The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh.
| Himachal Pradesh High Court | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Established | 1971 |
| Jurisdiction | Himachal Pradesh |
| Location | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh |
| Composition method | Presidential appointment with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. |
| Authorised by | Constitution of India |
| Appeals to | Supreme Court of India |
| Judge term length | Mandatory Retirement by age of 62 |
| Number of positions | 13 |
| Website | hphighcourt.nic.in |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | M. S. Ramachandra Rao |
| Since | 30 May 2023 |
Chief Justice
editOn 14 October 2021, Justice Mohammad Rafiq took oath as the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.[1]
List of chief justices
edit| S.No. | From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 January 1971 | 9 December 1971 | M.H. Beg |
| 2 | 18 March 1972 | 19 February 1978 | R.S. Pathak |
| 3 | 20 February 1978 | 11 December 1979 | T.U. Mehta |
| 4 | 12 December 1979 | 30 September 1983 | V.D. Misra |
| 5 | 23 December 1983 | 13 November 1988 | Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai |
| 6 | 29 March 1989 | 5 October 1989 | Narendra Mohan Kasliwal |
| 7 | 6 November 1989 | 14 January 1991 | P.C.B. Menon |
| 8 | 5 August 1991 | 20 October 1992 | Leila Seth |
| 9 | 22 June 1993 | 28 August 1993 | Shashi Kant Seth |
| 10 | 29 January 1994 | 1 August 1994 | Viswanathan Ratnam |
| 11 | 17 September 1994 | 1 March 1995 | G.C. Gupta |
| 12 | 1 March 1995 | 1 August 1996 | Sailendu Nath Phukan |
| 13 | 1 August 1996 | 24 September 1997 | Madhavachari Srinivasan |
| 14 | 6 November 1997 | 22 April 1998 | Makani Narayana Rao |
| 15 | 1 July 1998 | 28 January 2000 | Doraiswamy Raju |
| 16 | 5 May 2000 | 30 December 2001 | C.K. Thakker |
| 17 | 24 January 2002 | 1 January 2003 | W.A. Shishak |
| 18 | 8 March 2003 | 2 February 2008 | Vinod Kumar Gupta |
| 19 | 2 February 2008 | 7 August 2009 | Jagadish Bhalla |
| 20 | 8 February 2010 | 6 March 2013 | Kurian Joseph |
| 21 | 5 April 2013 | 24 November 2013 | A.M. Khanwilkar |
| 22 | 18 June 2014 | 24 April 2017 | Mansoor Ahmad Mir[2] |
| 23 | 5 October 2018 | 24 May 2019 | Surya Kant[3] |
| 24 | 22 June 2019 | 22 September 2019 | V. Ramasubramanian |
| 25 | 6 October 2019 | 30 June 2021 | Lingappa Narayana Swamy |
| 26 | 14 October 2021 | 24 May 2022 | Mohammad Rafiq |
| 27 | 21 June 2022 | 20 January 2023 | Amjad Ahtesham Sayed |
| 28 | 30 May 2023 | Incumbent | [ M. S. Ramachandra Rao ] |