The Sikkim High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Sikkim. The history of the court can be traced back to 1955, when the High Court of Judicature (Jurisdiction and Powers) Proclamation, 1955 was issued to establish a High Court in Sikkim. Upon merger, Sikkim became the 22nd State of India. Under Clause (i) of Article 371F, the High Court functioning immediately prior to the date of merger became the High Court for the State of Sikkim under the Constitution like any other High Court in the country. It was established in 1975.
The seat of the court is at Gangtok, the administrative capital of the state. With a sanctioned court strength of three judges, the Sikkim High Court is the smallest High Court of India.
Chief Justices
# Chief Justice Parent high court Assumed office Left office Term length Appointer Justice Rajinder Sachar (acting) Delhi High Court 16 May 1975 6 May 1976 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 1 Justice Man Mohan Singh Gujral Punjab and Haryana High Court 7 May 1976 14 March 1983 Justice Anandamoy Bhattacharjee (acting) Sikkim High Court 15 March 1983 16 December 1983 Zail Singh 2 Justice Mohan Lall Shrimal Rajasthan High Court 17 December 1983 3 January 1985 Justice Anandamoy Bhattacharjee (acting) Sikkim High Court 4 January 1985 20 January 1986 3 Justice Jugal Kishore Mohanty Orissa High Court 21 January 1986 4 January 1989 Justice Repusudan Dayal (acting) Sikkim High Court 5 January 1989 19 January 1990 R. Venkataraman 4 Justice Braja Nath Mishra Orissa High Court 20 January 1990 8 November 1992 Justice Repusudan Dayal (acting) Sikkim High Court 9 November 1992 19 January 1993 Shankar Dayal Sharma 5 Justice Surendra Nath Bhargava Rajasthan High Court 20 January 1993 10 February 1996 6 Justice Krishna Murari Agarwal Madhya Pradesh High Court 15 February 1996 26 October 1996 Justice Malay Sengupta (acting) Calcutta High Court 27 October 1996 26 August 1997 7 Justice Kanniappa Arumuga Thanikkachallam Madras High Court 27 August 1997 26 September 1997 K. R. NarayananJustice Malay Sengupta (acting)Calcutta High Court27 September 199726 December 1997 Justice Anup Deb (acting) Sikkim High Court 27 December 1997 2 February 1999 8 Justice Repusudan Dayal Sikkim High Court 3 February 1999 17 May 2003 Justice Nongthomban Surjamani Singh (acting) Gauhati High Court 18 May 2003 8 July 2003 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 9 Justice Radha Krishna Patra Orissa High Court 9 July 2003 23 November 2004 Justice Nongthomban Surjamani Singh (acting) Gauhati High Court 24 November 2004 29 September 2005 10 Justice Binod Kumar Roy Patna High Court 30 September 2005 26 December 2006 Justice Nongthomban Surjamani Singh (acting) Gauhati High Court 27 December 2006 26 January 2007 11 Justice Ajoy Nath Ray Calcutta High Court 27 January 2007 30 October 2008 Justice Ananda Prakash Subba (acting) Sikkim High Court 31 October 2008 6 March 2009 Pratibha Patil 12 Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia Gauhati High Court 7 March 2009 7 April 2010 13 Justice Barin Ghosh Calcutta High Court 13 April 2010 6 August 2010 14 Justice Paul Daniel Dinakaran Premkumar Madras High Court 9 August 2010 29 July 2011 Justice Sonam Phintso Wangdi (acting) Sikkim High Court 30 July 2011 11 December 2011 15 Justice Permod Kohli Jammu and Kashmir High Court 12 December 2011 28 February 2013 Justice Sonam Phintso Wangdi (acting) Sikkim High Court 1 March 2013 27 March 2013 Pranab Mukherjee 16 Justice Pius C. Kuriakose Kerala High Court 28 March 2013 1 October 2013 Justice Narendra Kumar Jain (acting) Rajasthan High Court 2 October 2013 6 January 2014 17 Justice Narendra Kumar Jain 7 January 2014 7 October 2014 Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha (acting) Chhattisgarh High Court 8 October 2014 29 March 2015 18 Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha 30 March 2015 6 July 2016 Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri (acting) Madhya Pradesh High Court 7 July 2016 21 September 2016 19 Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri 22 September 2016 30 June 2018 Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting) Sikkim High Court 1 July 2018 29 October 2018 Ram Nath Kovind 20 Justice Vijay Kumar Bist Uttarakhand High Court 30 October 2018 16 September 2019 Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting) Sikkim High Court 17 September 2019 14 October 2019 21 Justice Arup Kumar Goswami Gauhati High Court 15 October 2019 5 January 2021 22 Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari Madhya Pradesh High Court 6 January 2021 31 August 2021 Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting) Sikkim High Court 1 September 2021 11 October 2021 23 Justice Biswanath Somadder Calcutta High Court 12 October 2021 14 December 2025 Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting) Sikkim High Court 15 December 2025 18 December 2025 Droupadi Murmu 24 Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque Kerala High Court 19 December 2025 Incumbent
Judges elevated as Chief Justices This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Sikkim. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Sikkim High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Sikkim High Court but does not have Sikkim 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 retirementTenureRef..As JudgeAs Chief JusticeAs Chief JusticeAs JudgeAnandamoy BhattacharjeeCalcutta, transferred to BombayRepusudan DayalSikkimMeenakshi Madan Rai Patna
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..A. M. BhattacharjeeSikkim --CalcuttaBecame permanentRepusudan DayalSikkim --Anup DebSikkimAnanda Prakash SubbaSikkimSonam Phinsto WangdiSikkimM. M. RaiSikkim --
See also List of high courts in India
Notes
References Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts Judge strength in High Courts increased
External links The Sikkim High Court website