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.
Harjit Singh Bedi is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
The Government of Punjab,also known as the State Government of Punjab or locally as the State Government,is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Punjab and its 23 districts. It consists of an executive,led by the Governor of Punjab,a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Manmohan Singh Liberhan is a retired Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court,India. For 17 years he headed the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry,which prepared a report on the Babri Mosque demolition.
Arjan Kumar Sikri is an eminent jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on 12 April 2013. Earlier,he had served as the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired as senior most puisne judge of Supreme Court of India on 6 March 2019.
Palanisamy Sathasivam is an Indian judge who served as the 40th Chief Justice of India,holding the office from 2013 to 2014. On retirement from his judicial career,Sathasivam was appointed the 21st Governor of Kerala from 5 September 2014 to 4 September 2019. Sathasivam is the second judge from Tamil Nadu to become the CJI,after M. Patanjali Sastri. He is also the first former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to be appointed the Governor of a state. He is the first Governor of Kerala to be appointed by the Narendra Modi Government.
Tirath Singh Thakur is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court,he served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in Karnataka High Court from March 1994 to July 2004 and Jammu and Kashmir High Court from February to March 1994.
Surinder Singh Nijjar was a British-Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India. Post-retirement,Nijjar practised as an arbitrator. Prior to his elevation as judge,Nijjar was a Senior Advocate and practised at the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Mahesh Mittal Kumar is chairman of National Company Law Tribunal,since the body came into force. He served as 31st Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Adarsh Kumar Goel is an Indian judge. He is Chairperson of National Green Tribunal. He is former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is also former chief justice of the Orissa High Court and Gauhati High Court,and a former judge of the Gauhati High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Debi Singh Tewatia was a Chief justice of Calcutta High Court and former Advocate General of Punjab and Haryana.
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 Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has also served as a judge of Allahabad High Court till his elevation as chief justice of 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.
Virender Singh (judge) (born 7 October 1954) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
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.
Ravi Shanker Jha is an Indian judge,who served as the chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from October 2019 to October 2023. He is former acting chief justice of Madhya 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.
Subhasis Talapatra is an Indian judge. Presently,he is Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Previously,he has served as Judge of Orissa High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. In September 2020 Justice Talapatra,has been selected as a member of the Telangana Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal.
