Gujarat High Court

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Gujarat High Court
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Gujarat High Court
23°04′49″N72°31′28″E / 23.0802°N 72.5244°E / 23.0802; 72.5244
Established1 May 1960;64 years ago (1960-05-01)
Jurisdiction Gujarat
Location Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Coordinates 23°04′49″N72°31′28″E / 23.0802°N 72.5244°E / 23.0802; 72.5244
Composition method Presidential appointment with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorised by Constitution of India
Appeals to Supreme Court of India
Judge term lengthMandatory retirement by age of 62 years
Number of positions52 (Permanent 39; Additional 13)
Website gujarathighcourt.nic.in OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Chief Justice
Currently Sunita Agarwal
Since23 July 2023

The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960 after the state of Gujarat split from Bombay State.

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The seat of the court is Ahmedabad.

Establishment

This High Court was established on 1 May 1960 as a result of bifurcation of the former State of Bombay into two States of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The High Court started functioning near Akashwani, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. The High Court had later shifted to the new building at Sarkhej - Gandhinagar Highway, Sola, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, from 16 January 1999.

Jurisdiction

The Gujarat High Court has jurisdiction over the entire state of Gujarat. It has jurisdiction on all district, administrative and other courts in Gujarat. This high court is a Court of record and empowered to punish anyone for contempt of court.

Powers

Unlike Union Judiciary, the state judiciary possesses wide powers which include powers such as Appellate, Second Appellate in some cases, Revisionary, Review etc. It also has power to issue various writs to courts and authorities under its jurisdiction. Intra-Court appeals, when permissible under Clause - 15 of Letters Patent, also lie within the same court from decision of a Single Judge to a Division Bench which comprises two Judges. It has power of superintendence on all courts under it under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. The High Courts are also empowered to hear Public Interest Litigations.

The Chief Justice

The high court is headed by the Chief Justice on administrative side. They are appointed by President of India under warrant. However, the president is required to consult the Governor of Gujarat and the Chief Justice of India before making such appointment. The Governor of Gujarat administers the oath of office at the time of appointment. The present Chief Justice of the court is Justice Sunita Agarwal. Various benches are constituted depending upon the requirements of that High Court. These benches usually consist of division benches (two judges) and benches presided over by single judges. A roster is maintained by the High Court to assign the matters between various benches. Chief Justices in all the High Courts as also the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are masters of the roster.

Judges

All judges of the high court are appointed by the President of India after recommendation by the Supreme Court Collegium. They hold constitutional post and there are ample safeguards provided in the constitution to ensure the independence of the judiciary. Any judge can resign by writing to the President of India. Terms of appointment of judges cannot be altered to their disadvantage after their appointment.

Qualifications

The following are qualifications to be judge of Gujarat High Court or any other High Court in India.

Live Streaming

The High Court of Gujarat was pioneer in the country to live stream its proceedings. After successful implementation of live proceedings of its benches, the High Court also began live streaming of proceedings of the Principal District Courts across the state from February, 2023.

The Bench

The present strength of Gujarat High court is 32 against sanctioned strength of 52 posts which includes 39 permanent posts and 13 additional posts. [1] [2]

Following is the list of the Hon'ble Judges who currently preside over various benches of this High Court in the order of seniority. [3]

  1. Hon'ble the Chief Justice Ms. Justice Sunita Agarwal
  2. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Biren Vaishnav
  3. Hon'ble Mr. Justice A Y Kogje
  4. Hon'ble Mr. Justice A S Supehia
  5. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Umesh A Trivedi
  6. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhargav D Karia
  7. Hon'ble Ms. Justice Sangeeta K Vishen
  8. Hon'ble Mr. Justice C. Manavendranath Roy
  9. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ilesh J Vora
  10. Hon'ble Ms. Justice Gita Gopi
  11. Hon'ble Ms. Justice Vabhavi D Nanavati
  12. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nirzar S Desai
  13. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nikhil S Kariel
  14. Hon'ble Ms. Justice Mauna M Bhatt
  15. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Samir J Dave
  16. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant M Prachchhak
  17. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt
  18. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha P Mayee
  19. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Niral Mehta
  20. Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nisha M Thakore
  21. Hon'ble Ms. Justice S V Pinto
  22. Hon'ble Mr. Justice H D Suthar
  23. Hon'ble Mr. Justice J C Doshi
  24. Hon'ble Mr. Justice M R Mengdey
  25. Hon'ble Mr. Justice D A Joshi
  26. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Devan M Desai
  27. Hon'ble Ms. Justice Moxa K Thakkar
  28. Hon'ble Mr. Justice V K Vyas
  29. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pranav S Trivedi
  30. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev J Thaker
  31. Hon'ble Mr. Justice D N Ray
  32. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Maulik J Shelat

Former Chief Justices

# [4] Chief JusticeTenure
StartEnd
1 Sunderlal Trikamlal Desai 1 May 196025 January 1961
2 Kantilal Thakoredas Desai 26 January 196122 May 1963
3 Jaishanker Manilal Shelat 31 May 196324 February 1966
4 Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy 21 February 196615 September 1967
5 P. N. Bhagwati 16 September 196716 July 1973
6 Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan 17 July 19731 July 1976
7Seshareddi Obul Reddi7 July 197618 August 1977
(6) Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan 28 August 197720 August 1981
8 Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar 20 August 198115 March 1983
9 Padmanabham Subramanian Poti 28 September 19831 February 1985
10Puliyangudi Ramaiyapillai Gokulakrishnan21 March 198512 August 1990
11 Ganendra Narayan Ray 2 December 19907 October 1991
12 Sundaram Nainar Sundaram 15 June 199213 December 1993
13 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 14 December 199311 September 1995
14Gurudas Datta Kamat1 July 19964 January 1997
15Kumaran Sreedharan20 October 19973 June 1998
16 Konakuppakattil Gopinathan Balakrishnan 16 July 19987 September 1999
17D M Dharmadhikari25 January 20004 March 2002
18 Daya Saran Sinha 17 March 200218 March 2003
19Bhawani Singh25 August 200327 March 2006
20 Y. R. Meena 3 February 200730 June 2008
21 K S Panicker Radhakrishnan 4 September 200816 November 2009
22 S J Mukhopadhaya 9 December 200913 September 2011
23 Bhaskar Bhattacharya 21 July 201228 September 2014
24 R. Subhash Reddy 12 February 201601 November 2018
25 Vikram Nath 10 September 201930 August 2021
26 Aravind Kumar 13 October 202112 February 2023
27 Sonia Giridhar Gokani 13 February 202325 February 2023

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "High Court of Gujarat". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Department of Justice | Government of India | India".
  3. ↑ "High Court of Gujarat".
  4. ↑ "High Court of Gujarat: Former Honourable Chief Justices". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

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