# List of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court

The following is a list of judges of the Uttarakhand High Court since its inception on 9 November 2000. A total of 47 judges have served in the court (including sitting judges). The list has been arranged on the basis of date of retirement, or date of transfer with Chief Justices mentioned first.

## Chief Justices of the Uttarakhand High Court
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| № | Name of the Chief Justice | Term | Term | Tenure | Parent High Court | Appointed by (President of India) |
| 1 | Ashok Desai$^‡$ | 9 November 2000 | 31 March 2003 | 2 years, 142 days | Bombay | K. R. Narayanan |
| 2 | Sarosh Homi Kapadia | 5 August 2003 | 17 December 2003 | 134 days | Bombay | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 3 | Vikas Shridhar Sirpurkar | 25 July 2004 | 19 March 2005 | 237 days | Bombay | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 4 | Cyriac Joseph | 20 March 2005 | 7 January 2006 | 293 days | Kerala | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 5 | Rajiv Gupta | 14 January 2006 | 1 February 2008 | 2 years, 18 days | Madhya Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 6 | Vinod Kumar Gupta | 2 February 2008 | 9 September 2009 | 1 year, 219 days | Jammu and Kashmir | Pratibha Patil |
| 7 | Jagdish Singh Khehar | 29 November 2009 | 11 August 2010 | 255 days | Punjab and Haryana | Pratibha Patil |
| 8 | Barin Ghosh | 12 August 2010 | 4 June 2014 | 3 years, 296 days | Calcutta | Pratibha Patil |
| 9 | Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph | 31 July 2014 | 6 August 2018 | 4 years, 6 days | Kerala | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 10 | Ramesh Ranganathan | 2 November 2018 | 27 July 2020 | 1 year, 268 days | Andhra Pradesh | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 11 | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan | 7 January 2021 | 23 December 2021 | 350 days | Rajasthan | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 12 | Vipin Sanghi | 28 June 2022 | 26 October 2023 | 1 year, 120 days | Delhi | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 13 | Ritu Bahri | 4 February 2024 | 10 October 2024 | 249 days | Punjab and Haryana | Droupadi Murmu |
| 14 | Guhanathan Narendar | 26 December 2024 | Incumbent | 64 days | Karnataka | Droupadi Murmu |

## Judges of the Uttarakhand High Court
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| № | Name | Term started | Term ended | Tenure | Parent High Court | Appointed by (President of India) |
| 1 | Mahesh Chand Jain | 9 November 2000 | 8 November 2001 | 364 days | Allahabad | K. R. Narayanan |
| 2 | Prakash Chandra Verma | 9 November 2000 | 19 January 2009 | 8 years, 71 days | Allahabad | K. R. Narayanan |
| 3 | Irshad Hussain | 28 February 2002 | 1 January 2006 | 3 years, 307 days | Uttarakhand | K. R. Narayanan |
| 4 | Madan Mohan Ghildiyal | 18 November 2002 | 2 January 2008 | 5 years, 45 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 5 | Rajesh Tandon | 3 July 2003 | 30 June 2008 | 4 years, 363 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 6 | Bipin Chandra Kandpal | 29 June 2004 | 16 August 2010 | 6 years, 48 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 7 | Jagdish Chandra Singh Rawat | 29 June 2004 | 30 September 2009 | 5 years, 93 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 8 | Prafulla Chandra Pant | 29 June 2004 | 19 September 2013 | 9 years, 82 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 9 | Brahma Singh Verma | 15 July 2004 | 2 May 2014 | 9 years, 291 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 10 | Dharam Veer$^†$ | 23 September 2006 | 16 November 2010 | 4 years, 54 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 11 | Sudhanshu Dhulia | 1 November 2008 | 9 January 2021 | 12 years, 69 days | Uttarakhand | Pratibha Patil |
| 12 | Vijay Kumar Bist | 1 November 2008 | 29 October 2018 | 9 years, 362 days | Uttarakhand | Pratibha Patil |
| 13 | Tarun Agarwal | 25 September 2009 | 2 October 2012 | 3 years, 7 days | Allahabad | Pratibha Patil |
| 14 | Alok Singh | 12 October 2009 | 20 December 2009 | 69 days | Uttarakhand | Pratibha Patil |
| 14 | Alok Singh | 26 February 2013 | 2 April 2020 | 7 years, 36 days (total 7 years 105 days) | Uttarakhand | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 15 | Nirmal Yadav | 11 February 2010 | 3 March 2011 | 1 year, 20 days | Punjab and Haryana | Pratibha Patil |
| 16 | Servesh Kumar Gupta | 21 April 2011 | 31 December 2017 | 6 years, 254 days | Uttarakhand | Pratibha Patil |
| 17 | Umesh Chandra Dhyani | 13 September 2011 | 13 February 2018 | 6 years, 153 days | Uttarakhand | Pratibha Patil |
| 18 | Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta | 31 October 2012 | 20 May 2013 | 201 days | Calcutta | Pratibha Patil |
| 19 | Rajeev Sharma | 26 September 2016 | 12 November 2018 | 2 years, 47 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 20 | Lok Pal Singh | 19 May 2017 | 14 February 2021 | 3 years, 271 days | Uttarakhand | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 21 | Manoj Kumar Tiwari | 19 May 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 285 days | Uttarakhand | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 22 | Sharad Kumar Sharma | 19 May 2017 | 31 December 2023 | 6 years, 226 days | Uttarakhand | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 23 | Narayan Singh Dhanik | 3 December 2018 | 19 May 2022 | 3 years, 167 days | Uttarakhand | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 24 | Ramesh Chandra Khulbe | 3 December 2018 | 2 January 2023 | 4 years, 30 days | Uttarakhand | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 25 | Ravindra Maithani | 3 December 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 87 days | Uttarakhand | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 26 | Alok Kumar Verma | 27 May 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 277 days | Uttarakhand | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 27 | Ravi Malimath | 5 March 2020 | 6 January 2021 | 307 days | Karnataka | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 28 | Sanjaya Kumar Mishra | 11 October 2021 | 19 February 2023 | 1 year, 131 days | Orissa | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 29 | Pankaj Purohit | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 306 days | Uttarakhand | Droupadi Murmu |
| 30 | Rakesh Thapliyal | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 306 days | Uttarakhand | Droupadi Murmu |
| 31 | Vivek Bharti Sharma | 28 April 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 306 days | Uttarakhand | Droupadi Murmu |
| 32 | Ashish Naithani | 9 January 2025 | Incumbent | 50 days | Uttarakhand | Droupadi Murmu |
| 33 | Alok Mahra | 14 February 2025 | Incumbent | 14 days | Uttarakhand | Droupadi Murmu |