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The Uttarakhand High Court is a relatively new addition to India's judiciary system. The building of Uttarakhand High Court was constructed by Santoni MacDonald in 1900. Uttarakhand was carved out from the state of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 under the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. At the time of the creation of the state, the ...
Guhanathan Narendar (born 10 January 1964) is an Indian judge, presently serving as the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court. He is a former Judge of the Karnataka High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court. [1] [2]
The court fee paid initially in the court for the complaints/petition is refunded to the parties, as no court fee is chargeable if a matter referred in the Lok Adalat and is resolved with parties agreeing to bind by it. Procedural laws and the Evidence Act are not strictly followed while assessing claims.
In 1997, he shifted his practice to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Following the creation of the State of Uttarakhand on 9 November 2000, he returned to Uttarakhand and commenced practice at the High Court of Uttarakhand in Nainital. His practice encompassed constitutional, criminal, civil, service, and revenue matters.
Justice Rakesh Thapliyal was born on 15 November 1965 in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand.He comes from a family dedicated to education and law. His father, the late Shri Chandi Prasad Thapliyal, was an Assistant Teacher in Physical Education, while his mother, Smt. Kamla Devi, was the daughter of late Shri Janardhan Prasad Joshi, a practicing advocate in the District Court of Chamoli.
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 .
The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in that high court, whichever is higher. The Madras High Court is the oldest high court in the country, established on 26 June 1862 ...
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1122 of which 846 judges are permanent and remaining 276 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 1 January 2025, 371 of the seats, about 33% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...