Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh High Court
31.100°N 77.175°E / 31.100; 77.175
Established25 January 1971 (1971-01-25)
JurisdictionHimachal Pradesh
LocationBemloi, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates31.100°N 77.175°E / 31.100; 77.175
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized byConstitution of India
Judge term lengthMandatory Retirement by age of 62
Number of positions17
Websitehphighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
CurrentlyM. S. Ramachandra Rao
Since30 May 2023
Entrance Gate of Himachal High Court

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

On 30 May 2023, Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao took oath as the chief justice of the court.

Former chief justices
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

See also

References
  1. "Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts". EBC India. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  2. "Judge strength in High Courts increased". PIB Press Release. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  3. "Governor administers oath to Justice Sanjay Karol as Judge of H P High Court". Shimla Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  4. "Surya Kant appointed as CJ of HP high court" (PDF).
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