List of chief justices of the Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh High Court
Established1971
LocationShimla, Himachal Pradesh
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized byConstitution of India
Appeals toSupreme Court of India
Judge term lengthMandatory Retirement by age of 62
Number of positions13
Websitehphighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
CurrentlyLingappa Narayana Swamy
Since6 October 2019

The Chief Justice

On 6 October 2019, Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy took oath as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.[1]

List of Chief Justices

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 Incumbent Lingappa Narayana Swamy

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