Chhattisgarh High Court

Chhattisgarh High Court
छत्तीसगढ़ उच्च न्यायालय
Interactive map of Chhattisgarh High Court
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 Chhattisgarh High Court 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]

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

List of chief justices

Nagpur 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

Madhya Pradesh 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

Chhattisgarh High Court

#		Chief Justice	Tenure
	Portrait		Start	Finish
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
--		Prashant Kumar Mishra	23 March 2019	6 May 2019
33		P. R. Ramachandra Menon	6 May 2019	31 May 2021
--		Prashant Kumar Mishra	1 June 2021	12 October 2021
34		Arup Kumar Goswami	12 October 2021	10 March 2023
--		Goutam Bhaduri	10 March 2023	28 March 2023
35		Ramesh Sinha	28 March 2023	—

Judges elevated to Supreme Court

Currently serving

#	Name of the Judge	Image	Date of Appointment as Judge	Date of elevation to Supreme Court	Date of Retirement	Tenure			Immediately preceding office
						As HC Judge	As Supreme Court Judge	Total tenure (including both SC and HC)
1	Prashant Kumar Mishra		10 December 2009	19 May 2023	28 August 2029	13 years, 160 days	6 years, 102 days	19 years, 262 days	3rd CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC

Former Judges

#	Name of the Judge	Image	Date of Appointment as Judge	Date of elevation to Supreme Court	Date of Retirement	Tenure			Immediately preceding office	Remarks
						As HC Judge	As Supreme Court Judge	Total tenure (including both SC and HC)
1	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

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
• Latest Legal Updates and Judgments from the Chhattisgarh High Court
• Official Website
• Official Website