The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts of India, located in Village Bodri, Bilaspur, with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of the new state of Chhattisgarh following the reorganisation of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The Chhattisgarh High Court is the 19th High Court of India.
Justice R. S. Garg was the first acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
Chief Justice and Judges
The Chhattisgarh High Court sits in Bilaspur in the state of Chhattisgarh, and may have a maximum of 22 judges, of whom 17 may be permanent and 5 may be additionally appointed. Currently, the High Court has 14 judges.
Former chief justices #Chief JusticeTenurePortraitStartFinish1W. A. Shishak5 December 200015 January 20022K. H. N. Kuranga6 February 200210 May 20043Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala Moorthy28 May 20047 January 20054A. K. Patnaik14 March 20051 October 20055S. R. Nayak17 November 200531 December 20066H. L. Dattu12 February 200717 May 20077Rajeev Gupta2 February 20089 October 20128Yatindra Singh22 October 20128 October 2014--Navin Sinha9 October 20148 April 201599 April 201513 May 201610Deepak Gupta16 May 201616 February 201711Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan18 March 20176 July 201812Ajay Kumar Tripathi7 July 201822 March 2019--Prashant Kumar Mishra23 March 20196 May 201913P. R. Ramachandra Menon6 May 201931 May 2021--Prashant Kumar Mishra1 June 202112 October 202114Arup Kumar Goswami12 October 202110 March 2023--Goutam Bhaduri10 March 202328 March 202315Ramesh Sinha28 March 20234 September 2026--S. K. Agrawal5 September 20266 September 2026
Judges elevated as Chief Justices
This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Chhattisgarh. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Chhattisgarh Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Chhattisgarh but does not have Chhattisgarh their Parent High Court.
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Symbol Key Elevated to Supreme Court of India Resigned Died in office NameImageAppointed as CJ in HC ofDate of appointmentDate of retirementTenureAs JudgeAs Chief JusticeAs Chief JusticeAs JudgeSunil Kumar SinhaSikkimSatish Kumar AgnihotriSikkimPritinker DiwakerAllahabadPrashant Kumar MishraAndhra PradeshManindra Mohan ShrivastavaRajasthan, transferred to MadrasSanjay Kumar AgrawalRajasthanIncumbent
Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice NameAppointed as ACJ in HC ofDate of appointment as JudgePeriod as Acting Chief JusticeDate of retirementTenure as ACJTenure as JudgeRemarksRef..L. C. BhadooChhattisgarh --S. K. SinhaSikkimBecame permanentS. K. AgnihotriMadras --SikkimBecame permanentPritinker DiwakerChhattisgarh --AllahabadBecame permanentP. K. MishraChhattisgarh --Elevated as CJ of Andhra PradeshM. M. ShrivastavaRajasthan --Became permanentGoutam BhaduriChhattisgarh --S. K. AgrawalChhattisgarhIncumbentElevated as CJ of RajasthanP. S. KoshyTelangana --Incumbent
Judges elevated to Supreme Court This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Chhattisgarh. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Chhattisgarh High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Chhattisgarh High Court but does not have Chhattisgarh as their Parent High Court.
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Symbol Key Resigned Died in office #Name of the JudgeImageDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureImmediately preceding officeIn Parent High CourtIn Supreme CourtIn High Court(s)In Supreme CourtTotal tenure1Prashant Kumar MishraIncumbent3rd CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC
Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association is the representative body of advocates practicing in Bilaspur High Court elected by way of direct voting from about 2,400 members of the Bar Association and its officials have a term of two years.
References
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