Chhattisgarh High Court

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]

Chhattisgarh High Court
छत्तीसगढ़ उच्च न्यायालय
22.0182°N 82.0969°E / 22.0182; 82.0969
Established11 January 2000 (2000-01-11)
JurisdictionChhattisgarh
LocationBilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Coordinates22.0182°N 82.0969°E / 22.0182; 82.0969
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized 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

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

Judges

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
# 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 Puthichira Sam Koshy 16 September 2013 29 April 2029
5 Sanjay Agrawal 29 September 2016 20 August 2026
6 Arvind Singh Chandel 27 June 2017 31 August 2025
7 Parth Prateem Sahu 18 June 2018 18 April 2033
8 Rajani Dubey 18 June 2018 29 June 2026
Vacant

Additional judges
# 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
# Chief justices Date of appointment Date of retirement Governor

(Oath administered by)

1 W.A. Shishak 5 December 2000 15 January 2002 Dinesh Nandan Sahay
2 K.H.N. Kuranga 6 February 2002 10 May 2004
3 Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala Moorthy 28 May 2004 7 January 2005 Krishna Mohan Seth
4 A.K. Patnaik 14 March 2005 1 October 2005
5 S.R. Nayak 17 November 2005 31 December 2006
6 H. L. Dattu 12 February 2007 17 May 2007 E. S. L. Narasimhan
7 Rajiv Gupta 2 February 2008 9 October 2012
8 Yatindra Singh 22 October 2012 8 October 2014 Shekhar Dutt
9 Navin Sinha 9 July 2014 11 May 2016 Ram Naresh Yadav
10 Deepak Gupta 16 May 2016 16 February 2017 Balram Das Tandon
11 Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan 18 March 2017 6 July 2018
12 Ajay Kumar Tripathi 7 July 2018 22 March 2019
- Prashant Kumar Mishra (acting) 22 March 2019 6 May 2019 Anandiben Patel
13 P. R. Ramachandra Menon 6 May 2019 31 May 2021
- Prashant Kumar Mishra (acting) 31 May 2021 12 October 2021 Anusuiya Uikey
14 Arup Kumar Goswami 12 October 2021 10 March 2023
- Goutam Bhaduri (acting) 11 March 2023 28 March 2023 Biswabhusan Harichandan
15 Ramesh Sinha 29 March 2023 Incumbent

Judges

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

Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association is the representative body of advocates practicing in Bilaspur High Court elected by way of direct voting from about 2400 members of the Bar Association and its officials have a term of two years.

References
  1. "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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