List of chief justices of the Uttarakhand High Court

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Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court
File:..Uttarakhand Flag(INDIA).png
Incumbent
Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

since 7 January 2021
Uttarakhand High Court
AbbreviationCJ
SeatNainital
NominatorCollegium of the Supreme Court of India
AppointerPresident of India with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand
Term lengthtill the age of 62 yrs
Constituting instrumentConstitution of India (under Article 217)
Formation9 November 2000; 23 years ago (2000-11-09)
First holderAshok Desai (2000–2003)
WebsiteUttarakhand 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]

List of the Chief Justices of Uttarakhand[edit]

Following is the list of the Chief Justices of Uttarakhand since its inception on 9 November 2000:

Colour key
Name
(birth–death)
Portrait Term Tenure Appointed by
(President of India)
Note
Acting 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)
Acting Prakash Chandra Verma
(born 1951)
1 April 2003 4 August 2003 125 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
2 Sarosh Homi Kapadia
(1947–2016)
Justice S.H. Kapadia.jpg 5 August 2003 17 December 2003 134 days Shortest-serving Chief Justice of Uttarakhand. Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India, went on to become 38th Chief Justice of India.
Acting 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)
Justice Cyriac Joseph DSW.jpg 20 March 2005 7 January 2006 293 days Later elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court of India.
Acting 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
Acting Bipin Chandra Kandpal
(born 1948)
10 September 2009 24 September 2009 14 days Shortest-serving Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand.
Acting Tarun Agarwala
(born 1956)
25 September 2009 28 November 2009 64 days
7 Jagdish Singh Khehar
(born 1952)
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar.jpg 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
Acting Sudhanshu Dhulia
(born 1960)
5 June 2014 30 July 2014 55 days Pranab Mukherjee
9 Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph
(born 1958)
Justice K.M. Joseph-2.jpg 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.
Acting 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
Acting Ravi Malimath
(born 1962)
28 July 2020 6 January 2021 162 days
11 Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
(born 1959)
7 January 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 28 days

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jha, Prashant (8 January 2021). "Chief Justice RS Chauhan takes charge of U'khand HC". Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

External links[edit]

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