List of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court (2000-2024)

Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court Judge G. Narendra has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital. He will replace Justice Ritu Bahri, the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, who is retired on October 10, 2024. Find the complete list of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court from 2000 to 2024.

List of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court (2000-2024)

Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court list: The state of Uttarakhand was created on 9 November 2000 by separating it from the erstwhile state of Uttar Pradesh. At the time of creation of the state, the High Court of Uttarakhand was also established in Nainital on the same day. Since that day the High Court has functioned in an old building located in Mallital Nainital which was known as the Old Secretariat.

Justice Ashok A. Desai was the founder Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand HC who was transferred from High Court of Allahabad along with Justice P.C. Verma, the Senior Judge and Justice M.C. Jain.

The sanctioned strength of Judges at the time of creation was 7 which has been increased to 9 in 2003.

G. Narendar Appointed 14th Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court

Justice G. Narendar has been appointed as the 14th Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court.

The collegium headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has recommended the name of G Narendra as the next Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court.

Justice Narendra will replace Justice Ritu Bahri the current Chief Justice of Uttarakhand HC, who will retire from her post on October10, 2024.

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About Uttarakhand HC Chief Justice G. Narendra

Narendra G was born on 10th January, 1964. He obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and LLB and he was enrolled as an advocate with the Tamil Nadu Bar Council on 23 August 1989. He began practicing in the Madras High Court from 1989 to 1992.

In the year 1993, its name was transferred under the Karnataka State Bar Council.

Narendra started independent practice from January 1, 1996 in almost all areas of Constitutional, Civil, Taxation matters (Motor Vehicle Taxation and Deductions), Mining Law, Environment and Forest matters, Arbitration matters, Cases under Sugarcane Control Order relating to Sugar Cane Area Reservation and Pricing, COFEPOSA detentions, Land Reforms, Land Revenue, Civil Suits, Cases under Negotiable Instruments Act, Intellectual Property Rights matters, Family Disputes involving mediation and conducted cases, Criminal Litigation.

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G. Narendra was appointed as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court on January 2, 2015 and as a permanent judge on December 30, 2017.

Judge Narender was transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed charge on 30 October 2023.

Check below the complete list of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court from the year from 2000 to 2024. Here you will also find the names of the Chief Justices and their tenure dates.

Uttarakhand High Court: Overview

Here is the overview details of the High Court Uttarakhand. 

Uttarakhand High Court: Overview
Formation	9 November 2000
Located	Nanital (Uttarakhand)
Strength of Judges	At the time of creation was 7 which has been increased to 9 in 2003
First Chief Justice	Justice Ashok A. Desai
First Women Chief Justice	Justice Ritu Bahri
Current Chief Justice	Justice Ritu Bahri
Registrar General	Kahkasha Khan

Who was the first Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?

Justice Ashok A. Desai was the first Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court who was transferred from the Allahabad High Court.

Justice Desai was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital on November 09, 2000. After this he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court on December 6, 2000 and held office till March 31, 2003 before the demitting his office as Chief Justice.

Who was the first women Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?

The first women Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court is Justice Ritu Bahri. She took over as the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand HC in February 2024. Ritu Bahri replaced Justice Vipin Sanghi, who was retired on October 26, 2023, after which senior High Court judge Manoj Kumar Tiwari was made the acting Chief Justice.

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List of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court (2000 to 2024)

Here you will also find the names of the Chief Justices of Uttarakhand HC and the dates of their tenure which is as follows.

List of Former Chief Justices of Uttarakhand HC
S.N.	Chief Justices of Uttarakhand HC	From	TO
1.	Justice Ashok A. Desai	6 December 2000	31 March 2003
2.	Justice S.H. Kapadia	5 August 2003	17 December 2003
3.	Justice V.S.Sirpurkar	25 July 2004	19 March 2005
4.	Justice Cyriac Joseph	20 March 2005	7 January 2006
5.	Justice Rajeev Gupta	14 January 2006	1 February 2008
6.	Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta	2 February 2008	9 September 2009
7.	Justice J. S. Khehar	29 November 2009	7 August 2010
8.	Justice Barin Ghosh	12 August 2010	4 June 2014
9.	Justice K. M. Joseph	31 July 2014	5 August 2018
10.	Justice Ramesh Ranganathan	2 November 2018	27 July 2020
11.	Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan	7 January 2021	23 December 2021
12.	Justice Vipin Sanghi	28 June 2022	26 October 2023
13.	Justice Ritu Bahri	4 February 2023	Present
14.	G. Narendra	To be appointed in October 2024

List of Sitting Judges Of Uttarakhand High Court

Here you will also find the names of the Sitting Judges of Uttarakhand HC and the dates of their appointment which is as follows.

List Of Sitting Judges Of Uttarakhand High Court
S.N.	Sitting Judges Of Uttarakhand HC	Date of Appointment (DOA)
1.	Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari	19 May 2017
2.	Justice Ravindra Maithani	13 December 2018
3.	Justice Alok Kumar Verma	25 May 2021
4.	Justice Rakesh Thapliyal	28 April 2023
5.	Justice Pankaj Purohit	28 April 2023
6.	Justice Vivek Bharti Sharma	27 April 2023

List of Former Judges of Uttarakhand High Court

Here you will also find the complete list of Former Judges of Uttarakhand High Court and the dates of their tenure which is as follows.

List of Former Judges of Uttarakhand High Court
S.N.	Former Judges of Uttarakhand HC	From	To
1.	Justice Mahesh Chand Jain	9 November 2000	8 November 2001
2.	Justice Irshad Hussain	28 February 2002	1 January 2006
3.	Justice M.M.Ghildiyal	18 November 2002	2 January 2008
4.	Justice Rajesh Tandon	26 June 2004	30 June2008
5.	Justice P.C.Verma
6.	Justice J.C.S.Rawat	21 March 2006	18 September 2009
7.	Justice B.C.Kandpal	21 March 2006	8 February 2009
8.	Justice Dharam Vee	19 February 2008	16 November 2010
9.	Mrs. Justice Nirmal Yadav	11 February 2010	3 March 2011
10.	Justice Tarun Agarwal	25 September 2009	2 October 2012
11.	Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta	31 October 2012	20 May 2013
12.	Justice Prafulla C. Pant	19 February 2008	30 August 2013
13.	Justice Brahma Singh Verma	9 February 2008	2 May 2014
14.	Justice Servesh Kumar Gupta	21 April 2011	31 December 2017
15.	Justice Umesh Chandra Dhyani	13 September 2011	13 February 2018
16.	Justice V.K. Bist	1 November 2008	29 October 2018
17.	Justice Rajiv Sharma	26 September 2016	6 August 2018
18.	Justice Alok Singh	12 October 2009 26 February 2013	20 December 2009 2 April 2020
19.	Justice Ravi Malimath	5 March 2020	27 July 2020
20.	Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia	1 November 2008	6 January 2021
21.	Justice Lok Pal Singh	19 May 2017	14 February 2021
22.	Justice Narayan Singh Dhanik	3 December 2018	19 May 2022
23.	Justice Ramesh Chandra Khulbe	3 December 2018	2 January 2023
24.	Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra	11 October 2021	28 June 2022
25.	Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma	30 August 2018	31 December 2023

Registrar General of Uttarakhand High Court

The current Registrar General of  High Court Uttarakhand is Mrs. Kahkasha Khan. She was born and brought up in Dehradun, completed her education from Dehradun. She completed his LLB in the year 2000 and practiced as an advocate in the civil side in district Dehradun till August 2008.

After seven years of practice, Kahkasha Khan appeared in the Uttarakhand H.J.S exam in 2008 and secured first position in the exam. Kahkasha took charge as Registrar (Vigilance) on 17th May 2024 and became Registrar General on 1st July 2024.

Mrs Kahkasha is the first person to be directly recruited through H.J.S exam from the state of Uttarakhand, the first woman Registrar (Vigilance) and the first woman Registrar General of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital.

List of Former Registrar Generals of Uttarakhand High Court

Here you will also find the list of Registrar Generals of Uttarakhand High Court which is as follows.

List of Former Registrar Generals of Uttarakhand High Court
S.N.	Former Registrar Generals of UK HC
1.	J.C.S.Rawat
2.	Prafulla C. Pant
3.	V.K.Maheshwari
4.	Ravindra Maithani
5.	Umesh Chandra Dhyani
6.	K. D. Bhatt
7.	Ram Singh
8.	D.P. Gairola
9.	Kanta Prasad
10.	Narendra Dutt
11.	Pradeep Pant
12.	Hira Singh Bonal
13.	Dhananjay Chaturvedi
14.	Vivek Bharti Sharma

List of District & Subordinates Courts in Uttarakhand

• Dehradun 
• Haridwar 
• Uttarkashi 
• Tehri Garhwal 
• Pauri Garhwal 
• Rudraprayag 
• Chamoli 
• Almora 
• Udham Singh Nagar 
• Nainital 
• Champawat 
• Bageshwar
• Pithoragarh

FAQs: List of Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court

Q. Who is the current Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?

Answer: The current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court is Ritu Bahri who is retiring on October 10, 2024. She will be replaced by Justice G Narendra.

Q. Who was the first Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?

Answer: Justice Ashok A. Desai was the first Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court on 6 December 2000 and held the position until 31 March 2003.

Q. Who is the first woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand HC?

Answer: The first woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court is Justice Ritu Bahri.

Q. Uttarakhand high court situated in which city?

Answer: The Uttarakhand High Court is situated in the Nainital city of Uttarakhand.