The following is a list of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court since its inception on 9 November 2000. A total of 43 judges have served in the court (including sitting judges). [1] The list has been arranged on the basis of date of retirement, or date of transfer with Chief Justices mentioned first. [2]
Chief Justices of the Uttarakhand High Court
| № | Name of the Chief Justice | Portrait | Term | Tenure | Parent High Court | Appointed by ( President of India) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashok Desai‡ | 9 November 2000 | 31 March 2003 | 2 years, 142 days | Bombay | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 2 | Sarosh Homi Kapadia |
|
5 August 2003 | 17 December 2003 | 134 days | Bombay | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 3 | Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar | 25 July 2004 | 19 March 2005 | 237 days | Bombay | ||
| 4 | Cyriac Joseph |
|
20 March 2005 | 7 January 2006 | 293 days | Kerala | |
| 5 | Rajiv Gupta | 14 January 2006 | 1 February 2008 | 2 years, 18 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| 6 | Vinod Kumar Gupta | 2 February 2008 | 9 September 2009 | 1 year, 219 days | Jammu and Kashmir | Pratibha Patil | |
| 7 | Jagdish Singh Khehar |
|
29 November 2009 | 11 August 2010 | 255 days | Punjab and Haryana | |
| 8 | Barin Ghosh | 12 August 2010 | 4 June 2014 | 3 years, 296 days | Calcutta | ||
| 9 | Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph |
|
31 July 2014 | 6 August 2018 | 4 years, 6 days | Kerala | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 10 | Ramesh Ranganathan | 2 November 2018 | 27 July 2020 | 1 year, 268 days | Andhra Pradesh | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 11 | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan | 7 January 2021 | 23 December 2021 | 350 days | Rajasthan | ||
| 12 | Vipin Sanghi | 28 June 2022 | 26 October 2023 | 1 year, 120 days | Delhi | ||
| 13 | Ritu Bahri | 4 February 2024 | 10 October 2024 | Punjab and Haryana | Droupadi Murmu | ||
Judges of the Uttarakhand High Court
| № | Name | Term started | Term ended | Tenure | Parent High Court | Appointed by ( President of India) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahesh Chand Jain | 9 November 2000 | 8 November 2001 | 364 days | Allahabad | K. R. Narayanan |
| 2 | P. C. Verma | 9 November 2000 | 19 January 2009 | 8 years, 71 days | Allahabad | |
| 3 | Irshad Hussain | 28 February 2002 | 1 January 2006 | 3 years, 307 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 4 | M. M. Ghildiyal | 18 November 2002 | 2 January 2008 | 5 years, 45 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 5 | Rajesh Tandon | 3 July 2003 | 30 June 2008 | 4 years, 363 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 6 | J. C. S. Rawat | 29 June 2004 | 30 September 2009 | 5 years, 93 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 7 | B. C. Kandpal | 29 June 2004 | 16 August 2010 | 6 years, 48 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 8 | Prafulla Chandra Pant | 29 June 2004 | 19 September 2013 | 9 years, 82 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 9 | Brahma Singh Verma | 15 July 2004 | 2 May 2014 | 9 years, 291 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 10 | Dharam Veer† | 23 September 2006 | 16 November 2010 | 4 years, 54 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 11 | Vijay Kumar Bist | 1 November 2008 | 29 October 2018 | 9 years, 362 days | Uttarakhand | Pratibha Patil |
| 12 | Sudhanshu Dhulia | 1 November 2008 | 9 January 2021 | 12 years, 69 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 13 | Tarun Agarwal | 25 September 2009 | 2 October 2012 | 3 years, 7 days | Allahabad | |
| 14 | Alok Singh | 12 October 2009 | 20 December 2009 | 69 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 26 February 2013 | 2 April 2020 | 7 years, 36 days (total 7 years 105 days) | Pranab Mukherjee | |||
| 15 | Nirmal Yadav | 11 February 2010 | 3 March 2011 | 1 year, 20 days | Punjab and Haryana | Pratibha Patil |
| 16 | Servesh Kumar Gupta | 21 April 2011 | 31 December 2017 | 6 years, 254 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 17 | Umesh Chandra Dhyani | 13 September 2011 | 13 February 2018 | 6 years, 153 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 18 | Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta | 31 October 2012 | 20 May 2013 | 201 days | Calcutta | |
| 19 | Rajeev Sharma | 26 September 2016 | 12 November 2018 | 2 years, 47 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 20 | Lok Pal Singh | 19 May 2017 | 14 February 2021 | 3 years, 271 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 21 | Manoj Kumar Tiwari* | 19 May 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 322 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 22 | Sharad Kumar Sharma* | 19 May 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 322 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 23 | Narayan Singh Dhanik | 3 December 2018 | 19 May 2022 | 3 years, 167 days | Uttarakhand | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 24 | Ramesh Chandra Khulbe | 3 December 2018 | 2 January 2023 | 4 years, 30 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 25 | Ravindra Maithani* | 3 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 124 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 26 | Alok Kumar Verma* | 27 May 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 314 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 27 | Ravi Malimath | 5 March 2020 | 6 January 2021 | 307 days | Karnataka | |
| 28 | Sanjaya Kumar Mishra | 11 October 2021 | 19 February 2023 | 1 year, 131 days | Orissa | |
| 29 | Pankaj Purohit* | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 343 days | Uttarakhand | Droupadi Murmu |
| 30 | Rakesh Thapliyal* | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 343 days | Uttarakhand | |
| 31 | Vivek Bharti Sharma* | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 343 days | Uttarakhand |
Notes
- † – Died in office
- ‡ – Resigned
- * – Incumbent
See also
- Uttarakhand High Court
- List of chief justices of the Uttarakhand High Court
- List of sitting judges of the high courts of India
- List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
- Bar Council of Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand Lokayukta
- 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
- ^ "Former Hon'ble Judges". High Court of Uttarakhand. 29 August 2022.
- ^ "Former Hon'ble Chief Justices". High Court of Uttarakhand. 29 August 2022.