List of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court

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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]

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Chief Justices of the Uttarakhand High Court

Name of the Chief JusticePortraitTermTenureParent High CourtAppointed by
(President of India)
1 Ashok Desai 9 November 200031 March 20032 years, 142 days Bombay K. R. Narayanan
2 Sarosh Homi Kapadia Justice S.H. Kapadia.jpg 5 August 200317 December 2003134 days Bombay A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3 Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar 25 July 200419 March 2005237 days Bombay
4 Cyriac Joseph Justice Cyriac Joseph DSW.jpg 20 March 20057 January 2006293 days Kerala
5 Rajiv Gupta 14 January 20061 February 20082 years, 18 days Madhya Pradesh
6 Vinod Kumar Gupta 2 February 20089 September 20091 year, 219 days Jammu and Kashmir Pratibha Patil
7 Jagdish Singh Khehar Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar.jpg 29 November 200911 August 2010255 days Punjab and Haryana
8 Barin Ghosh 12 August 20104 June 20143 years, 296 days Calcutta
9 Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph Justice K.M. Joseph-2.jpg 31 July 20146 August 20184 years, 6 days Kerala Pranab Mukherjee
10 Ramesh Ranganathan 2 November 201827 July 20201 year, 268 days Andhra Pradesh Ram Nath Kovind
11 Raghvendra Singh Chauhan 7 January 202123 December 2021350 days Rajasthan
12 Vipin Sanghi 28 June 202226 October 20231 year, 120 days Delhi
13 Ritu Bahri 4 February 202410 October 2024 Punjab and Haryana Droupadi Murmu

Judges of the Uttarakhand High Court

NameTerm startedTerm endedTenureParent High CourtAppointed by
(President of India)
1 Mahesh Chand Jain 9 November 20008 November 2001364 days Allahabad K. R. Narayanan
2 P. C. Verma 9 November 200019 January 20098 years, 71 days Allahabad
3 Irshad Hussain 28 February 20021 January 20063 years, 307 days Uttarakhand
4 M. M. Ghildiyal 18 November 20022 January 20085 years, 45 days Uttarakhand A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
5 Rajesh Tandon 3 July 200330 June 20084 years, 363 days Uttarakhand
6 J. C. S. Rawat 29 June 200430 September 20095 years, 93 days Uttarakhand
7 B. C. Kandpal 29 June 200416 August 20106 years, 48 days Uttarakhand
8 Prafulla Chandra Pant 29 June 200419 September 20139 years, 82 days Uttarakhand
9 Brahma Singh Verma 15 July 20042 May 20149 years, 291 days Uttarakhand
10 Dharam Veer 23 September 200616 November 20104 years, 54 days Uttarakhand
11 Vijay Kumar Bist 1 November 200829 October 20189 years, 362 days Uttarakhand Pratibha Patil
12 Sudhanshu Dhulia 1 November 20089 January 202112 years, 69 days Uttarakhand
13 Tarun Agarwal 25 September 20092 October 20123 years, 7 days Allahabad
14 Alok Singh 12 October 200920 December 200969 days Uttarakhand
26 February 20132 April 20207 years, 36 days (total 7 years 105 days) Pranab Mukherjee
15 Nirmal Yadav 11 February 20103 March 20111 year, 20 days Punjab and Haryana Pratibha Patil
16 Servesh Kumar Gupta 21 April 201131 December 20176 years, 254 days Uttarakhand
17 Umesh Chandra Dhyani 13 September 201113 February 20186 years, 153 days Uttarakhand
18 Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta 31 October 201220 May 2013201 days Calcutta
19 Rajeev Sharma 26 September 201612 November 20182 years, 47 days Himachal Pradesh Pranab Mukherjee
20 Lok Pal Singh 19 May 201714 February 20213 years, 271 days Uttarakhand
21 Manoj Kumar Tiwari *19 May 2017Incumbent6 years, 276 days Uttarakhand
22 Sharad Kumar Sharma *19 May 2017Incumbent6 years, 276 days Uttarakhand
23 Narayan Singh Dhanik 3 December 201819 May 20223 years, 167 days Uttarakhand Ram Nath Kovind
24 Ramesh Chandra Khulbe 3 December 20182 January 20234 years, 30 days Uttarakhand
25 Ravindra Maithani *3 December 2018Incumbent5 years, 78 days Uttarakhand
26 Alok Kumar Verma *27 May 2019Incumbent4 years, 268 days Uttarakhand
27 Ravi Malimath 5 March 20206 January 2021307 days Karnataka
28 Sanjaya Kumar Mishra 11 October 202119 February 20231 year, 131 days Orissa
29 Pankaj Purohit *28 April 2023Incumbent297 days Uttarakhand Droupadi Murmu
30 Rakesh Thapliyal *28 April 2023Incumbent297 days Uttarakhand
31 Vivek Bharti Sharma *28 April 2023Incumbent297 days Uttarakhand

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References

  1. "Former Hon'ble Judges". High Court of Uttarakhand. 29 August 2022.
  2. "Former Hon'ble Chief Justices". High Court of Uttarakhand. 29 August 2022.