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Rajasthan High Court
26°17′32″N73°02′07″E / 26.292246°N 73.035172°E / 26.292246; 73.035172
Established29 August 1949;74 years ago (1949-08-29)
Jurisdiction Rajasthan
LocationPrincipal Seat: Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Circuit Bench: Jaipur
Coordinates 26°17′32″N73°02′07″E / 26.292246°N 73.035172°E / 26.292246; 73.035172
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by Constitution of India
Appeals to Supreme Court of India
Judge term lengthmandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions50
(Permanent: 38; Addl: 12)
Website http://hcraj.nic.in/
Chief Justice
Currently Manindra Mohan Shrivastava
Since6 February 2024

The Rajasthan High Court is the High Court of the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949.

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The seat of the court is at Jodhpur. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 50.

View of the Rajasthan High Court, Sardar museum in Umaid Park and upper right is Jodhpur fort in 1960. JODHPUR 1960.jpg
View of the Rajasthan High Court, Sardar museum in Umaid Park and upper right is Jodhpur fort in 1960.

There were five High Courts functioning in the various units of the States - at Jodhpur, Jaipur and Bikaner, the High Courts of former Rajasthan and Matsya Union, before unification of the Rajasthan. The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 abolished these different jurisdictions and provided for a single High Court for the entire State. The High Court of Rajasthan was founded in 1949 at Jaipur, and was inaugurated by the Rajpramukh, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh on 29 August 1949, later on after complete integration of Rajasthan in 1956 it was moved at Jodhpur with recommendation of the Satyanarayan Rao committee.

The first Chief Justice was Kamala Kant Verma. A bench was formed at Jaipur on 31 January 1977 under sub-section (2) of Section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 which was dissolved in 1958. Currently the sanctioned strength of the judges is 50 and actual strength is 34.

The highcourt was shifted to a new premises on outskirts of Jodhpur from the city centre in 2019. The president of India inaugurated the newly constructed building [1]

List of chief justices

#Chief JusticeDate of AppointmentDate of Retirement
1Kamala Kant Verma29 August 194924 January 1950
2 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 2 January 195110 August 1958
3Sarju Prasad28 February 195910 October 1961
4J.S. Ranawat11 October 196131 May 1963
5D.S. Dave1 June 196317 December 1968
6 Daulat Mal Bhandari 18 December 196815 December 1969
7J. Narayan16 December 196913 February 1973
8Bhagwati Prasad Beri14 February 197316 February 1975
9P.N. Singhal17 February 19755 November 1975
10V.P. Tyagi6 November 197527 December 1977
11C. Honniah27 April 197822 September 1978
12 Chand Mal Lodha 12 March 19799 July 1980
13K.D. Sharma7 January 198122 October 1983
14P.K. Banerjee23 October 198330 September 1985
15D.P. Gupta12 April 198631 July 1986
16 J. S. Verma 1 September 198622 May 1989
17 Krishna Chandra Agarwal 15 April 19907 April 1994
18G.C. Mittal12 April 19943 March 1995
19 A P Ravani 4 April 199510 September 1996
20 Mukul Gopal Mukherjee 19 September 199624 December 1997
21Shivaraj V Patil22 January 199914 March 2000
22 A. R. Lakshmanan 29 May 200025 November 2001
23Arun Kumar2 December 20012 October 2002
24Anil Dev Singh24 December 200222 October 2004
25S. N. Jha12 October 200515 June 2007
26J. M. Panchal16 September 200711 November 2007
27Narayan Roy5 January 200831 January 2009
28 Deepak Verma 6 March 200910 May 2009
29 Jagadish Bhalla 10 August 200931 October 2010
30 Arun Kumar Mishra 26 November 201013 December 2012
31 Amitava Roy 2 January 20135 August 2014
32 Sunil Ambwani 24 March 201521 August 2015
33S. K. Mittal5 March 201614 April 2016
34 Navin Sinha 14 May 201616 February 2017
35 Pradeep Nandrajog 2 April 20176 April 2019
36 Shripathi Ravindra Bhat 5 May 201922 September 2019
37 Indrajit Mahanty 6 October 201911 October 2021
38 Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi 12 October 20216 March 2022
39 Sambhaji Shiwaji Shinde 21 June 20221 August 2022
40 Pankaj Mithal 14 October 20225 February 2023
41 Augustine George Masih 30 May 20238 November 2023

Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur

Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur is a registered society of the Advocates practicing at Jaipur Bench of Rajasthan High Court. The body elects its office bearers through direct election every year.

Statue of Manu

On March 3, 1989, the Rajasthan Judicial Officers Association sponsored by the Lions Club had installed a Manu idol in front of the lawn of the high court with the permission of the high court.

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References

  1. "President to open Rajasthan high court 's new building in Jodhpur on December 7". The Times of India. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. "Rajasthan High Court".