Chhattisgarh High Court

Chhattisgarh High Court
छत्तीसगढ़ उच्च न्यायालय
22°01′06″N82°05′49″E / 22.0182°N 82.0969°E / 22.0182; 82.0969
Established	11 January 2000;25 years ago (2000-01-11)
Jurisdiction	Chhattisgarh
Location	Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Coordinates	22°01′06″N82°05′49″E / 22.0182°N 82.0969°E / 22.0182; 82.0969
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorised by	Constitution of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	22 (Permanent-17; Additional-5)
Website	highcourt.cg.gov.in
Chief Justice
Currently	Ramesh Sinha
Since	29 March 2023

The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at Village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of the new state of Chhattisgarh upon the reorganisation of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Bilaspur is the 19th High Court of India. ^{[1] [2]}

Justice R. S. Garg was the first acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. ^[1]

Judges

The Chhattisgarh High Court sits at Bilaspur in the state of Chhattisgarh, and may have a maximum of 22 judges, of which 17 may be permanent and 5 may be additionally appointed. Currently, the high court has 14 judges. ^[3]

Permanent judges

#	Judge	Date of joining	Date of retirement
1	Ramesh Sinha (CJ)	21 November 2011	4 September 2026
2	Goutam Bhaduri	16 September 2013	9 November 2024
3	Sanjay Kumar Agrawal	16 September 2013	14 July 2027
4	Sanjay Agrawal	29 September 2016	20 August 2026
5	Parth Prateem Sahu	18 June 2018	18 April 2033
6	Rajani Dubey	18 June 2018	29 June 2026
	Vacant

Additional judges

#	Judge	Date of joining
1	Narendra Kumar Vyas	22 March 2021
2	Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi	22 March 2021
3	Deepak Kumar Tiwari	8 October 2021
4	Sachin Singh Rajput	16 May 2022
5	Rakesh Mohan Pandey	2 August 2022
6	Radhakishan Agrawal	2 August 2022

List of chief justices

High Court

#	Portrait	Chief Justice	Term
1		Gilbert Stone	9 January 1936–
2		Frederick Louis Grille
3		Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha	1951–1954
4		M. Hidayatullah	1954–31 October 1956

High Court

#		Chief Justice	Tenure
	Portrait		Start	Finish
4		M. Hidayatullah	1 November 1956	12 December 1958
5		Ganesh Prasad Bhutt	13 December 1958	22 September 1959
6		P. V. Dixit	22 September 1959	18 March 1969
7		Bishambhar Dayal	19 March 1969	13 March 1972
8		P. K. Tare	14 September 1972	10 October 1975
9		Shiv Dayal Shrivastava	11 October 1975	28 February 1978
10		A. P. Sen	28 February 1978	14 July 1978
11		G. P. Singh	27 July 1978	3 January 1984
12		Goverdhanlal Jamnalal Oza	1 December 1984	27 October 1985
13		J. S. Verma	14 June 1986	27 August 1986
14		Narayan Dutt Ojha	8 October 1986	18 January 1988
15		G. G. Sohani	21 October 1989	23 October 1989
16		Sushil Kumar Jha	27 October 1989	15 December 1993
17		Ullal Lakshminarayan Bhat	15 December 1993	10 October 1995
18		A. K. Mathur	3 February 1996	21 December 1999
19		Bhawani Singh	24 February 2000	5 December 2000
20		R. S. Garg	1 November 2000	4 December 2000
21		W.A. Shishak	5 December 2000	15 January 2002
22		K.H.N. Kuranga	6 February 2002	10 May 2004
23		Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala Moorthy	28 May 2004	7 January 2005
24		A.K. Patnaik	14 March 2005	1 October 2005
25		S.R. Nayak	17 November 2005	31 December 2006
26		H.L. Dattu	12 February 2007	17 May 2007
27		Rajeev Gupta	2 February 2008	9 October 2012
28		Yatindra Singh	22 October 2012	8 October 2014
29		Navin Sinha	9 October 2014	8 April 2015
			9 April 2015	13 May 2016
30		Deepak Gupta	16 May 2016	16 February 2017
31		Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan	18 March 2017	6 July 2018
32		Ajay Kumar Tripathi	7 July 2018	22 March 2019
33		Prashant Kumar Mishra	23 March 2019	6 May 2019
34		P. R. Ramachandra Menon	6 May 2019	31 May 2021
35		Prashant Kumar Mishra	1 June 2021	12 October 2021
36		Arup Kumar Goswami	12 October 2021	10 March 2023
37		Goutam Bhaduri	10 March 2023	28 March 2023
38		Ramesh Sinha	28 March 2023	—

Judges

The court has a Sanctioned strength of 22 (Permanent:17, Additional:5) judges.

Judges transferred from the Chhattisgarh High Court-

Sr. no.	Name of the judge, justice	Recruitment	Date of appointment	Date of retirement	Remark
1	Pritinker Diwaker	BAR	31 March 2009	21 November 2023	Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
2	Prashant Kumar Mishra	BAR	10 December 2009	28 August 2026	Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court

Sitting Judges of Chhattisgarh High Court-

See also: List of sitting judges of High Courts of India § Chhattisgarh High Court

Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association

Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association is the representative body of advocates practicing in Bilaspur High Court elected by way of direct voting from about 2,400 members of the Bar Association and its officials have a term of two years.

References

1. "The Hindu : Chhattisgarh HC at Bilaspur". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
2. "Inaugural Speech". Chhattisgarh High Court. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
3. "Chhattisgarh Highcourt – Sitting Judges". highcourt.cg.gov.in. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

External links

• Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
• Judge strength in High Courts increased
• Official Website
• Official Website