Uttaranchal High Court
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The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court
of the state of Uttarakhand
in India
. It was established on 9 November 2000 under the Uttar Pradesh Reorgansisation Act, 2000 after the state split from Uttar Pradesh
.
The seat of the court is Nainital. The sanctioned judge strength at the time of creation in 2000 was 7; this was increased to 9 in 2003.
High Courts of India
India's unitary judicial system is made up of the Supreme Court of India at the national level, for the entire country and the 21 High Courts at the State level. These courts have jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories...
of the state of Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was established on 9 November 2000 under the Uttar Pradesh Reorgansisation Act, 2000 after the state split from Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
.
The seat of the court is Nainital. The sanctioned judge strength at the time of creation in 2000 was 7; this was increased to 9 in 2003.
Chief Justice
Barin Ghosh is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 12 August 2010.Former Chief Justices
| Chief Justice | Term |
|---|---|
| Ashok A. Desai (acting) | 9 November 2000–5 December 2000 |
| Ashok A. Desai | 6 December 2000–31 March 2003 |
| P.C. Verma (acting) | 1 April 2003–4 August 2003 |
| S. H. Kapadia S. H. Kapadia Sarosh Homi Kapadia is the thirty-eighth and current Chief Justice of India.-Early life:... |
5 August 2003–17 December 2003 |
| P. C. Verma (acting) | 18 December 2003–24 July 2004 |
| V. S. Sirpurkar V. S. Sirpurkar V. S. Sirpurkar is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed Supreme Court judge on January 12, 2007 and retired on August 21, 2011, completing a four-and-a-half-year tenure.-Career:... |
25 July 2004–19 March 2005 |
| Cyriac Joseph | 20 March 2005–7 January 2006 |
| P. C. Verma (acting) | 8 January 2006–13 January 2006 |
| Rajeev Gupta | 14 January 2006–1 February 2008 |
| Vinod Kumar Gupta | 2 February 2008–9 September 2009 |
| Bipin Chandra Kandpal (acting) | 10 September 2009–28 November 2009 |
| Jagdish Singh Khehar | 29 September 2009–7 August 2010 |