Justice Yarenjungla Longkumer has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court, as per the official notification issued by the Union Law Ministry on February 12.

Her appointment follows a recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium on January 4, 2024.

Justice Longkumer completed her matriculation in 1983 from Little Flower School, Kohima, and earned a BA (Hons) from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, in 1988. She went on to obtain her LLB from the Campus Law Center in Delhi in 1992 and was enrolled with the Bar Council of the Northeast on November 3, 1992, under the Gauhati High Court.

Justice Longkumer was appointed as the District and Sessions Judge in Kohima on April 10, 2013, and went on to serve in various key positions, including Special Judge for Lokayukta, Sessions Judge for Dimapur (twice), Registrar at the Kohima Bench, and Secretary of the Judicial Law Department, Government of Nagaland. 

She holds the distinction of being the first woman from the Naga community to be appointed as a Judge of the High Court.