Manik Sarkar government but said, “ the crime against women was "unusually high" in the state.”
As per the Justice Gupta, "Governance in the state is good. There is honesty at the helm of affairs. I find good roads, good libraries and good dispensaries even in remote areas,"
"The conviction rate is very low in the state. The main reason is that filing of FIR is very low. Police here should register FIR and start investigation immediately," Justice Gupta further said,
He added,”crime against women is "unusually high" and matrimonial disputes were large in number in the state.”
Justice Gupta has been moved as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. J
Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei of the Gauhati High Court will be the new acting Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court from May 16.