The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
| Himachal Pradesh High Court | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| 31°06′00″N 77°10′30″E / 31.100°N 77.175°E | |
| Established | 25 January 1971 |
| Jurisdiction | Himachal Pradesh |
| Location | Bemloi, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 31°06′00″N 77°10′30″E / 31.100°N 77.175°E |
| Composition method | Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. |
| Authorised by | Constitution of India |
| Judge term length | Mandatory Retirement by age of 62 |
| Number of positions | 17 |
| Website | hphighcourt.nic.in |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | Rajiv Shakdher |
| Since | 25 September 2024 |
| Lead position ends | 18 October 2024 |
Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punjab hill States into a Centrally Administered Area on 15 April 1948. The Central Government promulgated the Himachal Pradesh (Courts) Order, 1948 on 15 August 1948. As per Paragraph 3 of this Order, the Court of Judicial Commissioner was established for Himachal Pradesh and the Court was housed at "Harvingtan" (Kelston area, Bharari, Shimla). It was vested with the powers of a High Court under the Judicial Commissioner's Court Act, 1950. The Court of Judicial commissioner started functioning on 15 August 1948. The Punjab High Court rules and orders with suitable amendments were made applicable.
In the year 1966, the Delhi High Court Act was enacted by the Government of India and w.e.f. 1 May 1967, the Central Government of India extended jurisdiction of the said Act to the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh, replacing the Court of Judicial Commissioner by the Himachal Bench of Delhi High Court, at Shimla and it started functioning in old High Court building known as "Revenswood". On 18 December 1970, the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971 and established its own High Court[1] with headquarters at "Revenswood" Shimla, having one Hon'ble Chief Justice and two Hon'ble Judges.
The seat of the court is Shimla, the administrative capital of the state. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 13 including the chief justice.[2]
Chief Justice
editOn 25 September 2024, Justice Rajiv Shakdher took oath as chief justice of the High court.
List of Chief Justices
edit| S.No. | From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 January 1971 | 9 December 1971 | M.H. Beg |
| 2 | 18 March 1972 | 19 February 1978 | R.S. Pathak |
| 3 | 20 February 1978 | 11 December 1979 | T.U. Mehta |
| 4 | 12 December 1979 | 30 September 1983 | V.D. Misra |
| 5 | 23 December 1983 | 13 November 1988 | Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai |
| 6 | 29 March 1989 | 5 October 1989 | Narendra Mohan Kasliwal |
| 7 | 6 November 1989 | 14 January 1991 | P.C.B. Menon |
| 8 | 5 August 1991 | 20 October 1992 | Leila Seth |
| 9 | 22 June 1993 | 28 August 1993 | Shashi Kant Seth |
| 10 | 29 January 1994 | 1 August 1994 | Viswanathan Ratnam |
| 11 | 17 September 1994 | 1 March 1995 | G.C. Gupta |
| 12 | 1 March 1995 | 1 August 1996 | Sailendu Nath Phukan |
| 13 | 1 August 1996 | 24 September 1997 | Madhavachari Srinivasan |
| 14 | 6 November 1997 | 22 April 1998 | Makani Narayana Rao |
| 15 | 1 July 1998 | 28 January 2000 | Doraiswamy Raju |
| 16 | 5 May 2000 | 30 December 2001 | C.K. Thakker |
| 17 | 24 January 2002 | 1 January 2003 | W.A. Shishak |
| 18 | 8 March 2003 | 2 February 2008 | Vinod Kumar Gupta |
| 19 | 2 February 2008 | 7 August 2009 | Jagadish Bhalla |
| 20 | 8 February 2010 | 6 March 2013 | Kurian Joseph |
| 21 | 5 April 2013 | 24 November 2013 | A.M. Khanwilkar |
| 22 | 18 June 2014 | 24 April 2017 | Mansoor Ahmad Mir[3] |
| 23 | 5 October 2018 | 23 May 2019 | Surya Kant[4] |
| 24 | 22 June 2019 | 22 September 2019 | V. Ramasubramanian |
| 25 | 6 October 2019 | 30 June 2021 | Lingappa Narayana Swamy |
| 26 | 14 October 2021 | 24 May 2022 | Mohammad Rafiq |
| 27 | 23 June 2022 | 20 January 2023 | Amjad Ahtesham Sayed |
| 28 | 30 May 2023 | 24 September 2024 | M. S. Ramachandra Rao |
| 29 | 25 September 2024 | Incumbent | Rajiv Shakdher |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts". EBC India. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Judge strength in High Courts increased". PIB Press Release. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Governor administers oath to Justice Sanjay Karol as Judge of H P High Court". Shimla Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Surya Kant appointed as CJ of HP high court" (PDF).