The High Court of Delhi was established on 31 October 1966,through the Delhi High Court Act,1966. It is the highest court performing judicial functions in the NCT of Delhi at the State level. Below it are the Subordinate Courts,functioning for 9 Judicial Districts namely (1) Central (2) New Delhi (3) South (4) South-West (5) North (6) North-West (7) West (8) North-East (9) East. It gets its powers from Chapter V in Part VI of the Constitution of India.
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However,a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiar or territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters,if so designated,especially by the constitution,a state law or union law.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The Uttarakhand High Court was established on 9 November 2000 after the separation of the state of Uttarakhand from Uttar Pradesh.
Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje is an Indian jurist,who served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh from 8 May 2003 to 19 July 2008 and International President of Vishva Hindu Parishad.
Rajiv Gupta is the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission and was the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court,Uttarakhand High Court and Kerala High Court.
Mansoor Ahmad Mir is an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has also served as the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and Himachal Pradesh High Court and as a judge of the Bombay High Court.
Deepak Gupta is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Tripura High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court,serving as the head of its green bench.
Vinod Kumar Gupta also known as V. K. Gupta is a retired Indian Judge and first Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
Sanjay Karol is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Patna High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as judge and acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan is an Indian judge. He is the former Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He had earlier served as the Acting Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court and judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Viswanathan Ratnam was an Indian judge and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court and Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
Lingappa Narayana Swamy is an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is former Judge of Karnataka High Court. He served as the Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court from 18 January 2019 to 9 May 2019,after the elevation of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to Supreme Court of India.
Justice Mohammad Rafiq is an Indian Judge. He is a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court,Madhya Pradesh High Court,Orissa High Court and Meghalaya High Court and also a former Judge of Rajasthan High Court. Twice,he served as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. He is also currently serving as the Chancellor (ex-officio) of Himachal Pradesh National Law University,Shimla.
Justice Rajeev Sharma is an Indian judge. He is former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court and also a Judge of Uttarakhand High Court. He is also former Judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Devinder Gupta was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Himachal Pradesh Bar Council is the regulatory and statutorily representative body for lawyers practicing law in the state of Himachal Pradesh. It was constituted as per the mandatory requirement as per Advocates Act,1961 and Bar Council of India. In March 1953,S. R. Das as head of the 'All India Bar Committee',proposed the creation of the apex body as an All-India Bar Council and Bar council at state levels and submitted a report to the Central Government of India. Members of the Bar Council are elected from among members enrolled and practicing as lawyers practicing law in the state of Himachal Pradesh and they represent the state in Bar Council of India meetings. Bar Council of a place designs standards of professional conduct to be followed by members,and designs etiquettes and has the power to enforce disciplinary guidelines over the members of bar council.
