Madhya Pradesh High Court - Wikipedia Madhya Pradesh High Court This article may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia 's layout guidelines. Please help by editing the article to make improvements to the overall structure. ( June 2017 ) Madhya Pradesh High Court Established 1956 Country India Location Principal Seat : Jabalpur, M.P. Circuit Benches : Indore & Gwalior Composition method Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. Authorized by Constitution of India Decisions are appealed to Supreme Court of India Judge term length mandatory retirement by age of 62 No. of positions 53 Website http://mphc.gov.in/ Chief Justice Currently Hemant gupta The Madhya Pradesh High Court ( Hindi : मध्य प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय ) is the High Court of the state of Madhya Pradesh which is located in Jabalpur. It was established as the Nagpur High Court on 2 January 1936 by Letters Patent dated 2 January 1936, issued under Section 108 the Government of India Act, 1935. This Letters Patent continued in force even after the adoption of the constitution of India on 26 January 1950 by virtue of Articles 225 & 372 thereof. On 1 November 1956 the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was enacted. The new state of Madhya Pradesh was constituted under S. 9 thereof. Subsection ( 1 ) of Section 49 of the States Re-organisation Act ordained that from the appointed day i.e., 1 November 1956, the High Court exercising jurisdiction, in relation to the existing state of Madhya Pradesh, i.e. Nagpur High Court, shall be deemed to be the High Court for the present state of Madhya Pradesh. Thus Nagpur High Court was not abolished but by a legal fiction it became High Court for the new state of Madhya Pradesh with its seat at Jabalpur. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 42. Contents 1 Principal seat & Benches 2 Principal seat & Benches 3 Former Chief Justices 3.1 Nagpur High Court 3.2 Madhya Pradesh High Court 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Principal seat & benches The present state of Madhya Pradesh, as is well known, was originally created as Central Province on 02 / 11 / 1861, as Judicial Commission 's territory and was administered by the Judicial Commissioner. The Judicial Commissioner 's court at Nagpur was, at that time, the highest Court of the territory. It was converted into a Governor 's province in 1921, when it became entitled to a full - fledged High Court for administration of Justice. Meanwhile, Berar, a part of Nijam 's state of Hyderebad, was transferred in 1933 to the Central Province, for administration. This gave the state its new name Central Provinces and Berar. Thereafter, by virtue of Letters Patent dated 2 January 1936, issued under Section 108 of the Government of India Act, 1915, by King Emperor, George the Fifth, Nagpur High Court was established for Central Pronvices & Berar. This Letters Patent, whereunder the Nagpur High Court was constituted and invested with jurisdiction, continued in force even after the adoption of the constitution of India on 26 January 1950 by virtue of Articles 225 & 372 thereof. On 1 November 1956, new state of Madhya Pradesh was constituted under States Reorganisation Act. Subsection ( 1 ) of Section 49 of the States Re-organisation Act ordained that from the appointed day i.e., 1 November 1956, the High Court exercising jurisdiction, in relation to the existing state of Madhya Pradesh, i.e. Nagpur High Court, shall be deemed to be the High Court for the present state of Madhya Pradesh. Thus Nagpur High Court was not abolished but by a legal fiction it became High Court for the new state of Madhya Pradesh with its seat at Jabalpur. Hon'ble the Chief Justice, vide order dated 1st of November 1956 constituted temporary benches of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore and Gwalior. Later, by a Presidential Notification Dt. 28th of November 1968, issued in the exercise of the powers conferred by the Subsection ( 2 ) of section 51 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956, permanent benches of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore and Gwalior were established. This state of affairs continued till 1st of November 2000, when the state of Chhattisgarh was carved of the existing state of Madhya Pradesh by virtue of the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000 and the High Court of Chhattisgarh was established for that state with its seat at Bilaspur. The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur then became High Court for the successor state of Madhya Pradesh. The principal seat of the court is Jabalpur. The court is housed in an impressive building constructed by Raja Gokul Das in 1899. The building was designed by Henry Irwin in 1886. The construction work of this building was commenced in 1886 and completed in 1889. The building was constructed in brick - lime with ornamental towers and cornices. The architecture of the building is mixed baroque and oriental. The arches as well as the bastions at the corner are ornamental. There are 14 court rooms in this building. Principal seat & benches on 1 November 1956, constituted two temporary benches of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, one at Indore and the other at Gwalior. later by a Notification, issued in the exercise of the powers conferred by the Subsection ( 2 ) of section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 came into existence as the permanent benches on 28 November 1968. hon'ble hemant gupta Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on April 1, 2002 and Permanent Judge on March 21, 2003. Former Chief Justices Nagpur High Court Chief Justice Term Gilbert Stone 9 January 1936&ndash ; Frederick Louis Grille Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1951&ndash ; 1954 M. Hidayatullah 1954&ndash ; 31 October 1956 Madhya Pradesh High Court Name Tenure JUSTICE M. Hidayatullah 1954 to 1958 JUSTICE Ganesh Prasad Bhutt 1958 to 1959 JUSTICE P.V. Dixit 1959 to 1969 JUSTICE Bishambhar Dayal 1969 to 1972 JUSTICE P.K. Tare 1972 to 1975 JUSTICE Shivdayal P. Shrivastava 1975 to 1978 JUSTICE A.P. Sen 1978 to 1978 JUSTICE G.P. Singh 1978 to 1984 JUSTICE Goverdhanlal Jamnalal Oza 1984 to 1985 Justice J.S. Verma 14 / 06 / 1986 27 / 08 / 1986 JUSTICE Narayan Dutt Ojha 1987 to 1988 JUSTICE G.G. Sohani 1988 to 1989 JUSTICE Sushil Kumar Jha 1989 to 1993 JUSTICE Ullal Lakshminarayan Bhatt 1993 to 1995 JUSTICE A.K. Mathur 1995 to 1999 JUSTICE Bhawani Singh 2000 to 2003 JUSTICE Kumar Rajaratnam 2003 to 2004 JUSTICE R.V. Raveendran 2004 to 2005 JUSTICE A.K. Patnaik 2005 to 2009 JUSTICE Syed Rafat Alam 2009 to 2011 JUSTICE Sharad Arvind Bobde 2012 to 2013 JUSTICE Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar 2013 TO 2016 JUSTICE Hemant Gupta 2017 to. 16.10. 2019 See also High Courts of India Notes Jump up ^ https://mphc.gov.in/former-chief-justices References Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts Judge strength in High Courts increased External links Madhya Pradesh High Court website. High courts of India Allahabad High Court Bombay High Court Calcutta High Court Chhattisgarh High Court Delhi High Court Gujarat High Court Gauhati High Court Himachal Pradesh High Court Hyderabad High Court Jammu and Kashmir High Court Jharkhand High Court Karnataka High Court Kerala High Court Madhya Pradesh High Court Madras High Court Manipur High Court Meghalaya High Court Odisha High Court Patna High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court Rajasthan High Court Sikkim High Court Tripura High Court Uttarakhand High Court Sandeep Singh Tomar thana - lidhora distt. - tikamgarh m.p. 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