List of chief justices of the Uttarakhand High Court
The Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court is the highest presiding judicial officer in the state of Uttarakhand and the custodian of the Uttarakhand High Court. He is appointed by the President of India with the advice of Chief Justice of India and the Governor of Uttarakhand. Raghvendra Singh Chauhan is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 7 January 2021.[1]
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| Abbreviation | CJ |
| Seat | Nainital |
| Nominator | Collegium of the Supreme Court of India |
| Appointer | President of India with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand |
| Term length | till the age of 62 yrs |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of India (under Article 217) |
| Formation | 9 November 2000 |
| First holder | Ashok Desai (2000–2003) |
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List of the Chief Justices of Uttarakhand
Following is the list of the Chief Justices of Uttarakhand since its inception on 9 November 2000:
- Colour key
Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
| № | Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term | Tenure | Appointed by (President of India) |
Note | |
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| – | Ashok Desai (1942–2006) |
9 November 2000 | 5 December 2000 | 26 days | K. R. Narayanan | First Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, assumed office as Acting Chief Justice. Resigned from office on 31 March 2003. | |
| 1 | Ashok Desai (1942–2006) |
6 December 2000 | 31 March 2003 | 2 years, 115 days (total 2 years, 142 days) | |||
| – | Prakash Chandra Verma (born 1951) |
1 April 2003 | 4 August 2003 | 125 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | ||
| 2 | Sarosh Homi Kapadia (1947–2016) |
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5 August 2003 | 17 December 2003 | 134 days | Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India, went on to become 38th Chief Justice of India. | |
| – | Prakash Chandra Verma (born 1951) |
18 December 2003 | 24 July 2004 | 219 days | |||
| 3 | Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar (born 1946) |
25 July 2004 | 19 March 2005 | 237 days | Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India. | ||
| 4 | Cyriac Joseph (born 1947) |
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20 March 2005 | 7 January 2006 | 293 days | Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India. | |
| – | Prakash Chandra Verma (born 1951) |
8 January 2006 | 13 January 2006 | 5 days (total 349 days) | Longest serving Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand. | ||
| 5 | Rajiv Gupta (born 1950) |
14 January 2006 | 1 February 2008 | 2 years, 18 days | |||
| 6 | Vinod Kumar Gupta (born 1947) |
2 February 2008 | 9 September 2009 | 1 year, 219 days | Pratibha Patil | ||
| – | Bipin Chandra Kandpal (born 1948) |
10 September 2009 | 24 September 2009 | 14 days | |||
| – | Tarun Agarwala (born 1956) |
25 September 2009 | 28 November 2009 | 64 days | |||
| 7 | Jagdish Singh Khehar (born 1952) |
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29 November 2009 | 7 August 2010 | 251 days | Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India, went on to become 44th Chief Justice of India. | |
| 8 | Barin Ghosh (1952–2015) |
8 August 2010 | 4 June 2014 | 3 years, 300 days | |||
| – | Sudhanshu Dhulia (born 1960) |
5 June 2014 | 30 July 2014 | 55 days | Pranab Mukherjee | ||
| 9 | Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph (born 1958) |
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31 July 2014 | 6 August 2018 | 4 years, 6 days | Longest serving Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India. | |
| – | Rajeev Sharma (born 1958) |
7 August 2018 | 1 November 2018 | 86 days | Ram Nath Kovind | ||
| 10 | Ramesh Ranganathan (born 1958) |
2 November 2018 | 27 July 2020 | 1 year, 268 days | |||
| – | Ravi Malimath (born 1962) |
28 July 2020 | 6 January 2021 | 162 days | |||
| 11 | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (born 1959) |
7 January 2021 | Incumbent | 27 days | |||
See also
- Uttarakhand High Court
- List of current Indian chief justices
- List of sitting judges of High Courts of India
- List of chief justices of India
- List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
- Government of Uttarakhand
- Governor of Uttarakhand
- Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
- Cabinet of Uttarakhand
- Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
References
- Jha, Prashant (8 January 2021). "Chief Justice RS Chauhan takes charge of U'khand HC". Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
External links
- The High Court of Uttarakhand (Official Website)
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