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, 280 days Uttarakhand
22 Sharad Kumar Sharma* 19 May 2017 Incumbent 6 years, 280 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, 82 days Uttarakhand
26 Alok Kumar Verma* 27 May 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 272 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 301 days Uttarakhand Droupadi Murmu
30 Rakesh Thapliyal* 28 April 2023 Incumbent 301 days Uttarakhand
31 Vivek Bharti Sharma* 28 April 2023 Incumbent 301 days Uttarakhand

Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Former Hon'ble Judges". High Court of Uttarakhand. 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Former Hon'ble Chief Justices". High Court of Uttarakhand. 29 August 2022.
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