The following is a list of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court since its inception on 9 November 2000. A total of 43 judges have served in the court (including sitting judges). [1] The list has been arranged on the basis of date of retirement, or date of transfer with Chief Justices mentioned first. [2]
№ | Name of the Chief Justice | Portrait | Term | Tenure | Parent High Court | Appointed by (President of India) | |
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1 | Ashok Desai ‡ | 9 November 2000 | 31 March 2003 | 2 years, 142 days | Bombay | K. R. Narayanan | |
2 | Sarosh Homi Kapadia | ![]() | 5 August 2003 | 17 December 2003 | 134 days | Bombay | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
3 | Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar | 25 July 2004 | 19 March 2005 | 237 days | Bombay | ||
4 | Cyriac Joseph | ![]() | 20 March 2005 | 7 January 2006 | 293 days | Kerala | |
5 | Rajiv Gupta | 14 January 2006 | 1 February 2008 | 2 years, 18 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
6 | Vinod Kumar Gupta | 2 February 2008 | 9 September 2009 | 1 year, 219 days | Jammu and Kashmir | Pratibha Patil | |
7 | Jagdish Singh Khehar | ![]() | 29 November 2009 | 11 August 2010 | 255 days | Punjab and Haryana | |
8 | Barin Ghosh | 12 August 2010 | 4 June 2014 | 3 years, 296 days | Calcutta | ||
9 | Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph | ![]() | 31 July 2014 | 6 August 2018 | 4 years, 6 days | Kerala | Pranab Mukherjee |
10 | Ramesh Ranganathan | 2 November 2018 | 27 July 2020 | 1 year, 268 days | Andhra Pradesh | Ram Nath Kovind | |
11 | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan | 7 January 2021 | 23 December 2021 | 350 days | Rajasthan | ||
12 | Vipin Sanghi | 28 June 2022 | 26 October 2023 | 1 year, 120 days | Delhi | ||
13 | Ritu Bahri | 4 February 2024 | 10 October 2024 | Punjab and Haryana | Droupadi Murmu |
№ | Name | Term started | Term ended | Tenure | Parent High Court | Appointed by (President of India) |
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1 | Mahesh Chand Jain | 9 November 2000 | 8 November 2001 | 364 days | Allahabad | K. R. Narayanan |
2 | P. C. Verma | 9 November 2000 | 19 January 2009 | 8 years, 71 days | Allahabad | |
3 | Irshad Hussain | 28 February 2002 | 1 January 2006 | 3 years, 307 days | Uttarakhand | |
4 | M. M. Ghildiyal | 18 November 2002 | 2 January 2008 | 5 years, 45 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
5 | Rajesh Tandon | 3 July 2003 | 30 June 2008 | 4 years, 363 days | Uttarakhand | |
6 | J. C. S. Rawat | 29 June 2004 | 30 September 2009 | 5 years, 93 days | Uttarakhand | |
7 | B. C. Kandpal | 29 June 2004 | 16 August 2010 | 6 years, 48 days | Uttarakhand | |
8 | Prafulla Chandra Pant | 29 June 2004 | 19 September 2013 | 9 years, 82 days | Uttarakhand | |
9 | Brahma Singh Verma | 15 July 2004 | 2 May 2014 | 9 years, 291 days | Uttarakhand | |
10 | Dharam Veer † | 23 September 2006 | 16 November 2010 | 4 years, 54 days | Uttarakhand | |
11 | Vijay Kumar Bist | 1 November 2008 | 29 October 2018 | 9 years, 362 days | Uttarakhand | Pratibha Patil |
12 | Sudhanshu Dhulia | 1 November 2008 | 9 January 2021 | 12 years, 69 days | Uttarakhand | |
13 | Tarun Agarwal | 25 September 2009 | 2 October 2012 | 3 years, 7 days | Allahabad | |
14 | Alok Singh | 12 October 2009 | 20 December 2009 | 69 days | Uttarakhand | |
26 February 2013 | 2 April 2020 | 7 years, 36 days (total 7 years 105 days) | Pranab Mukherjee | |||
15 | Nirmal Yadav | 11 February 2010 | 3 March 2011 | 1 year, 20 days | Punjab and Haryana | Pratibha Patil |
16 | Servesh Kumar Gupta | 21 April 2011 | 31 December 2017 | 6 years, 254 days | Uttarakhand | |
17 | Umesh Chandra Dhyani | 13 September 2011 | 13 February 2018 | 6 years, 153 days | Uttarakhand | |
18 | Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta | 31 October 2012 | 20 May 2013 | 201 days | Calcutta | |
19 | Rajeev Sharma | 26 September 2016 | 12 November 2018 | 2 years, 47 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
20 | Lok Pal Singh | 19 May 2017 | 14 February 2021 | 3 years, 271 days | Uttarakhand | |
21 | Manoj Kumar Tiwari * | 19 May 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 276 days | Uttarakhand | |
22 | Sharad Kumar Sharma * | 19 May 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 276 days | Uttarakhand | |
23 | Narayan Singh Dhanik | 3 December 2018 | 19 May 2022 | 3 years, 167 days | Uttarakhand | Ram Nath Kovind |
24 | Ramesh Chandra Khulbe | 3 December 2018 | 2 January 2023 | 4 years, 30 days | Uttarakhand | |
25 | Ravindra Maithani * | 3 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 78 days | Uttarakhand | |
26 | Alok Kumar Verma * | 27 May 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 268 days | Uttarakhand | |
27 | Ravi Malimath | 5 March 2020 | 6 January 2021 | 307 days | Karnataka | |
28 | Sanjaya Kumar Mishra | 11 October 2021 | 19 February 2023 | 1 year, 131 days | Orissa | |
29 | Pankaj Purohit * | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 297 days | Uttarakhand | Droupadi Murmu |
30 | Rakesh Thapliyal * | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 297 days | Uttarakhand | |
31 | Vivek Bharti Sharma * | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 297 days | Uttarakhand |
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