Chunilal Karsandas Thakker is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.
The High Court of Delhi was established on 31 October 1966,through the Delhi High Court Act,1966,with four judges,Chief Justice K.S. Hegde,Justice I. D. Dua,Justice H.R. Khanna and Justice S.K. Kapur. The High Court of Delhi is the Highest Court performing Judicial Functions in the NCT of Delhi at the State level. Below it are the Subordinate Courts,functioning for 9 Judicial Districts namely (1) Central (2) New Delhi (3) South (4) South-West (5) North (6) North-West (7) West (8) North-East (9) East. The High Court of Delhi is the highest judicial organ in a State. It gets its powers from Chapter V in Part VI of the Constitution of India.
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However,a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiary,territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters,if so designated specially by the constitution,a state or union law.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Justice Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan (1919–2012) was an Indian statesman. He was the Chief Justice of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh High Courts,and Acting Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
Swatanter Kumar is a retired justice of the Supreme Court of India and former chairperson of the National Green Tribunal. He is also former chief justice of Bombay High Court and judge of the Delhi High Court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Lokeshwar Singh Panta is an Indian jurist and former judge. He served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India and was the first chairperson of the National Green Tribunal. Currently,he holds the position of Lokayukta in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has also served as the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and Himachal Pradesh High Court and as a judge of the Bombay High Court.
Justice Makani Narayana "M. N." Rao is a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh,and former chairman of the National Commission on Backward Classes.
Deepak Gupta is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Tripura High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court,serving as the head of its green bench.
Abhilasha Kumari is currently Judicial Member of Lokpal Committee of India since 23 March 2019. She is a former judge who served on the High Court of Gujarat from 2006 to 2018,and as the first female Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court in 2018. She was a chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of the Gujarat state of India from 17 May 2018 to 23 March 2019.
Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai or P. D. Desai was a former Chief Justice of several High Courts of India. He also held the additional charge of the Governor of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh from 8 March 1986 to 16 April 1986.
Doraiswamy Raju or D. Raju is an Indian judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of India.
Sanjay Karol is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Patna High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as judge and acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Suryakant Sharma is an Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India,set to become the 53rd Chief Justice of India,if the convention of seniority is followed. Prior to his elevation as judge,Kant was a Senior Advocate and also served as the Advocate General for Haryana.
Viswanathan Ratnam was an Indian judge and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court and Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
Lingappa Narayana Swamy is an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is former Judge of Karnataka High Court. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court from 18 January 2019 to 9 May 2019,after the elevation of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to Supreme Court of India.
Justice Mohammad Rafiq is an Indian Judge. He is a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court,Madhya Pradesh High Court,Orissa High Court and Meghalaya High Court and also a former Judge of Rajasthan High Court. Twice,he served as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. He is also currently serving as the Chancellor (ex-officio) of Himachal Pradesh National Law University,Shimla.
