List of chief justices of the Himachal Pradesh High Court

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Himachal Pradesh High Court
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Established1971
Jurisdiction Himachal Pradesh
Location Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Composition method Presidential appointment with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by Constitution of India
Appeals to Supreme Court of India
Judge term lengthMandatory Retirement by age of 62
Number of positions13
Website hphighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently M. S. Ramachandra Rao
Since30 May 2023

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

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Chief Justice

On 14 October 2021, Justice Mohammad Rafiq took oath as the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. [1]

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 [2]
235 October 201824 May 2019 Surya Kant [3]
2422 June 201922 September 2019 V. Ramasubramanian
256 October 201930 June 2021 Lingappa Narayana Swamy
2614 October 202124 May 2022 Mohammad Rafiq
2721 June 202220 January 2023 Amjad Ahtesham Sayed
2830 May 2023Incumbent[ M. S. Ramachandra Rao ]

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References

  1. "Justice Sabina takes oath as Chief Justice of Himachal high court | Shimla News". The Times of India .
  2. "Governor administers oath to Justice Sanjay Karol as Judge of H P High Court". Shimla Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  3. "Surya Kant appointed as CJ of HP high court" (PDF).