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List of chief justices of the Uttarakhand High Court

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The chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court is the highest presiding judicial officer in the state of Uttarakhand and the custodian of the Uttarakhand High Court. The chief justice is appointed by the President of India with the advice of the chief justice and the Governor of Uttarakhand. Guhanathan Narendar is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 26 December 2024.

List of chief justices of Uttarakhand

List of chief justices

More information #, Portrait ...
# Portrait Chief Justice Term start Term end
1 Walter Morgan 1866 1871
2 Robert Stuart 1871 1884
3 William Comer Petheram 1884 1886
4 John Edge 1886 1898
5 Louis Addin Kershaw 1898
6 Arthur Strachey 1898 1901
7 John Stanley 1901 1911
8 Henry George Richards 1911 1919
9 Edward Grimwood Mears 1919 1932
10 Shah Muhammad Sulaiman 1932 1937
11 John Gibb Thom 1937 1941
12 Iqbal Ahmad 1941 1946
13 Kamala Kanta Verma 1946 1947
After Independence
14 Bidhu Bhushan Malik 1947 1955
15 O.H. Mootham 1955 1961
16 Manulal Chunilal Desai 1961 1966
17 Vashishtha Bhargava 25 February 1966 7 August 1966
18 Nasirullah Beg 1966 1967
19 Vidyadhar Govind Oak 1967 1971
20 Shashi Kanta Verma 1971 1973
21 Dhatri Saran Mathur 1973 1974
22 Kunwar Bahadur Asthana 1974 1977
23 D. M. Chandrashekhar 1977 1978
24 Satish Chandra 1978 1983
25 Mahesh Narain Shukla 1983 1985
26 Hriday Nath Seth 1986
27 Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty 1986 1987
28 Dwarka Nath Jha 1987
29 Amitav Banerji 1987 1988
30 Brahma Nath Katju 1988 1989
31 B. P. Jeevan Reddy 1990 1991
32 Manoj Kumar Mukherjee 1991 1993
33 S. S. Sodhi 1994 1995
34 A. Lakshman Rao 1995 1996
35 D. P. Mohapatra 1996 1998
36 N. K. Mitra 1999 2000
37 Shyamal Kumar Sen 8 May 2000 9 November 2000
38 Ashok Desai
(1942–2006)		 9 November 2000 5 December 2000
39 Ashok Desai
(1942–2006)		 6 December 2000 31 March 2003
40 Prakash Chandra Verma
(born 1951)		 1 April 2003 4 August 2003
41 Sarosh Homi Kapadia
(1947–2016)		 5 August 2003 17 December 2003
42 Prakash Chandra Verma
(born 1951)		 18 December 2003 24 July 2004
43 Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar
(born 1946)		 25 July 2004 19 March 2005
44 Cyriac Joseph
(born 1947)		 20 March 2005 7 January 2006
45 Prakash Chandra Verma
(born 1951)		 8 January 2006 13 January 2006
46 Rajiv Gupta
(born 1950)		 14 January 2006 1 February 2008
47 Vinod Kumar Gupta
(born 1947)		 2 February 2008 9 September 2009
48 Bipin Chandra Kandpal
(born 1948)		 10 September 2009 24 September 2009
49 Tarun Agarwal
(born 1956)		 25 September 2009 28 November 2009
50 Jagdish Singh Khehar
(born 1952)		 29 November 2009 11 August 2010
51 Barin Ghosh
(1952–2015)		 12 August 2010 4 June 2014
52 Sudhanshu Dhulia
(born 1960)		 5 June 2014 30 July 2014
53 Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph
(born 1958)		 31 July 2014 6 August 2018
54 Rajeev Sharma
(born 1958)		 7 August 2018 1 November 2018
55 Ramesh Ranganathan
(born 1958)		 2 November 2018 27 July 2020
56 Ravi Malimath
(born 1962)		 28 July 2020 6 January 2021
57 Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
(born 1959)		 7 January 2021 23 December 2021
58 Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
(born 1961)		 24 December 2021 28 June 2022
59 Vipin Sanghi
(born 1961)		 28 June 2022 26 October 2023
60 Manoj Kumar Tiwari
(born 1965)		 27 October 2023 3 February 2024
61 Ritu Bahri
(born 1962)		 4 February 2024 10 October 2024
62 Manoj Kumar Tiwari
(born 1965)		 11 October 2024 25 December 2024
63 Guhanathan Narendar
(born 1964)		 26 December 2024 10 January 2026
64 Manoj Kumar Gupta
(born 1964)		 10 January 2026 Incumbent
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Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court was established on 9 November 2000 under Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 and has had 14 Chief Justices excluding[1] Acting Chief Justices.

For Acting chief justices

See also: List of former acting chief justices of the high courts of India § Uttarakhand High Court
More information #, Name ...
# Name Portrait Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Tenure Parent High Court Date of initial Appointment
1 Ashok Desai 6 December 2000 31 March 2003[‡] 2 years, 116 days Bombay 21 November 1986
2 Sarosh Homi Kapadia S. H. Kapadia 5 August 2003 17 December 2003 135 days Bombay 8 October 1991
3 Vikas Sridhar Sirpurkar 25 July 2004 19 March 2005[a] 238 days Bombay 9 November 1992
4 Cyriac Joseph 20 March 2005 6 January 2006[b] 293 days Kerala 6 July 1994
5 Rajeev Gupta 14 January 2006[c] 1 February 2008[d] 2 years, 19 days Madhya Pradesh 27 September 1994
6 Vinod Kumar Gupta 2 February 2008[e] 9 September 2009 1 year, 220 days Jammu & Kashmir 7 November 1990
7 Jagdish Singh Khehar J. S. Khehar 29 November 2009 7 August 2010[b] 252 days Punjab & Haryana 8 February 1999
8 Barin Ghosh 12 August 2010[f] 4 June 2014 3 years, 297 days Calcutta 14 July 1995
9 Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph 31 July 2014 6 August 2018 4 years, 7 days Kerala 14 October 2004
10 Ramesh Ranganathan 2 November 2018 27 July 2020 1 year, 269 days Andhra Pradesh 26 May 2005
11 Raghvendra Singh Chauhan 7 January 2021[g] 23 December 2021 351 days Rajasthan 13 June 2005
12 Vipin Sanghi 28 June 2022 26 October 2023 1 year, 121 days Delhi 29 May 2006
13 Ritu Bahri 4 February 2024 10 October 2024 250 days Punjab & Haryana 16 August 2010
14 Guhanathan Narendar 26 December 2024 9 January 2026 1 year, 15 days Karnataka 2 January 2015
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  1. [a]
    Transferred to Calcutta High Court
  2. [b]
    Transferred to Karnataka High Court
  3. [c]
    CJ of Kerala High Court transferred as CJ of Uttarakhand
  4. [d]
    Transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court
  5. [e]
    CJ of Himachal Pradesh High Court transferred as CJ of Uttarakhand
  6. [f]
    CJ of Sikkim High Court transferred as CJ of Uttarakhand
  7. [g]
    CJ of Telangana High Court transferred as CJ of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court was established on 9 November 2000 under Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 with Ashok Desai as its inaugural acting chief justice.

For Permanent chief justices

See also: List of former chief justices of the high courts of India § Uttarakhand High Court
More information Name, Image ...
Name Image From
(Reason)		 To
(Reason)		 Tenure Parent High Court Date of initial Appointment
Ashok Desai 9 November 2000
(Creation of New HC)		 5 December 2000
(Became permanent)		 27 days Bombay 21 November 1986
Prakash Chandra Verma[2] 1 April 2003
(Resignation of CJ Ashok Desai)		 4 August 2003
(Appointment of S. H. Kapadia as new CJ)		 126 days Allahabad 5 February 1999
18 December 2003
(Elevation of CJ S. H. Kapadia to SCI)		 24 July 2004
(Appointment of V. S. Sirpurkar as new CJ)		 220 days
7 January 2006
(Transfer of CJ Cyriac Joseph to Karnataka)		 13 January 2006
(Appointment of Rajeev Gupta as new CJ)		 7 days
B. C. Kandapal[3] 10 September 2009
(Retirement of CJ V. K. Gupta)		 25 September 2009
(Transfer of Tarun Agarwala as ACJ)		 16 days Uttarakhand 29 June 2004
Tarun Agarwala 25 September 2009
(Transferred as ACJ)		 28 November 2009
(Appointment of J. S. Khehar as new CJ)		 65 days Allahabad 7 January 2004
V. K. Bist 5 June 2014
(Retirement of CJ Barin Ghosh)		 30 July 2014
(Appointment of K. M. Joseph as new CJ)		 56 days Uttarakhand 1 November 2008
Rajeev Sharma 7 August 2018
(Elevation of CJ K. M. Joseph to SCI)		 2 November 2018
(Appointment of R. Ranganathan as new CJ)		 87 days Himachal Pradesh 3 April 2007
Ravi Malimath 28 July 2020
(Retirement of CJ R. Ranganathan)		 6 January 2021[a]
(Appointment of R. S. Chauhan as new CJ)		 132 days Karnataka 18 February 2008
S. K. Mishra[4] 24 December 2021
(Retirement of CJ R. S. Chauhan)		 28 June 2022
(Appointment of Vipin Sanghi as new CJ)		 187 days Orissa 7 October 2009
M. K. Tiwari[5] 27 October 2023
(Retirement of CJ Vipin Sanghi)		 3 February 2024
(Appointment of Ritu Bahri as new CJ)		 100 days Uttarakhand 19 May 2017
11 October 2024
(Retirement of CJ Ritu Bahri)		 25 December 2024
(Appointment of G. Narendar as new CJ)		 76 days
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  1. [a]
    Transferred as Judge to Himachal Pradesh High Court


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