Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges including Chief Justice. As of 14 September 2023, there are 58 Judges working in the High Court, comprising 36 Permanent and 22 Additional Judges.
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.
Harjit Singh Bedi is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as the Madhya Pradesh Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 55 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the governor of Madhya Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch. In 2000, the southern portion was broken off to form the new state of Chhattisgarh with its own government.
Arjan Kumar Sikri is an eminent jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on 12 April 2013. Earlier, he had served as the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired as senior most puisne judge of Supreme Court of India on 6 March 2019.
Tirath Singh Thakur is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in Karnataka High Court from March 1994 to July 2004 and Jammu and Kashmir High Court from February to March 1994.
Sanjay Kishan Kaul is a former judge and lawyer who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India since 2017 until upon his retirement in 2023. He has served as the first puisne judge, senior-most after the Chief Justice of India. Also, he has been the ex officio executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority.
Mahesh Mittal Kumar is chairman of National Company Law Tribunal, since the body came into force. He served as 31st Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Adarsh Kumar Goel is an Indian judge. He is Chairperson of National Green Tribunal. He is former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is also former chief justice of the Orissa High Court and Gauhati High Court, and a former judge of the Gauhati High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar is a former chief justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court in January 1994. Later he became a judge of the Supreme Court of India in March 1996 and retired in January 2000. He was earlier a judge in the Bombay High Court. He was acting Governor of Punjab from July '94 to September '94.
Ranjit Singh Narula was a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and former Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court from May 1974 to October 1977. He was the acting Governor of Punjab in September 1977. He was earlier the Governor of Haryana from March to September 1976.
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia was an Indian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court from July 1978 to November 1983. He was the acting Governor of Punjab in February 1983.
Shiavax Jal Vazifdar, born to a Parsi family, is a former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Hemant Gupta is a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also a former chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and judge of the Patna High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired on 16 October 2022.
Krishna Murari is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Allahabad High Court till his elevation as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Suryakant Sharma is an Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India, set to become the 53rd Chief Justice of India, if the convention of seniority is followed. Prior to his elevation as judge, Kant was a Senior Advocate and also served as the Advocate General for Haryana.
Ajay Kumar Mittal is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and Meghalaya High Court and also former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Ashutosh Mohunta was an Indian judge. He was Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2014. He was a judge on the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2001 to 2010, and once more from 2014 until 2015. Mohunta served on the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2010 to 2014. He was Member of Punjab State Human Rights Commission from 2016 until his death.
Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is a former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.
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