Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand High Court
Established9 November 2000 (2000-11-09)
JurisdictionUttarakhand
LocationNainital, Uttarakhand
Coordinates29.3958°N 79.4477°E / 29.3958; 79.4477
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand
Authorized byConstitution of India
Judge term lengthmandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions11
(9 Permanent Judges + 2 Additional Judges)
WebsiteUttarakhand High Court
Chief Justice
CurrentlyVipin Sanghi
Since28 June 2022
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The Uttarakhand High Court was established on 9 November 2000 after the separation of the state of Uttarakhand from Uttar Pradesh.[1]

The sanctioned judge strength at the time of creation in 2000 was 7; this was increased to 9 in 2003. Justice Ashok Desai was the inaugural holder of the office. Former Chief Justices of Uttarakhand Sarosh Homi Kapadia and Jagdish Singh Khehar later went on to become Chief Justice of India. Vipin Sanghi is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 28 June 2022.[2]

History

The Uttarakhand High Court is a relatively new addition to India's judiciary system. The building of Uttarakhand High Court was constructed by Santoni MacDonald in 1900.

Uttarakhand 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. Prior to the establishment of the Uttarakhand High Court, the state came under the jurisdiction of the Allahabad High Court.

The Uttarakhand High Court is located in Nainital, a scenic hill station in the northern part of the state.[1]

The High Court consisted of just five court rooms at the beginning but later court rooms have been added. A huge Chief Justice Court Block and a Block of Lawyers’ chambers were built in 2007.[3]

Landmark judgements
See also: Pollution of the Ganges

In March 2017, Uttarakhand High Court mandated that the rivers Ganges and Yamuna as well as all water bodies are "living entities" i.e. "legal person" and appointed 3 persons as trustees to protect the rights of rivers against the pollution caused by the humans.[4]

Rohit Sagar v. State of Uttarakhand
Main article: Rohit Sagar v. State of Uttarakhand

Rohit Sagar v. State of Uttarakhand (2021) is case where Uttarakhand High Court held that the legal adult have the fundamental right to choose their own partners and directed the Uttarakhand Police to provide necessary protection for the individuals and their property.[5][6]

List of sitting judges of the Uttarakhand High Court

There are currently five sitting judges including the Chief Justice, with six posts of judges lying vacant.[7] Following is the list of the current serving judges of the Uttarakhand High Court, ordered by seniority.

No. Name Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Type of Vacancy Parent High Court
Permanent Judges
1 Vipin Sanghi
(Chief Justice)		 29 May 2006 26 October 2023 Bench Delhi
2 Manoj Kumar Tiwari 19 May 2017 18 September 2027 Bar Uttarakhand
3 Sharad Kumar Sharma 31 December 2023
4 Ravindra Maithani 3 December 2018 24 June 2027 Bench
5 Alok Kumar Verma 27 May 2019 15 August 2026
6 Vacant
7 Vacant
8 Vacant
Additional Judges
9 Vacant
10 Vacant

Registrar General

Vivek Bharti Sharma is the current Registrar General of the Uttarakhand High Court. He Assumed office on 4 April 2022.

List of judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India
Sr. No Portrait Name Date of Elevation Date of Retirement Parent High Court
1 Prafulla Chandra Pant 13 August 2014 29 August 2017 Uttarakhand
2 Sudhanshu Dhulia 9 May 2022 Incumbent Uttarakhand

List of judges elevated as Chief Justice of other High Courts
Sr. No Name Date of Elevation Date of Retirement Parent High Court Remark
1 Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta 21 May 2013 6 May 2015 Calcutta Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
2 Prafulla Chandra Pant 20 September 2013 Elevated to the Supreme Court of India

Retired on 29 August 2017

 Uttarakhand Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
3 Tarun Agarwal 12 February 2018 2 March 2018 Allahabad Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
4 Vijay Kumar Bist 30 October 2018 16 September 2019 Uttarakhand Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
5 Sudhanshu Dhulia 10 January 2021 Elevated to the Supreme Court of India

Incumbent

 Uttarakhand Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
6 Ravi Malimath 14 October 2021 Incumbent Karnataka Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court

List of former judges
№ Name Term 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 B. C. Kandpal 29 June 2004 16 August 2010 6 years, 48 days Uttarakhand
7 J. C. S. Rawat 29 June 2004 30 September 2009 5 years, 93 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 Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta 31 October 2012 20 May 2013 201 days Calcutta
17 Servesh Kumar Gupta 21 April 2011 31 December 2017 6 years, 254 days Uttarakhand
18 Umesh Chandra Dhyani 13 September 2011 13 February 2018 6 years, 153 days Uttarakhand
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 Narayan Singh Dhanik 3 December 2018 19 May 2022 3 years, 167 days Uttarakhand Ram Nath Kovind
22 Ramesh Chandra Khulbe 3 December 2018 2 January 2023 4 years, 30 days Uttarakhand
23 Ravi Malimath 5 March 2020 6 January 2021 307 days Karnataka

See also

References
  1. "Uttaranchal High Court Inaugurated". Zee News. 9 November 2000.
  2. "Uttarakhand Highcourt के नए मुख्य न्यायाधीश विपिन सांघी 28 जून को लेंगे शपथ, जानिए- उनसे जुड़ी अहम बातें". abp. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. "About us: HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND".
  4. Birds to holy rivers: A list of everything India considers “legal persons”, Quartz, September 2019.
  5. Rohit Sagar & Anor. versus State of Uttarakhand & Ors., Writ Petition (CRL) No. 2254 of 2021 (Uttarakhand High Court 16 December 2021).
  6. Jha, Prashant. "Uttarakhand High Court grants police protection to gay couple threatened by parents". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  7. Sitting judges of the Uttarakhand High Court
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