[1] It was established in March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act of 1971.
Earlier, a bench of the Gauhati High Court had jurisdiction over the state of Meghalaya.
The seat of the High Court is at Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.
This court has four permanent judges, including the Hon'ble Chief Justice, and three Hon'ble Judges.
[2] There have been eleven chief justices of the Meghalaya High Court, out of whom two were elevated as judges of the Supreme Court of India, Prafulla Chandra Pant and Dinesh Maheshwari