Himachal Pradesh High Court

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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Himachal Pradesh High Court
31°06′00″N77°10′30″E / 31.100°N 77.175°E / 31.100; 77.175
Established25 January 1971;53 years ago (1971-01-25)
Jurisdiction Himachal Pradesh
LocationBemloi, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates 31°06′00″N77°10′30″E / 31.100°N 77.175°E / 31.100; 77.175
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by Constitution of India
Judge term lengthMandatory Retirement by age of 62
Number of positions17
Website hphighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
CurrentlyRajiv Shakdher
Since25 September 2024
Lead position ends18 October 2024
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Entrance Gate of Himachal High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punjab hill States into a Centrally Administered Area on 15 April 1948. The Central Government promulgated the Himachal Pradesh (Courts) Order, 1948 on 15 August 1948. As per Paragraph 3 of this Order, the Court of Judicial Commissioner was established for Himachal Pradesh and the Court was housed at "Harvingtan" (Kelston area, Bharari, Shimla). It was vested with the powers of a High Court under the Judicial Commissioner's Court Act, 1950. The Court of Judicial commissioner started functioning on 15 August 1948. The Punjab High Court rules and orders with suitable amendments were made applicable.

In the year 1966, the Delhi High Court Act was enacted by the Government of India and w.e.f. 1 May 1967, the Central Government of India extended jurisdiction of the said Act to the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh, replacing the Court of Judicial Commissioner by the Himachal Bench of Delhi High Court, at Shimla and it started functioning in old High Court building known as "Revenswood". On 18 December 1970, the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971 and established its own High Court [1] with headquarters at "Revenswood" Shimla, having one Hon'ble Chief Justice and two Hon'ble Judges.

The seat of the court is Shimla, the administrative capital of the state. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 13 including the chief justice. [2]

Chief Justice

On 25 September 2024, Justice Rajiv Shakdher took oath as chief justice of the High court.

List of Chief Justices

S.No.FromToName
125 January 19719 December 1971 M.H. Beg
218 March 197219 February 1978 R.S. Pathak
320 February 197811 December 1979T.U. Mehta
412 December 197930 September 1983V.D. Misra
523 December 198313 November 1988 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai
629 March 19895 October 1989 Narendra Mohan Kasliwal
76 November 198914 January 1991P.C.B. Menon
85 August 199120 October 1992 Leila Seth
922 June 199328 August 1993 Shashi Kant Seth
1029 January 19941 August 1994 Viswanathan Ratnam
1117 September 19941 March 1995G.C. Gupta
121 March 19951 August 1996 Sailendu Nath Phukan
131 August 199624 September 1997 Madhavachari Srinivasan
146 November 199722 April 1998 Makani Narayana Rao
151 July 199828 January 2000 Doraiswamy Raju
165 May 200030 December 2001 C.K. Thakker
1724 January 20021 January 2003 W.A. Shishak
188 March 20032 February 2008 Vinod Kumar Gupta
192 February 20087 August 2009 Jagadish Bhalla
208 February 20106 March 2013 Kurian Joseph
215 April 201324 November 2013 A.M. Khanwilkar
2218 June 201424 April 2017 Mansoor Ahmad Mir [3]
235 October 201823 May 2019 Surya Kant [4]
2422 June 201922 September 2019 V. Ramasubramanian
256 October 201930 June 2021 Lingappa Narayana Swamy
2614 October 202124 May 2022 Mohammad Rafiq
2723 June 202220 January 2023 Amjad Ahtesham Sayed
2830 May 202324 September 2024 M. S. Ramachandra Rao
2925 September 2024IncumbentRajiv Shakdher

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