High Court of Yangon Region

High Court of Yangon Region
ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးတရားလွှတ်တော်

Country	Burma
Location	High Court Building, Yangon
Authorized by	Constitution of Myanmar
Judge term length	Lifetime
Number of positions	3-7
Chief Justice
Currently	Win Swe
Since	2011

The High Court of Yangon Region (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးတရားလွှတ်တော်) serves as the regional high court of Yangon Region. The High Court was established under the Union Judiciary Law of 2010, in accordance with section 443 of the Constitution of Myanmar.^[1] The High Court resides in the High Court Building, an iconic colonial-era building in Kyauktada Township.

In February 2010, Win Swe, a director of the criminal justice department of the Yangon Division High Court, was appointed the Chief Justice of the High Court by the Yangon Region Hluttaw.^[2]

References

↑ "The Union Judiciary Law" (PDF). The State Peace and Development Council. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
↑ "Chief Justice, High Court of Rangoon, approved". Mizzima. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

Judiciaries of Myanmar

Government of Myanmar

National courts	Supreme Court of Myanmar Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar

State high courts	Chin State Kachin State Kayah State Kayin State Mon State Rakhine State Shan State

Region high courts	Ayeyarwady Region Bago Region Magway Region Mandalay Region Sagaing Region Taninthayi Region Yangon Region

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