Himachal Pradesh High Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court
हिमाचल प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय
Established 1971
Country  India
Location Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by Constitution of India
Decisions are appealed to Supreme Court of India
Judge term length mandatory retirement by age of 62
No. of positions 13
Website hphighcourt.nic.in/index.htm
Chief Justice
Currently Chief Justice Surya Kant
Since 05 October 2018

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

Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Shimla 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 9 including the chief justice.[2]

The Chief Justice

On October 05, 2018, Justice Surya Kant took oath as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The notification to this effect was issued on 03/10/2018. Justice Surya Kant was born on February 10, 1962, in a middle class family in District Hisar in Haryana. An avid debater, he graduated from the Government Post Graduate College, Hisar in 1981 and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Law from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak in 1984. He went on to earn another distinction by standing First Class First in his Master's Degree in Law from the Directorate of Distance Education, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 2011. Justice Surya Kant started his law practice at the district courts in Hisar in 1984 and later shifted to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in Chandigarh in 1985. There, he specialised in constitutional, service and civil matters and represented multiple universities, boards, corporations, banks and the High Court. He was appointed as the youngest Advocate General of Haryana on July 7, 2000 and was designated as Senior Advocate in March 2001. He held the office of Advocate General till his elevation as a permanent Judge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 9, 2004. He was also nominated as a member of the National Legal Services Authority on February 23, 2007 for two consecutive terms. Justice Surya Kant is a passionate environmentalist associated with various national and international NGOs and law associations. He has also attended several prestigious national and international conferences. [3]

Former Chief Justices

From To Name
25 January 1971 9 December 1971 M.H. Beg
18 March 1972 19 February 1978 R.S. Pathak
20 February 1978 11 December 1979 T.U. Mehta
12 December 1979 30 September 1983 V.D. Misra
23 December 1983 13 November 1988 P.D. Desai
29 March 1989 5 October 1989 Narendra Monhan Kasliwal
6 November 1989 14 January 1991 P.C.B. Menon
5 August 1991 20 October 1992 Leila Seth
22 June 1993 28 August 1993 S.K. Seth
29 January 1994 1 August 1994 V. Ratnam
17 September 1994 1 March 1995 G.C. Gupta
1 March 1995 1 August 1996 S.N. Phukan
1 August 1996 24 September 1997 M. Srinivasan
6 November 1997 22 April 1998 M.N. Rao
1 July 1998 28 January 2000 D. Raju
5 May 2000 30 December 2001 C.K. Thakker
24 January 2002 1 January 2003 W.A. Shishak
8 March 2003 2 February 2008 V.K. Gupta
2 February 2008 7 August 2009 Jagdish Bhalla
8 February 2010 6 March 2013 Kurian Joseph
5 April 2013 24 November 2013 A.M. Khanwilkar
18 June 2014 Mansoor Ahmad Mir[4]
03 October 2018 Surya Kant

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. ↑ https://m.timesofindia.com/city/shimla/justice-suryakant-takes-oath-as-chief-justice-of-himachal-high-courthttps://m.timesofindia.com/city/shimla/justice-suryakant-takes-oath-as-chief-justice-of-himachal-high-court/amp_articleshow/66087488.cms/amp_articleshow/66087488.cms
  4. ↑ "Governor administers oath to Justice Sanjay Karol as Judge of H P High Court". Shimla Times. Retrieved 25 April 2017.

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