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The following is a list of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court since its inception on 9 November 2000. A total of 45 judges have served in the court (including sitting judges). [1] The list has been arranged on the basis of date of retirement, or date of transfer with Chief Justices mentioned first. [2]
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 ...
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.
Maithani was also the Secretary General of the Indian Supreme Court from May 2013 till November 2014. A Supreme Court Collegium consisting of Justices Ranjan Gogoi CJI, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph recommended his name to the President of India in October 2018 for appointment as a Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court. [4]
Prafulla Chandra Pant [a] (born 30 August 1952) is an Indian judge and author who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2014 to 2017. He later served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of India from 2019 to 2021, and briefly acted as its chairperson.
He was designated as Senior Advocate by Delhi High Court in December 2005. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of Delhi High Court on 29 May 2006 and made permanent on 11 February 2008. He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on 10 March 2022 and took over as Acting Chief Justice on 13 March 2022 consequent to the ...
Judgement implemented, with 27% central government reservation for OBCs. [9] However, some states denied the existence of the creamy layer, and a report commissioned by the supreme court was not implemented. The case was pressed again in 1999 and the supreme court reaffirmed the creamy layer exclusion and extended it to SCs and STs. [7]
He was appointed acting chief justice of Uttarakhand High Court on 9 November 2000. On 6 December 2000, Desai took oath as the first chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court . Amidst a controversy where Justice Ashok Desai was superseded by a puisne judge for elevation to the Supreme Court of India , he resigned from his office on 1 April 2003.