List of chief justices of Lahore High Court

This is the list of chief justices of Lahore High Court.

List of justices of Lahore High Court

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These are the names of the judges of the Lahore High court.

Temporal order Name Term of office Appointed by Reason for end of term Comments
1. Muneeb Ahmed 1866–1867
2. Charles Boulnois 1867–1877
3. Charles Richard Lindsay 1877–1890
4. Sir Mohammad Abdur Rahman 1942-1948 Elevated to the Federal Court of Pakistan

List of chief justices of Lahore High Court

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These are the names of the chief justices of the Lahore High Court.

Temporal order Name Term of office Appointed by Reason for end of term Comments
1. Sir Charles Arthur Roe 1895–1898
2. Sir William Ovens Clark 1898–1909
3. Sir Arthur Hay Stewart Reid 1909–1914
4. Sir Alfred Kensington 1914–1915
5. Sir Donald Campbell Johnstone 1915–1917
6. Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan 1917–1919
7. Sir Shadi Lal 1920–1934
8. Sir John Douglas Young 1934–1943
9. Sir Arthur Trevor Harries 1943–1946
10. Sir Abdul Rashid 1946–1948
11. Muhammad Munir 1949–1954
12. Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman 1954–1955 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan As result of One Unit formation, he was made Chief Justice West Pakistan High Court during 1955–1958
13. Muhammad Rustam Kayani 1958–1962
14. Sheikh Manzur Qadir 1962–1963
15. Abdul Aziz Khan 1963–1965
17. Inamullah Khan 1965–1967
18. Waheed-ud-Din Ahmad 1967 – September 22, 1969 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
19. Qadeer-ud-Din Ahmad 1969–1970
20. Sheikh Anwarul Haq 1970 – October 16, 1972 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
21. Sardar Muhammad Iqbal October 16, 1972 – 1976
22. Aslam Riaz Hussain 1976 – January 11, 1978 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
23. Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain January 12, 1978– June 1, 1980 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
24. Shamim Hussain Qadri 1980–1982
25. Dr. Javed Iqbal 1982 – October 5, 1986 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
26. Ghulam Mujaddid Mirza 1986 – April 21, 1988 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
27. Abdul Shakurul Salam 1988–1989 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
28. Mohammad Rafique Tarar 1989 – October 31, 1991 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
29. Mian Mahboob Ahmad 1991–1994
30. Muhammad Ilyas 1994–1995
*. Irshad Hassan Khan June 19, 1995 – April 15, 1996 Acting Chief Justice
31. Chaudhary Zahid May 15, 1996 – December 17, 1996 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
32. Sh. Ijaz Nisar December 17, 1996 – May 28, 1997 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
33. Sheikh Riaz Ahmad May 29, 1997 – November 3, 1997 Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
34. Rashid Aziz Khan November 4, 1997 – February 4, 2000
35. Mian Allah Nawaz February 5, 2000 – July 13, 2000 Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
36. Falak Sher July 14, 2000 – September 6, 2002 Muhammad Rafiq Tarar Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
37. Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry September 7, 2002 – December 31, 2007 Pervez Musharraf Normal Retirement took oath on PCO 1999 and later PCO 2007 as sitting judge of Lahore High Court
38. Sayed Zahid Hussain January 1, 2008 – April 12, 2009 Pervez Musharraf Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan took oath on PCO 1999 and later PCO 2007 as sitting judge of Lahore High Court
39. Khawaja Muhammad Sharif April 13, 2009 – December 8, 2010 Asif Ali Zardari Retired
40. Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry December 9, 2010 – November 16, 2011 Asif Ali Zardari Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
41. Sheikh Azmat Saeed November 17, 2011 – May 31, 2012 Asif Ali Zardari Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
42. Umar Ata Bandial 1 June 2012 – 17 June 2014 Asif Ali Zardari elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
43. Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmad 17 June 2014 – 5 November 2015 Mamnoon Hussain Retired
44. Manzoor Ahmad Malik 30 March 2015 to 5 November 2015 Mamnoon Hussain Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
45. Ijazul Ahsan 6 November 2015 to 27 June 2016 Mamnoon Hussain Elevated to Supreme Court of Pakistan
46. Syed Mansoor Ali Shah 28 June 2016 – 06 Feb 2018 Mamnoon Hussain
47. Syed Yawar Ali 7 Feb 2018–21 October 2018 Mamnoon Hussain
48. Muhammad Anwaarul Haq 22 October 2018- 31 December 2018 Arif Alvi
49. Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan 01 Jan 2019 - 31 December 2019 Arif Alvi
50. Mamoon Rashid Sheikh 1st Jan 2020 - 18 Mar 2020 Arif Alvi Retired
51. Muhammad Qasim Khan 19 March 2020 – 5 July 2021 Arif Alvi