# Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at Village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of New state of Chhattisgarh upon the reorganisation of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Bilaspur is the 19th High Court of India.
Justice R. S. Garg was the first acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.

## Judges

The Chhattisgarh High Court sits at Bilaspur in the state of Chhattisgarh, and may have a maximum of 22 judges, of which 17 may be permanent and 5 may be additionally appointed. Currently, it has 14 judges.

### Permanent judges

| # | Judge | Date of joining | Date of retirement |
| 1 | Ramesh Sinha (CJ) | 21 November 2011 | 4 September 2026 |
| 2 | Goutam Bhaduri | 16 September 2013 | 9 November 2024 |
| 3 | Sanjay Kumar Agrawal | 16 September 2013 | 14 July 2027 |
| 4 | Sanjay Agrawal | 29 September 2016 | 20 August 2026 |
| 5 | Parth Prateem Sahu | 18 June 2018 | 18 April 2033 |
| 6 | Rajani Dubey | 18 June 2018 | 29 June 2026 |
| | Vacant | | |

### Additional judges

| # | Judge | Date of joining |
| 1 | Narendra Kumar Vyas | 22 March 2021 |
| 2 | Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi | 22 March 2021 |
| 3 | Deepak Kumar Tiwari | 8 October 2021 |
| 4 | Sachin Singh Rajput | 16 May 2022 |
| 5 | Rakesh Mohan Pandey | 2 August 2022 |
| 6 | Radhakishan Agrawal | 2 August 2022 |

## List of chief justices
### High Court

| # | Chief Justice | Term |
| 1 | Gilbert Stone | 9 January 1936– |
| 2 | Frederick Louis Grille | |
| 3 | Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 1951–1954 |
| 4 | M. Hidayatullah | 1954–31 October 1956 |

### High Court

| # | | Chief Justice | Tenure | Tenure |
| # | Portrait | Chief Justice | Start | Finish |
| 4 | | M. Hidayatullah | 1 November 1956 | 12 December 1958 |
| 5 | | Ganesh Prasad Bhutt | 13 December 1958 | 22 September 1959 |
| 6 | | P. V. Dixit | 22 September 1959 | 18 March 1969 |
| 7 | | Bishambhar Dayal | 19 March 1969 | 13 March 1972 |
| 8 | | P. K. Tare | 14 September 1972 | 10 October 1975 |
| 9 | | Shiv Dayal Shrivastava | 11 October 1975 | 28 February 1978 |
| 10 | | A. P. Sen | 28 February 1978 | 14 July 1978 |
| 11 | | G. P. Singh | 27 July 1978 | 3 January 1984 |
| 12 | | Goverdhanlal Jamnalal Oza | 1 December 1984 | 27 October 1985 |
| 13 | | J. S. Verma | 14 June 1986 | 27 August 1986 |
| 14 | | Narayan Dutt Ojha | 8 October 1986 | 18 January 1988 |
| 15 | | G. G. Sohani | 21 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 |
| 16 | | Sushil Kumar Jha | 27 October 1989 | 15 December 1993 |
| 17 | | Ullal Lakshminarayan Bhat | 15 December 1993 | 10 October 1995 |
| 18 | | A. K. Mathur | 3 February 1996 | 21 December 1999 |
| 19 | | Bhawani Singh | 24 February 2000 | 5 December 2000 |
| 20 | | R. S. Garg | 1 November 2000 | 4 December 2000 |
| 21 | | W.A. Shishak | 5 December 2000 | 15 January 2002 |
| 22 | | K.H.N. Kuranga | 6 February 2002 | 10 May 2004 |
| 23 | | Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala Moorthy | 28 May 2004 | 7 January 2005 |
| 24 | | A.K. Patnaik | 14 March 2005 | 1 October 2005 |
| 25 | | S.R. Nayak | 17 November 2005 | 31 December 2006 |
| 26 | | H.L. Dattu | 12 February 2007 | 17 May 2007 |
| 27 | | Rajeev Gupta | 2 February 2008 | 9 October 2012 |
| 28 | | Yatindra Singh | 22 October 2012 | 8 October 2014 |
| 29 | | Navin Sinha | 9 October 2014 | 8 April 2015 |
| 29 | | Navin Sinha | 9 April 2015 | 13 May 2016 |
| 30 | | Deepak Gupta | 16 May 2016 | 16 February 2017 |
| 31 | | Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan | 18 March 2017 | 6 July 2018 |
| 32 | | Ajay Kumar Tripathi | 7 July 2018 | 22 March 2019 |
| 33 | | Prashant Kumar Mishra | 23 March 2019 | 6 May 2019 |
| 34 | | P. R. Ramachandra Menon | 6 May 2019 | 31 May 2021 |
| 35 | | Prashant Kumar Mishra | 1 June 2021 | 12 October 2021 |
| 36 | | Arup Kumar Goswami | 12 October 2021 | 10 March 2023 |
| 37 | | Goutam Bhaduri | 10 March 2023 | 28 March 2023 |
| 38 | | Ramesh Sinha | 28 March 2023 | — |

## Judges

The court has a Sanctioned strength of 22 (Permanent:17, Additional:5) judges.
Judges transferred from the Chhattisgarh High Court-
| Sr. no. | Name of the judge, justice | Recruitment | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Remark |
| 1 | Pritinker Diwaker | BAR | 31 March 2009 | 21 November 2023 | Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court |
| 2 | Prashant Kumar Mishra | BAR | 10 December 2009 | 28 August 2026 | Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court |
Sitting Judges of Chhattisgarh High Court-

## Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association

Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association is the representative body of advocates practicing in Bilaspur High Court elected by way of direct voting from about 2,400 members of the Bar Association and its officials have a term of two years.