The Centre has cleared the appointment of Mizoram Judicial Services officer Helen Dawngliani as an additional judge of the Gauhati High Court, paving the way for the second Mizo woman to serve on a HC bench.
The appointment was notified by the Union government on Tuesday, official sources said.
The Supreme Court Collegium had on August 18, 2026 recommended Dawngliani and Nagaland-based advocate Nchumbemo Mozhui for appointment as high court judges.
They have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court for a period of two years.
According to a notification issued by the Department of Justice, the appointments have been made under Article 224(1) of the Constitution and will take effect from the dates on which the two appointees assume charge of their respective offices.
Dawngliani is currently serving as the District and Sessions Judge at Aizawl District Court and has held several key judicial and legal positions during her career.
She joined the Mizoram Judicial Service on May 24, 2011 after obtaining BA (Hons) and LLB degrees.
She has served as Additional District and Sessions Judge at the Aizawl and Lunglei district courts and also as Registrar of the Gauhati High Court.
Dawngliani had served as secretary to the Mizoram government in the Law and Judicial department from April 2021 to July 2024.
She had also served as Government Advocate-cum-Additional Public Prosecutor at the Gauhati High Court’s Aizawl Bench.
Her appointment will make her the second Mizo woman to serve as Gauhati High Court judge, after Justice Marli Vankung, who retired on March 3 this year.
Justice Vankung was the first Mizo woman to be appointed as a judge in Gauhati High Court.
