The chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court is the highest presiding judicial officer in the state of Uttarakhand and the custodian of the Uttarakhand High Court. The chief justice is appointed by the President of India with the advice of the chief justice and the Governor of Uttarakhand. Guhanathan Narendar is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 26 December 2024.
List of chief justices of Uttarakhand
List of chief justices #PortraitChief JusticeTerm startTerm end1Walter Morgan186618712 Robert Stuart187118843 William Comer Petheram188418864 John Edge188618985 Louis Addin Kershaw18986Arthur Strachey189819017 John Stanley190119118 Henry George Richards191119199 Edward Grimwood Mears1919193210Shah Muhammad Sulaiman1932193711 John Gibb Thom1937194112 Iqbal Ahmad1941194613 Kamala Kanta Verma19461947After Independence14 Bidhu Bhushan Malik1947195515 O.H. Mootham1955196116 Manulal Chunilal Desai1961196617 Vashishtha Bhargava25 February 19667 August 196618 Nasirullah Beg1966196719Vidyadhar Govind Oak1967197120 Shashi Kanta Verma1971197321 Dhatri Saran Mathur1973197422 Kunwar Bahadur Asthana1974197723 D. M. Chandrashekhar1977197824 Satish Chandra1978198325 Mahesh Narain Shukla1983198526 Hriday Nath Seth198627Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty1986198728 Dwarka Nath Jha198729 Amitav Banerji1987198830 Brahma Nath Katju1988198931 B. P. Jeevan Reddy1990199132Manoj Kumar Mukherjee1991199333 S. S. Sodhi1994199534 A. Lakshman Rao1995199635 D. P. Mohapatra1996199836 N. K. Mitra1999200037Shyamal Kumar Sen8 May 2000 9 November 200038Ashok Desai9 November 20005 December 200039Ashok Desai6 December 200031 March 200340Prakash Chandra Verma1 April 20034 August 200341Sarosh Homi Kapadia5 August 200317 December 200342Prakash Chandra Verma18 December 200324 July 200443Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar25 July 200419 March 200544Cyriac Joseph20 March 20057 January 200645Prakash Chandra Verma8 January 200613 January 200646Rajiv Gupta14 January 20061 February 200847Vinod Kumar Gupta2 February 20089 September 200948Bipin Chandra Kandpal10 September 200924 September 200949Tarun Agarwal25 September 200928 November 200950Jagdish Singh Khehar29 November 200911 August 201051Barin Ghosh12 August 20104 June 201452Sudhanshu Dhulia5 June 201430 July 201453Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph31 July 20146 August 201854Rajeev Sharma7 August 20181 November 201855Ramesh Ranganathan2 November 201827 July 202056Ravi Malimath28 July 20206 January 202157Raghvendra Singh Chauhan7 January 2021 23 December 202158Sanjaya Kumar Mishra24 December 202128 June 202259Vipin Sanghi28 June 2022 26 October 202360Manoj Kumar Tiwari27 October 20233 February 202461Ritu Bahri4 February 202410 October 202462Manoj Kumar Tiwari11 October 202425 December 202463Guhanathan Narendar26 December 202410 January 202664Manoj Kumar Gupta10 January 2026Incumbent
Uttarakhand High Court The Uttarakhand High Court was established on under Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 and has had 14 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial Appointment1Ashok DesaiBombay2Sarosh Homi KapadiaBombay3Vikas Sridhar SirpurkarBombay4Cyriac JosephKerala5Rajeev GuptaMadhya Pradesh6Vinod Kumar GuptaJammu & Kashmir7Jagdish Singh KheharPunjab & Haryana8Barin GhoshCalcutta9Kuttiyil Mathew JosephKerala10Ramesh RanganathanAndhra Pradesh11Raghvendra Singh ChauhanRajasthan12Vipin SanghiDelhi13Ritu BahriPunjab & Haryana14Guhanathan NarendarKarnataka
Uttarakhand High Court The Uttarakhand High Court was established on under Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 with Ashok Desai as its inaugural acting chief justice.
For Permanent chief justices
NameImageFrom(Reason)To(Reason)TenureParent High CourtDate of initial AppointmentAshok Desai(Creation of New HC)(Became permanent)BombayPrakash Chandra Verma(Resignation of CJ Ashok Desai)(Appointment of S. H. Kapadia as new CJ)Allahabad(Elevation of CJ S. H. Kapadia to SCI)(Appointment of V. S. Sirpurkar as new CJ)(Transfer of CJ Cyriac Joseph to Karnataka)(Appointment of Rajeev Gupta as new CJ)B. C. Kandapal(Retirement of CJ V. K. Gupta)(Transfer of Tarun Agarwala as ACJ)UttarakhandTarun Agarwala(Transferred as ACJ)(Appointment of J. S. Khehar as new CJ)AllahabadV. K. Bist(Retirement of CJ Barin Ghosh)(Appointment of K. M. Joseph as new CJ)UttarakhandRajeev Sharma(Elevation of CJ K. M. Joseph to SCI)(Appointment of R. Ranganathan as new CJ)Himachal PradeshRavi Malimath(Retirement of CJ R. Ranganathan)(Appointment of R. S. Chauhan as new CJ)KarnatakaS. K. Mishra(Retirement of CJ R. S. Chauhan)(Appointment of Vipin Sanghi as new CJ)OrissaM. K. Tiwari(Retirement of CJ Vipin Sanghi)(Appointment of Ritu Bahri as new CJ)Uttarakhand(Retirement of CJ Ritu Bahri)(Appointment of G. Narendar as new CJ)
See also Uttarakhand High Court List of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court List of current Indian chief justices List of sitting judges of the high courts of India List of chief justices of India List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India Bar Council of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Lokayukta Government of Uttarakhand Governor of Uttarakhand Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Cabinet of Uttarakhand Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
References
External links The High Court of Uttarakhand (Official Website)