The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Chief Justice
On 29 December 2024, Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia took oath as the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
List of Chief Justices List #Picture Chief Justice Took office Left office1 Sir Henry Meredyth Plowden 2 Sir Charles Arthur Roe 3 Sir William Ovens Clark 4 Sir Arthur Hay Stewart Reid 5 Sir Alfred Kensington 6 Sir Donald Campbell Johnstone 7 Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan 8 Sir Shadi Lal 9 Sir John Douglas Young 10 Sir Arthur Trevor Harries 11 Sir Abdul Rashid 12Justice Ram Lall15 August 194718 January 194913Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das19 January 194921 January 195014Justice Eric Weston21 January 19508 December 195215Justice Amar Nath Bandhari9 December 195218 November 195916Justice Gopal Das Ghosla19 November 195914 December 196117Justice Donald Falshaw15 December 196129 May 1966 (Res)18Justice Mehar Singh29 May 1966continued18Justice Mehar Singhcontinued14 August 197019Justice Harbans Singh15 August 197025 January 197120Justice Daya Krishan Mahajan25 January 197125 January 197121M.H. Beg25 January 19719 December 197122R.S. Pathak18 March 197219 February 197823T.U. Mehta20 February 197811 December 197924V.D. Misra12 December 197930 September 198325Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai23 December 198313 November 198826Narendra Mohan Kasliwal29 March 19895 October 198927P.C.B. Menon6 November 198914 January 199128Leila Seth5 August 199120 October 199229Shashi Kant Seth22 June 199328 August 199330Viswanathan Ratnam29 January 19941 August 199431G.C. Gupta17 September 19941 March 199532Sailendu Nath Phukan1 March 19951 August 199633Madhavachari Srinivasan1 August 199624 September 199734Makani Narayana Rao6 November 199722 April 199835Doraiswamy Raju1 July 199828 January 200036C.K. Thakker5 May 200030 December 200137W.A. Shishak24 January 20021 January 200338Vinod Kumar Gupta8 March 20032 February 200839Jagadish Bhalla2 February 20087 August 200940Kurian Joseph8 February 20106 March 201341A.M. Khanwilkar5 April 201324 November 201342Mansoor Ahmad Mir18 June 201424 April 201743Surya Kant5 October 201823 May 201944V. Ramasubramanian22 June 201922 September 201945Lingappa Narayana Swamy6 October 201930 June 202146Mohammad Rafiq14 October 202124 May 202247Amjad Ahtesham Sayed23 June 202220 January 202348M. S. Ramachandra Rao30 May 202324 September 202449Rajiv Shakdher25 September 202418 October 202450Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia29 December 2024Incumbent
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