Uttarakhand High Court

Uttarakhand High Court
29.3958°N 79.4477°E / 29.3958; 79.4477
Established	9 November 2000 (2000-11-09)
Jurisdiction	Uttarakhand
Location	Nainital, Uttarakhand
Coordinates	29.3958°N 79.4477°E / 29.3958; 79.4477
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand
Authorised by	Constitution of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	11 (9 Permanent Judges + 2 Additional Judges)
Website	Uttarakhand High Court
Chief Justice
Currently	Vipin Sanghi
Since	28 June 2022

The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The building of Uttarakhand High Court was constructed by Santoni MacDonald in 1900.

The Uttarakhand State was carved out from the State of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 under the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. At the time of the creation of the State, the High Court of Uttarakhand was also established on the same day at Nainital.

The sanctioned judge strength at the time of creation in 2000 was 7; this was increased to 9 in 2003. Justice Ashok Desai was the inaugural holder of the office. Former Chief Justices of Uttarakhand Sarosh Homi Kapadia and Jagdish Singh Khehar later went on to become Chief Justice of India. Vipin Sanghi is the current Acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 28 June 2022.

List of sitting judges of the Uttarakhand High Court

There are currently seven sitting judges including the Acting Chief Justice, with four posts of judges lying vacant. Following is the list of the current serving judges of the Uttarakhand High Court, ordered by seniority.

No.	Name	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Type of Vacancy	Parent High Court
Permanent Judges
1	Sanjaya Kumar Mishra (Acting Chief Justice)	7 October 2009	28 December 2023	Bench	Orissa
2	Manoj Kumar Tiwari	19 May 2017	18 September 2027	Bar	Uttarakhand
3	Sharad Kumar Sharma		31 December 2023
4	Narayan Singh Dhanik	3 December 2018	19 May 2022	Bench
5	Ramesh Chandra Khulbe		2 January 2023
6	Ravindra Maithani		24 June 2027
7	Alok Kumar Verma	27 May 2019	15 August 2026
8	Vacant
9	Vacant
Additional Judges
1	Vacant
2	Vacant

Registrar General

Vivek Bharti Sharma is the current Registrar General of the Uttarakhand High Court. He Assumed office on 4 April 2022.

Notable cases

In March 2017, Uttarakhand High Court mandated that the rivers Ganges and Yamuna as well as all water bodies are "living entities" i.e. "legal person" and appointed 3 persons as trustees to protect the rights of rivers against the pollution caused by the humans.

See also

• Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
• High courts of India
• List of sitting judges of High Courts of India
• Supreme Court of India
• List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
• District Courts of India
• Nyaya panchayat
• Uttarakhand Lok Adalat
• Uttarakhand Lokayukta
• Judiciary of India

External links

• The High Court of Uttarakhand, official website
• Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
• Judge strength in High Courts increased
• High Court of Uttarakhand