Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court
Established	29 August 1949 (1949-08-29)
Jurisdiction	Rajasthan
Location	Principal Seat: Jodhpur, Rajasthan Circuit Bench: Jaipur
Coordinates	26.292246°N 73.035172°E / 26.292246; 73.035172
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by	Constitution of India
Appeals to	Supreme Court of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	50 (Permanent: 38 ; Addl: 12)
Website	http://hcraj.nic.in/
Chief Justice
Currently	Akil Kureshi
Since	12 October 2021

The Rajasthan High Court is the High Court of the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949.

The seat of the court is at Jodhpur. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 50.

View of the Rajasthan High Court, Sardar museum in Umaid Park and upper right is Jodhpur fort in 1960.

There were five High Courts functioning in the various units of the States - at Jodhpur, Jaipur and Bikaner, the High Courts of former Rajasthan and Matsya Union, before unification of the Rajasthan. The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 abolished these different jurisdictions and provided for a single High Court for the entire State. The High Court of Rajasthan was founded in 1949 at Jaipur, and was inaugurated by the Rajpramukh, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh on 29 August 1949, later on after complete integration of Rajasthan in 1956 it was moved at Jodhpur with recommendation of the Satyanarayan Rao committee.

The first Chief Justice was Kamala Kant Verma. A bench was formed at Jaipur on 31 January 1977 under sub-section (2) of Section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 which was dissolved in 1958. Currently the sanctioned strength of the judges is 50 and actual strength is 34.

List of chief justices

#	Portrait	Chief Justice	Term	Remarks
1		Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh	1947 – 1949	Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh or Ghose, ICS was an Indian civil servant and a jurist.
2		Kamala Kant Verma	29 August 1949–1950	the 1st Indian Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
3		Kailas Nath Wanchoo	1951–1958	a member of the first Lok Sabha and a freedom fighter.
4		Sarju Prasad	1959–1961
5		J.S. Ranawat	1961 – 1963
6		D.S. Dave	1963–1964
7		Daulat Mal Bhandari	1964–1969	a member of the first Lok Sabha and a freedom fighter
8		J. Narayan	1969–1969
9		B.P. Beri	1969–1969
10		P.N. Shinghal	1969–1970
11		V.P. Tyagi	1970–1970
12		C. Honniah	1970–1971
13		Chand Mal Lodha	1971–1980	chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court and the Guwahati High Court.
14		K.D. Sharma	1980–1981
15		P.K. Banerjee	1981 –1982
16		D.P. Gupta	1982–1985
17		J. S. Verma	1985–1986	the 27th Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997 to 18 January 1998. He was the chairman of National Human Rights Commission from 1999 to 2003, and chairman of the Justice Verma Committee
18		Krishna Chandra Agarwal	1986 –1994	Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Calcutta High Court.
19		G.C. Mittal	1994–1995
20		A.P. Ravani	1995–1996
21		Mukul Gopal Mukherjee	1996–1999
22		Shivaraj V Patil	1999–2000
23		A. R. Lakshmanan	2000–2002	Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court in 2000 and Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2001. He retired in 2007.chairman of the Law Commission of India during 2006-2009
24		Arun Kumar	2002–2002
25		Anil Dev Singh	2002–2004
26		S. N. Jha	2004–2005
27		J. M. Panchal	2006–2006
28		Rajesh Bhalla	2006–2008
29		Narayan Roy	2008–2008
30		Deepak Verma	2008–2009	Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka [6][7] and Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Chairperson and member of the Advisory Committee of several renowned academic institutions and universities in India.
31		Jagadish Bhalla	10 August 2009–31 October 2010	Former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan High Court
32		Arun Kumar Mishra	1 November 2010–2 January 2013	judge of the Supreme Court of India.Mishra has taken several steps to dovetail technology in functions of Rajasthan High Court. His initiatives include publication of first ever Newsletter of Rajasthan High Court and inauguration of a Museum.Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta.
33		Amitava Roy	2 January 2013– 5 August 2014	judge of the Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court[1] and Rajasthan High Court.made it compulsory for cinema halls across India to play the National Anthem of India before the screening of any film, and mandated that the audience stand while the National Anthem was played
34		S. K. Mittal	6 August 2014- 13 May 2016
35		Navin Sinha	14 May 2016- 16 February 2017	Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Chief justice of Chhattisgarh High Court and after that as the Chief justice of Rajasthan High Court
36		Pradeep Nandrajog	2 April 2017- 6 April 2019	Presently, he is Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and former Chief justice of Rajasthan High Court and Judge of Delhi High Court
37		Mohammad Rafiq	7 April 2019 - 4 May 2019	appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 7 April 2019 after transfer of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog to Bombay High Court.
38		Shripathi Ravindra Bhat	5 May 2019 - 22 September 2019	Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.[1] He is also former Judge of Delhi High Court.
(37)		Mohammad Rafiq	23 September 2019 - 5 Oct 2019	appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 23 September 2019 after elevation of Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat to Supreme Court of India.
39		Indrajit Mahanty	6 October 2019-oct 11 2021	Appointed as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 6 October 2019. He is former Judge of Bombay High Court.
40		Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi	12 October Incumbent	Appointment as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 9 October 2021. He is former Chief Justice of Tripura High Court and former Judge of High Court of Gujarat

Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur

Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur is a registered society of the Advocates practicing at Jaipur Bench of Rajasthan High Court. The body elects its office bearers through direct election every year.

Statue of Manu

On March 3, 1989, the Rajasthan Judicial Officers Association sponsored by the Lions Club had installed a Manu idol in front of the lawn of the high court with the permission of the high court..

See also

• High courts of India
• List of chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court
• List of judges of the Rajasthan High Court

References

• Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
• Judge strength in High Courts increased

External links

• Rajasthan High Court official website
• Rajasthan High Court Recruitment Process
• List of Former Chief Justices of Rajasthan High Court
• List of Former Justices of Rajasthan High Court