The High Court of Delhi is the high court in Delhi,India. It was established on 31 October 1966,through the Delhi High Court Act,1966. Below it are 11 Subordinate Courts that oversee smaller judicial districts. The court gets its powers from Chapter V in Part VI of the Constitution of India.
Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh,India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges including Chief Justice. As of 14 September 2023,there are 58 Judges working in the High Court,comprising 36 Permanent and 22 Additional Judges.
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 peculiar or territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters,if so designated,especially by the constitution,a state law or union law.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
East Punjab was a province of India from 1947 until 1950. It consisted parts of the Punjab province that remained in India following the partition of the province between the new dominions of Pakistan and the Indian Union by the Radcliffe Commission in 1947. The mostly Muslim western parts of the old Punjab became Pakistan's West Punjab,later renamed as Punjab Province,while the mostly Hindu and Sikh eastern parts remained with India.
Om Prakash Verma was an Indian administrator. He was the Governor of Punjab (2003–04),Governor of Haryana,Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and the chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Human Rights Commission. He was born in Garhmukteshwar District,Ghaziabad,Uttar Pradesh. He was also the Lokayukta of Himachal Pradesh before taking over the Governorship of Punjab.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is the head of the Indian social group Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) since 1990 and a convicted rapist and murderer.
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.
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia was an Indian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Punjab &Haryana High Court from July 1978 to November 1983. He was the acting Governor of Punjab in February 1983.
Hemant Gupta is a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also a former chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and judge of the Patna High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired on 16 October 2022.
Krishna Murari is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Allahabad High Court till his elevation as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana 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. He is also the visitor of National University of Study and Research in Law,Ranchi.
Ajay Kumar Mittal is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and Meghalaya High Court and also former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Justice Rajeev Sharma is an Indian judge. He is former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court and also a Judge of Uttarakhand High Court. He is also former Judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Ashutosh Mohunta was an Indian judge. He was Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2014. He was a judge on the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2001 to 2010,and once more from 2014 until 2015. Mohunta served on the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2010 to 2014. He was Member of Punjab State Human Rights Commission from 2016 until his death.
Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao is an Indian Judge. Presently,he is the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. He was a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court andJudge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.
Haryana Lokayukta is the Parliamentary Ombudsman for the state of Haryana (India). It is a high level statutory functionary, created to address grievances of the public against ministers,legislators,administration and public servants in issues related to misuse of power,mal-administration and corruption. It was first formed under the Haryana Lokayukta and Deputy Lokayukta Act-2002,and approved by the president of India. The passage of Lokpal and Lokayukta's Act,2013 in Parliament had become law from 16 January 2014 and requires each state to appoint its Lokayukta within a year. A bench of Lokayukta should consist of judicial and non-judicial members. An Upa-Lokayukta is a deputy to Lokayukta and assists him in his work and acts in-charge Lokayukta in case the position fells vacant before time.
Sabina is an Indian judge. She was the Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court and a former Judge of the Rajasthan High Court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Rajiv Shakdher is an Indian Judge. He served as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is a former Judge of Delhi High Court and Madras High Court.
