# Rajasthan High Court

The High Court of Rajasthan is located in Jodhpur and is the highest court in the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949. Currently the sanctioned strength of the judges is 50 and the actual strength is 34.
There were five High Courts functioning in the various units of the States - at Jodhpur, Jaipur and Bikaner, the High Courts of former Rajasthan and Matsya Union, before unification of the Rajasthan. The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 abolished these different jurisdictions and provided for a single High Court for the entire State. The High Court of Rajasthan was founded in 1949 at Jaipur and was inaugurated by the Rajpramukh, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh on 29 August 1949, later on after complete integration of Rajasthan in 1956 it was moved at Jodhpur with recommendation of the Satyanarayan Rao committee.
The first Chief Justice was Kamala Kant Verma. A bench was formed at Jaipur on 31 January 1977 under sub-section (2) of Section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 which was dissolved in 1958.
The highcourt was shifted to a new premises on outskirts of Jodhpur from the city centre in 2019. The president of India inaugurated the newly constructed building.
This is the list of chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court from its establishment in 1947.

## List of chief justices

| # | Chief Justice | Term |
| 1 | Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh | 1947 – 1949 |
| 2 | Kamala Kant Verma | 29 August 1949–1950 |
| 3 | Kailas Nath Wanchoo | 1951–1958 |
| 4 | Sarju Prasad | 1959–1961 |
| 5 | J.S. Ranawat | 1961 – 1963 |
| 6 | D.S. Dave | 1963–1964 |
| 7 | Daulat Mal Bhandari | 1964–1969 |
| 8 | J. Narayan | 1969–1969 |
| 9 | B.P. Beri | 1969–1969 |
| 10 | P.N. Shinghal | 1969–1970 |
| 11 | V.P. Tyagi | 1970–1970 |
| 12 | C. Honniah | 1970–1971 |
| 13 | Chand Mal Lodha | 1971–1980 |
| 14 | K.D. Sharma | 1980–1981 |
| 15 | P.K. Banerjee | 1981 –1982 |
| 16 | D.P. Gupta | 1982–1985 |
| 17 | J. S. Verma | 1985–1986 |
| 18 | Krishna Chandra Agarwal | 1986 –1994 |
| 19 | G.C. Mittal | 1994–1995 |
| 20 | A.P. Ravani | 1995–1996 |
| 21 | Mukul Gopal Mukherjee | 1996–1999 |
| 22 | Shivaraj V Patil | 1999–2000 |
| 23 | A. R. Lakshmanan | 2000–2002 |
| 24 | Arun Kumar | 2002–2002 |
| 25 | Anil Dev Singh | 2002–2004 |
| 26 | S. N. Jha | 2004–2005 |
| 27 | J. M. Panchal | 2006–2006 |
| 28 | Narayan Roy | 2008–2008 |
| 29 | Deepak Verma | 2008–2009 |
| 30 | Jagadish Bhalla | 10 August 2009–31 October 2010 |
| 31 | Arun Kumar Mishra | 1 November 2010–2 January 2013 |
| 32 | Amitava Roy | 2 January 2013– 5 August 2014 |
| 33 | Sunil Ambwani | 24 March 2015 - 21 August 2015 |
| 34 | S. K. Mittal | 6 August 2014- 13 May 2016 |
| 35 | Navin Sinha | 14 May 2016- 16 February 2017 |
| 36 | Pradeep Nandrajog | 2 April 2017- 6 April 2019 |
| 37 | Shripathi Ravindra Bhat | 5 May 2019 - 22 September 2019 |
| 38 | Indrajit Mahanty | 6 October 2019 —11 October 2021 |
| 40 | Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi | 12 October 2021 —6 March 2022 |
| 41 | Sambhaji Shiwaji Shinde | 21-06-2022 to 01-08-22 |
| 42 | Pankaj Mithal | 14-10-2022 to 05-02-2023 |
| 43 | Augustine George Masih | 30-05-2023 to 09-11-2023 |
| 44 | Manindra Mohan Shrivastava | 06-02-2024 to — |

## Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur

Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur is a registered society of the Advocates practicing at Jaipur Bench of Rajasthan High Court. The body elects its office bearers through direct election every year.

## Statue of Manu

On 3 March 1989, the Rajasthan Judicial Officers Association sponsored by the Lions Club had installed a Manu idol in front of the lawn of the high court with the permission of the high court. Since its installation, the statue has been the subject of numerous protests, legal challenges, and even an order by judges calling for its removal.