Jharkhand High Court

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Jharkhand High Court
झारखंड उच्च न्यायालय
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The High Court Building
Jharkhand High Court
23°20′39″N85°12′00″E / 23.3441°N 85.20°E / 23.3441; 85.20
Established15 November 2000;24 years ago (2000-11-15)
JurisdictionGovernment banner of Jharkhand.png Jharkhand
Location Ranchi, Jharkhand
Coordinates 23°20′39″N85°12′00″E / 23.3441°N 85.20°E / 23.3441; 85.20
Composition method Presidential appointment with confirmation of the 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
Number of positions25
Website jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently M. S. Ramachandra Rao
Since25 September 2024

The Jharkhand High Court is one of the newest high courts in India. It was established in 2000. The court has jurisdiction over Jharkhand state.

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The seat of the court is at Ranchi, the administrative capital of the state. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 25. The new building of the Jharkhand High Court has been approved. A 165-acre land has been granted near the HEC Industrial Complex, which will be used for the development of the high court, a residential complex for judges and lawyers chambers. The estimated cost for the project is around Rs. 460 Crores. The complex will also have an auditorium with a 1000-seat capacity, four conference rooms, eight committee meeting halls, separate building for advocate general and government pleader. [1] The Jharkhand High Court started live proceedings of virtual hearings on YouTube on 15 December 2021. The Jharkhand High Court became sixth in the country to start live streaming of hearings on YouTube.

History

A circuit bench of the Patna High Court was established at Ranchi on 6 March 1972 under clause 36 of the letters patent of the Patna High Court. The circuit bench became the permanent bench of the Patna High Court, by the High Court at Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act 1976 (Act 57 of 1976) on 8 April 1976. This permanent bench finally became the Jharkhand High Court on reorganisation of Bihar state on 15 November 2000.

Chief Justice

Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao is the chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court since 25 September 2024.

Chief JusticePortraitTerm
30Ravi S. Dhavan6 October 1999

15 November 2000

29B.M. Lal29 September 19956 October 1999
28D.P. Wadhwa29 September 199521 March 1997
27 G.P. Patnaik 19 May 199511 September 1995
26K. Venkataswamy19 September 19946 March 1995
25 K. S. Paripoornan 24 January 199411 June 1994
24Bimal Chandra Basak18 March 199121 October 1994
23Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani24 October 198917 December 1990
22Shushil Kumar Jha19 October 198923 October 1989
21Dipak Kumar Sen1 May 19881 May 1989
20Bhagwati Prasad Jha2 January 19882 January 1988
19Surjit Singh Sandhawalia29 November 198327 July 1987
18Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh19 July 197612 March 1982
17Shyam Nandan Prasad Singh3 October 19741 May 1976
16Nand Lall Untwalia29 September 19723 October 1974
15Ujjal Narayan Sinha5 September 197029 September 1972
14Satish Chandra Mishra9 November 19685 September 1970
13Ramaswamy Lakshmi Narasimhan4 January 19652 August 1968
12Vaidyanathier Ramaswami30 April 19564 January 1965
11 Sudhansu Kumar Das 10 January 195530 April 1956
10 Syed Jafar Imam 3 September 195310 January 1955
9David Ezra Reuben1 June 19522 September 1953
8Pandit Lakshami Kant Jha8 April 19501 June 1952
7Sir Herbert Ribton Meredith25 January 19508 April 1950
6Sir Clifford Monmohan Agarwala9 January 194824 January 1950
5Sir Syed Fazl Ali19 January 194314 October 1946
4Sir Arther Trevor Harries10 October 193819 January 1943
3Sir Courtney Terrell 31 March 19286 May 1938
2Sir Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller31 October 191731 March 1928
1Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier 1 March 191630 October 1917

List of Chief Justices

#PortraitChief JusticeTerm
1 Vinod Kumar Gupta 2000–7 March 2003
2 P. K. Balasubramanyan 10 March 2003–26 August 2004
3 Altamas Kabir 1 March 2005–8 September 2005
4 Nelavoy Dhinakar 4 December 2005–10 June 2006
5 M. Karpaga Vinayagam 2006–2008
6 Gyan Sudha Misra 13 July 2008–29 April 2010
7 Bhagwati Prasad (judge) 22 August 2010–12 May 2011
8 Prakash Chandra Tatia 11 May 2011 – 12 November 2013
9 R. Banumathi 16 November 2013 - 13 August 2014 [2]
10 Virender Singh 1 November 2014 – 6 October 2016
11 Pradip Kumar Mohanty 7 October 2016 – 8 June 2017
12 Aniruddha Bose 4 August 2018 - 23 May 2019
13 Ravi Ranjan 17 November 2019 - 19 December 2022
14 Sanjaya Kumar Mishra 20 February 2023 - 28 December 2023
15 Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi 5 July 2024 - 19 July 2024
16 M. S. Ramachandra Rao 25 September 2024 - "Incumbent

References

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