The High Court of Rajasthan is located in Jodhpur and is the highest court in the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949. Currently, the sanctioned strength of the judges is 50 and the actual strength varies as per recent appointments.
There were five High Courts operated across different regions—at Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, and in the former Rajasthan and Matsya Union. The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 brought these institutions together, establishing a single High Court to serve the entire state under a unified judicial system. The High Court of Rajasthan was founded in 1949 at Jaipur and was inaugurated by the Rajpramukh, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh on 29 August 1949, later on after complete integration of Rajasthan in 1956 it was moved at Jodhpur with recommendation of the Satyanarayan Rao committee.
The first Chief Justice was Kamalkanta Verma. A bench was formed at Jaipur on 31 January 1977 under Section 51(2) of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 which was dissolved in 1958.
The high court was shifted to a new premises on outskirts of Jodhpur from the city centre in 2019. The president of India inaugurated the newly constructed building.
This is the list of chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court'''''' from its establishment in 1947.
Chief Justice and Judges
Former Chief Justices
#PortraitChief JusticeFromTo1 Kamalkanta Verma 2Kailas Nath Wanchoo 3 Sarjoo Prasad 4 Jawan Singh Ranawat 5 Durga Shakti Dave 6Daulat Mal Bhandari 7 Jagat Narayan 8 Bhagwati Prasad Beri 9 Prakash Narayan Shinghal 10 Vedpal Tyagi 11 Closepet Honniah 12Chand Mal Lodha 13 Kalyan Dutt Sharma 14 Pradyot Kumar Banerjee 15 Dwarka Prasad Gupta 16Jagdish Sharan Verma 17Krishna Chandra Agarwal 18 Gokal Chand Mittal 19 Amratlal Parmananddas Ravani 20Mukul Gopal Mukherjee 21 Shivaraj Virupanna Patil 22Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan 23 Arun Kumar 24 Anil Dev Singh 25 Sachchidanand Jha26 Jagdish Madhurlal Panchal 27 Narayan Roy 28Deepak Verma 29Jagadish Bhalla 30Arun Kumar Mishra 31Amitava Roy 32 Sunil Ambwani33Satish Kumar Mittal34Navin Sinha35Pradeep Nandrajog36Shripathi Ravindra Bhat37Indrajit Mahanty38Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi39Sambhaji Shiwaji Shinde40Pankaj Mithal41Augustine George Masih42 Manindra Mohan Shrivastava43Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram
Judges elevated as Chief Justices
This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Rajasthan. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Rajasthan High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Rajasthan High Court but does not have Rajasthan as 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 JudgeJawan Singh RanawatRajasthanDurga Shakti DaveRajasthan17 years, 309 daysDaulat Mal BhandariRajasthanJagat NarayanRajasthanBhagwati Prasad BeriRajasthanPrakash Narayan ShinghalRajasthanVedpal TyagiRajasthanChand Mal LodhaGauhati, transferred to RajasthanKalyan Dutt SharmaRajasthanDwarka Prasad GuptaRajasthanMohan Lall ShrimalSikkimGuman Mal LodhaGauhatiNarendra Mohan KasliwalHimachal PradeshMilap Chand JainDelhiKanta Kumari BhatnagarMadrasSurendra Nath BhargavaSikkimAshok Kumar MathurMadhya Pradesh, transferred to CalcuttaNagendra Kumar JainMadras, transferred to KarnatakaGanpat Singh SinghviAndhra PradeshYad Ram MeenaGujaratRajesh BaliaPatnaRajendra Mal LodhaPatnaBhagwati PrasadJharkhandPrakash Chandra TatiaJharkhandNarendra Kumar JainSikkimDinesh MaheshwariMeghalaya, transferred to KarnatakaAjay RastogiTripuraGovind MathurAllahabadRaghvendra Singh ChauhanTelangana, transferred to UttarakhandMohammad RafiqMeghalaya, transferred to Orissa, then to Madhya Pradesh and again to Himachal PradeshMunishwar Nath BhandariMadrasSandeep MehtaGauhatiVijay BishnoiGauhatiArun BhansaliAllahabadIncumbentPushpendra Singh BhatiJammu & Kashmir
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..Nawal KishoreRajasthan --Kanwar Lal BapnaRajasthanMohan Lal JoshiRajasthanKalyan Dutt SharmaRajasthanBecame permanentDwarka Prasad GuptaRajasthanG. M. LodhaRajasthan --M. C. JainRajasthanA. K. MathurMadhya PradeshBecame permanentNavrang Lal TibrewalRajasthanAppointed as Acting Governor of RajasthanRetired as ACJN. K. JainMadras --Became permanentMegh Raj CallaRajasthan --G. S. SinghviPunjab & HaryanaTransferred to GujaratY. R. MeenaRajasthan --GujaratBecame permanentRajesh BaliaRajasthan --Elevated as CJ of PatnaP. C. TatiaJharkhandBecame permanentNarendra Kumar JainRajasthan --SikkimBecame permanentAjay RastogiRajasthan --Govind MathurAllahabadBecame permanentR. S. ChauhanTelanganaVineet KothariMadras -- Transferred to GujaratGujaratRetired as ACJMohammad RafiqRajasthan --M. N. BhandariAllahabadMadrasBecame permanentS. P. SharmaRajasthan --
Judges elevated to Supreme Court This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Rajasthan. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Rajasthan High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Rajasthan High Court but does not have Rajasthan as their Parent High Court.
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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 tenure1Prakash Narayan Shinghal9th CJ of Rajasthan HC2Narendra Mohan Kasliwal16th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC3Suresh Chandra AgrawalJudge of Rajasthan HC4Ashok Kumar Mathur31st CJ of Calcutta HC5Ganpat Singh SinghviCJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC6Rajendra Mal Lodha33rd CJ of Patna HC7Ajay Rastogi3rd CJ of Tripura HC8Dinesh Maheshwari29th CJ of Karnataka HC9Sandeep MehtaIncumbent41st CJ of Gauhati HC10Vijay Bishnoi42nd CJ of Gauhati HC
Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur
Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur is a registered society of the Advocates practicing at Jaipur Bench of Rajasthan High Court. The body elects its office bearers through direct election every year.
Statue of Manu On 3 March 1989, the Rajasthan Judicial Officers Association sponsored by the Lions Club had installed a Manu idol in front of the lawn of the high court with the permission of the high court. Since its installation, the statue has been the subject of numerous protests, legal challenges, and even an order by judges calling for its removal.
See also High courts of India List of chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court List of judges of the Rajasthan High Court
References
Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts Judge strength in High Courts increased
External links Rajasthan High Court official website List of Former Chief Justices of Rajasthan High Court List of Former Justices of Rajasthan High Court