Himachal Pradesh High Court

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
हिमांचल प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय
Himachal Pradesh High Court
31°06′00″N77°10′30″E / 31.100°N 77.175°E / 31.100; 77.175
Established25 January 1971;54 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.
Authorised by Constitution of India
Judge term lengthMandatory Retirement by age of 62
Number of positions17
Website hphighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia
Since29 December 2024
Lead position ends31 October 2027
Entrance Gate of Himachal High Court High Court of Himachal Pradesh.jpg
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 29 December 2024, Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia took oath as chief justice of the High Court. [3]

List of Chief Justices

#NameFromTo
1 M.H. Beg 25 January 19719 December 1971
2 R.S. Pathak 18 March 197219 February 1978
3T.U. Mehta20 February 197811 December 1979
4V.D. Misra12 December 197930 September 1983
5 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai 23 December 198313 November 1988
6 Narendra Mohan Kasliwal 29 March 19895 October 1989
7P.C.B. Menon6 November 198914 January 1991
8 Leila Seth 5 August 199120 October 1992
9 Shashi Kant Seth 22 June 199328 August 1993
10 Viswanathan Ratnam 29 January 19941 August 1994
11G.C. Gupta17 September 19941 March 1995
12 Sailendu Nath Phukan 1 March 19951 August 1996
13 Madhavachari Srinivasan 1 August 199624 September 1997
14 Makani Narayana Rao 6 November 199722 April 1998
15 Doraiswamy Raju 1 July 199828 January 2000
16 C.K. Thakker 5 May 200030 December 2001
17 W.A. Shishak 24 January 20021 January 2003
18 Vinod Kumar Gupta 8 March 20032 February 2008
19 Jagadish Bhalla 2 February 20087 August 2009
20 Kurian Joseph 8 February 20106 March 2013
21 A.M. Khanwilkar 5 April 201324 November 2013
22 Mansoor Ahmad Mir [4] 18 June 201424 April 2017
23 Surya Kant [5] 5 October 201823 May 2019
24 V. Ramasubramanian 22 June 201922 September 2019
25 Lingappa Narayana Swamy 6 October 201930 June 2021
26 Mohammad Rafiq 14 October 202124 May 2022
27 Amjad Ahtesham Sayed 23 June 202220 January 2023
28 M. S. Ramachandra Rao 30 May 202324 September 2024
29 Rajiv Shakdher 25 September 202418 October 2024
30 Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia 29 December 2024 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts". EBC India. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  2. "Judge strength in High Courts increased". PIB Press Release. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  3. "Centre clears appointment of Justice GS Sandhawalia as Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice". Bar & Bench. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  4. "Governor administers oath to Justice Sanjay Karol as Judge of H P High Court". Shimla Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  5. "Surya Kant appointed as CJ of HP high court" (PDF).