Uttarakhand High Court

Uttarakhand High Court
उत्तराखण्ड उच्च न्यायालय
Established 9 November 2000
Country  India
Location Nainital, Uttarakhand
Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand
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 11
{Permanent 9 ; Addl. 2}
Website Uttarakhand High Court
Chief Justice
Currently Rajiv Sharma (Acting)
Since 7 August 2018

The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The Uttarakhand State was carved out from the State of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 under the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. At the time of the creation of the State, the High Court of Uttarakhand was also established on the same day at Nainital.

The sanctioned judge strength at the time of creation in 2000 was 7; this was increased to 9 in 2003. Justice Ashok A. Desai was the inaugural holder of the office. Former Chief Justices of Uttarakhand S. H. Kapadia and J. S. Khehar later went on to become Chief Justice of India. Rajiv Sharma is the current Acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 7 August 2018.[1]

List of sitting judges of the Uttarakhand High Court

Following is the list of the current serving judges of the Uttarakhand High Court. There are currently seven permanent judges including the Chief Justice with two posts of judges lying vacant. [2]

S. No. Name Date of appointment Date of retirement State/Union Territory
1 Rajiv Sharma(temporary})
(Acting Chief Justice)		 3 April 2007 7 October 2020 Himachal Pradesh
2 V. K. Bisht 1 November 2008 16 September 2019 Uttarakhand
3 Sudhanshu Dhulia 1 November 2008 9 August 2022 Uttarakhand
4 Alok Singh 12 October 2009 27 April 2021 Uttarakhand
5 Lok Pal Singh 18 May 2017 14 February 2021 Uttarakhand
6 Manoj Kumar Tiwari 19 May 2017 18 September 2027 Uttarakhand
7 Sharad Kumar Sharma 19 May 2017 31 December 2023 Uttar Pradesh

Registrar General

Pradeep Pant is the Registrar General of the Uttarakhand High Court. He Assumed office on 16 August 2018.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Justice Rajiv Sharma New Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court". Times of India. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Sitting judges of the Uttarakhand High Court
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