List of chief justices of the Patna High Court

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The list shows incumbent and past chief justices of Patna High Court, the high court of the state of Bihar. In Indian legal jurisdiction, high courts are instituted as constitutional courts under the Indian Constitution. [1]

Chief JusticeStart of termEnd of term
K. Vinod Chandran 29 March 2023Incumbent
Sanjay Karol 11 November 20195 February 2023
Amreshwar Pratap Sahi 17 November 201810 November 2019
Mukesh Shah 12 August 20181 November 2018
Rajendra Menon15 March 20178 August 2018
Iqbal Ahmed Ansari 29 July 201628 October 2016
L. Narasimha Reddy2 January 201531 July 2015
Rekha Manharlal Doshit 21 June 201012 December 2014
Dipak Misra 23 December 200920 June 2010
Prafulla Kumar Mishra12 August 200916 September 2009
R.M. Lodha 13 April 200816 December 2008
Rajesh Balia5 January 20083 March 2008
Dr. J.N. Bhatt 18 July 200516 October 2007
Ravi S. Dhavan25 January 200022 July 2004
B.M. Lal9 July 19976 October 1999
D.P. Wadhwa29 September 199521 March 1997
G.P. Patnaik 19 May 199511 September 1995
K. Venkataswamy19 September 19946 March 1995
K. S. Paripoornan 24 January 199411 June 1994
Bimal Chandra Basak18 March 199121 October 1994
Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani24 October 198917 December 1990
Shushil Kumar Jha19 October 198923 October 1989
Dipak Kumar Sen1 May 19881 May 1989
Bhagwati Prasad Jha2 January 19882 January 1988
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia29 November 198327 July 1987
Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh19 July 197612 March 1982
Shyam Nandan Prasad Singh3 October 19741 May 1976
Nand Lall Untwalia29 September 19723 October 1974
Ujjal Narayan Sinha5 September 197029 September 1972
Satish Chandra Mishra9 November 19685 September 1970
Ramaswamy Lakshmi Narasimhan4 January 19652 August 1968
Vaidyanathier Ramaswami30 April 19564 January 1965
Sudhansu Kumar Das 10 January 195530 April 1956
Syed Jafar Imam 3 September 195310 January 1955
David Ezra Reuben1 June 19522 September 1953
Pandit Lakshami Kant Jha8 April 19501 June 1952
Sir Herbert Ribton Meredith25 January 19508 April 1950
Sir Clifford Monmohan Agarwala9 January 194824 January 1950
Sir Syed Fazl Ali19 January 194314 October 1946
Sir Arther Trevor Harries10 October 193819 January 1943
Sir Courtney Terrell 31 March 19286 May 1938
Sir Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller31 October 191731 March 1928
Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier 1 March 191630 October 1917

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  1. ↑ "Retired Chief Justice". The High Court of Judicature at Patna. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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