List of chief justices of the Uttarakhand High Court

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Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court
since 26 December 2024
Uttarakhand High Court
AbbreviationCJ
Seat Nainital
Nominator Collegium of the Supreme Court of India
Appointer President of India with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand
Term length till the age of 62 yrs
Constituting instrument Constitution of India (under Article 217)
Formation9 November 2000;24 years ago (2000-11-09)
First holder Ashok Desai
(2000–2003)
Website Uttarakhand High Court

The chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court is the highest presiding judicial officer in the state of Uttarakhand and the custodian of the Uttarakhand High Court. The chief justice is appointed by the President of India with the advice of the chief justice and the Governor of Uttarakhand. Guhanathan Narendar is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 26 December 2024.

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List of chief justices of Uttarakhand

Following is the list of the chief justices of Uttarakhand since its inception on 9 November 2000:

Colour key
   Acting Chief Justice
No.Name
(birth–death)
PortraitTermTenureParent High CourtAppointed by
(President of India)
Note
Acting Ashok Desai
(1942–2006)
9 November 20005 December 200026 days Bombay K. R. Narayanan First Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, assumed office as Acting Chief Justice. Resigned from office on 31 March 2003.
1 Ashok Desai
(1942–2006)
6 December 200031 March 20032 years, 115 days (total 2 years, 142 days)
Acting Prakash Chandra Verma
(born 1951)
1 April 20034 August 2003125 days Allahabad A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
2 Sarosh Homi Kapadia
(1947–2016)
Justice S.H. Kapadia.jpg 5 August 200317 December 2003134 days Bombay Shortest-serving Chief Justice of Uttarakhand. Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India, went on to become 38th Chief Justice of India.
Acting Prakash Chandra Verma
(born 1951)
18 December 200324 July 2004219 days Allahabad
3 Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar
(born 1946)
25 July 200419 March 2005237 days Bombay Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India.
4 Cyriac Joseph
(born 1947)
Justice Cyriac Joseph DSW.jpg 20 March 20057 January 2006293 days Kerala
Acting Prakash Chandra Verma
(born 1951)
8 January 200613 January 20065 days(total 349 days) Allahabad Longest-serving Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand.
5 Rajiv Gupta
(born 1950)
14 January 20061 February 20082 years, 18 days Madhya Pradesh
6 Vinod Kumar Gupta
(born 1947)
2 February 20089 September 20091 year, 219 days Jammu and Kashmir Pratibha Patil
Acting Bipin Chandra Kandpal
(born 1948)
10 September 200924 September 200914 days Uttarakhand
Acting Tarun Agarwal
(born 1956)
25 September 200928 November 200964 days Allahabad
7 Jagdish Singh Khehar
(born 1952)
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar.jpg 29 November 200911 August 2010255 days Punjab and Haryana Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India, went on to become 44th Chief Justice of India.
8 Barin Ghosh
(1952–2015)
12 August 20104 June 20143 years, 296 days Calcutta
Acting Sudhanshu Dhulia
(born 1960)
Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia.jpg 5 June 201430 July 201455 days Uttarakhand Pranab Mukherjee Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India.
9 Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph
(born 1958)
Justice K.M. Joseph-2.jpg 31 July 20146 August 20184 years, 6 days Kerala Longest-serving Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India.
Acting Rajeev Sharma
(born 1958)
7 August 20181 November 201886 days Himachal Pradesh Ram Nath Kovind
10 Ramesh Ranganathan
(born 1958)
2 November 201827 July 20201 year, 268 days Andhra Pradesh
Acting Ravi Malimath
(born 1962)
28 July 20206 January 2021162 days Karnataka
11 Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
(born 1959)
7 January 202123 December 2021350 days Rajasthan
Acting Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
(born 1961)
24 December 202128 June 2022186 days Orissa
12 Vipin Sanghi
(born 1961)
28 June 202226 October 20231 year, 120 days Delhi
Acting Manoj Kumar Tiwari
(born 1965)
27 October 20233 February 202499 days Uttarakhand Droupadi Murmu
13 Ritu Bahri
(born 1962)
4 February 202410 October 20241 year, 128 days Punjab and Haryana First female Chief Justice of Uttarakhand.
Acting Manoj Kumar Tiwari
(born 1965)
11 October 202425 December 2024244 days Uttarakhand
14 Guhanathan Narendar
(born 1964)
26 December 2024 Incumbent 168 days Karnataka

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