T. Vaiphei

Tinilangthang Vaiphei (born 1 March 1956) is a retired Indian judge and former Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura. He is the judge from the Kuki-Vaiphei community to be elevated to the position of Chief Justice of High Courts of India.

Early life Vaiphei was born in 1956. He passed B.A. in 1976 from Nowrosjee Wadia College of University of Poona and in 1979 he passed LL.B. from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He was appointed the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court on 21 September 2016 and retired on 28 February 2018. After the retirement he was appointed the Chairperson of Assam Human Rights Commission in 2018.