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Chhattisgarh High Court

Coordinates: 22°01′06″N 82°05′49″E / 22.0182°N 82.0969°E / 22.0182; 82.0969
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Chhattisgarh High Court
छत्तीसगढ़ उच्च न्यायालय
Map
22°01′06″N 82°05′49″E / 22.0182°N 82.0969°E / 22.0182; 82.0969
Established11 January 2000; 25 years ago (2000-01-11)
JurisdictionChhattisgarh
LocationBilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Coordinates22°01′06″N 82°05′49″E / 22.0182°N 82.0969°E / 22.0182; 82.0969
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorised byConstitution of India
Judge term lengthmandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions22
(Permanent-17; Additional-5)
Websitehighcourt.cg.gov.in
Chief Justice
CurrentlyRamesh Sinha
Since29 March 2023

The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at Village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of New state of Chhattisgarh upon the reorganisation of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Bilaspur is the 19th High Court of India.[1][2]

Justice R. S. Garg was the first acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.[1]

Judges

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The Chhattisgarh High Court sits at Bilaspur in the state of Chhattisgarh, and may have a maximum of 22 judges, of which 17 may be permanent and 5 may be additionally appointed. Currently, it has 14 judges.[3]

Permanent judges

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# Judge Date of joining Date of retirement
1 Ramesh Sinha (CJ) 21 November 2011 4 September 2026
2 Goutam Bhaduri 16 September 2013 9 November 2024
3 Sanjay Kumar Agrawal 16 September 2013 14 July 2027
4 Sanjay Agrawal 29 September 2016 20 August 2026
5 Parth Prateem Sahu 18 June 2018 18 April 2033
6 Rajani Dubey 18 June 2018 29 June 2026
Vacant

Additional judges

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# Judge Date of joining
1 Narendra Kumar Vyas 22 March 2021
2 Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi 22 March 2021
3 Deepak Kumar Tiwari 8 October 2021
4 Sachin Singh Rajput 16 May 2022
5 Rakesh Mohan Pandey 2 August 2022
6 Radhakishan Agrawal 2 August 2022

List of chief justices

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High Court

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# Portrait Chief Justice Term
1 Gilbert Stone 9 January 1936–
2 Frederick Louis Grille
3 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1951–1954
4 M. Hidayatullah 1954–31 October 1956

High Court

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# Chief Justice Tenure
Portrait Start Finish
4 M. Hidayatullah 1 November 1956 12 December 1958
5 Ganesh Prasad Bhutt 13 December 1958 22 September 1959
6 P. V. Dixit 22 September 1959 18 March 1969
7 Bishambhar Dayal 19 March 1969 13 March 1972
8 P. K. Tare 14 September 1972 10 October 1975
9 Shiv Dayal Shrivastava 11 October 1975 28 February 1978
10 A. P. Sen 28 February 1978 14 July 1978
11 G. P. Singh 27 July 1978 3 January 1984
12 Goverdhanlal Jamnalal Oza 1 December 1984 27 October 1985
13 J. S. Verma 14 June 1986 27 August 1986
14 Narayan Dutt Ojha 8 October 1986 18 January 1988
15 G. G. Sohani 21 October 1989 23 October 1989
16 Sushil Kumar Jha 27 October 1989 15 December 1993
17 Ullal Lakshminarayan Bhat 15 December 1993 10 October 1995
18 A. K. Mathur 3 February 1996 21 December 1999
19 Bhawani Singh 24 February 2000 5 December 2000
20 R. S. Garg 1 November 2000 4 December 2000
21 W.A. Shishak 5 December 2000 15 January 2002
22 K.H.N. Kuranga 6 February 2002 10 May 2004
23 Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala Moorthy 28 May 2004 7 January 2005
24 A.K. Patnaik 14 March 2005 1 October 2005
25 S.R. Nayak 17 November 2005 31 December 2006
26 H.L. Dattu 12 February 2007 17 May 2007
27 Rajeev Gupta 2 February 2008 9 October 2012
28 Yatindra Singh 22 October 2012 8 October 2014
29 Navin Sinha 9 October 2014 8 April 2015
9 April 2015 13 May 2016
30 Deepak Gupta 16 May 2016 16 February 2017
31 Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan 18 March 2017 6 July 2018
32 Ajay Kumar Tripathi 7 July 2018 22 March 2019
33 Prashant Kumar Mishra 23 March 2019 6 May 2019
34 P. R. Ramachandra Menon 6 May 2019 31 May 2021
35 Prashant Kumar Mishra 1 June 2021 12 October 2021
36 Arup Kumar Goswami 12 October 2021 10 March 2023
37 Goutam Bhaduri 10 March 2023 28 March 2023
38 Ramesh Sinha 28 March 2023 —

Judges

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The court has a Sanctioned strength of 22 (Permanent:17, Additional:5) judges.

Judges transferred from the Chhattisgarh High Court-

Sr. no. Name of the judge, justice Recruitment Date of appointment Date of retirement Remark
1 Pritinker Diwaker BAR 31 March 2009 21 November 2023 Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
2 Prashant Kumar Mishra BAR 10 December 2009 28 August 2026 Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court

Sitting Judges of Chhattisgarh High Court-

See also: List of sitting judges of High Courts of India § Chhattisgarh High Court

Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association

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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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  1. ^ a b "The Hindu : Chhattisgarh HC at Bilaspur". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Inaugural Speech". Chhattisgarh High Court. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Chhattisgarh Highcourt – Sitting Judges". highcourt.cg.gov.in. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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