List of chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court

This is the List of Chief Justices of the Rajasthan High Court from its establishment in 1949.

Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
Incumbent
Indrajit Mahanty
since 6 October 2019
Bombay High Court
AbbreviationCJ Rajasthan
SeatJodhpur
NominatorCollegium of the Supreme Court
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthtill the age of 62 yrs[1]
Constituting instrumentConstitution of India (under Article 124)
Formation21 June 1949 (21 June 1949)
First holderJustice Sarat Kumar Ghosh (1949)
Salary₹250,000 (US$3,500) (per month)[2]
Websitehttp://www.hcraj.nic.in/
# Chief Justice Term Remarks
1 Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh 1949 Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh or Ghose, ICS was an Indian civil servant and a jurist.
2 Kamala Kant Verma 29 August 1949–1950 the tenth Chief Justice of India.
3 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 1951–1958 a member of the first Lok Sabha and a freedom fighter.
4 Sarju Prasad 1959–1961
5 J.S. Ranawat 11.10.61 - 31.05.63
6 D.S. Dave 01.06.63 - 17.12.68
7 Daulat Mal Bhandari 18.12.68 - 15.12.69 a member of the first Lok Sabha and a freedom fighter
8 J. Narayan 16.12.69 - 13.02.73
9 B.P. Beri 14.02.73 - 16.02.75
10 P.N. Shinghal 17.02.75 - 05.11.75
11 V.P. Tyagi 06.11.75 - 27.12.77
12 C. Honniah 27.04.78 - 22.09.78
13 Chand Mal Lodha 12.03.79 - 09.07.80 chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court and the Guwahati High Court.
14 K.D. Sharma 07.01.81 - 22.10.83
15 P.K. Banerjee 23.10.83 - 30.09.85
16 D.P. Gupta 12.04.86 - 31.07.86
17 J. S. Verma 01.09.86 - 22.05.89 the 27th Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997 to 18 January 1998. He was the chairman of National Human Rights Commission from 1999 to 2003, and chairman of the Justice Verma Committee
18 Krishna Chandra Agarwal 15.04.90 - 07.04.94 Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Calcutta High Court.
19 G.C. Mittal 12.04.94 - 03.03.95
20 A.P. Ravani 04.04.95 - 10.09.96
21 Mukul Gopal Mukherjee 19.09.96 - 24.12.97
22 Shivaraj V Patil 22.01.99-14.03.2000
23 A. R. Lakshmanan 29.05.2000-25.11.2001 Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court in 2000 and Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2001. He retired in 2007.chairman of the Law Commission of India during 2006-2009
24 Arun Kumar 02.12.01 - 02.10.02
25 Anil Dev Singh 24.12.02 - 22.10.04
26 S. N. Jha 12.10.05 - 15.06.07
- J. M. Panchal (acting) 16.09.07 - 11.11.07
27 J. M. Panchal
- Rajesh Bhalla (acting) –4 January 2008
28 Narayan Roy 05.01.08 - 31.01.09
29 Deepak Verma 06.03.09 - 10.05.09 Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka [6][7] and Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Chairperson and member of the Advisory Committee of several renowned academic institutions and universities in India.
30 Jagadish Bhalla 10 August 2009–31 October 2010 Former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan High Court
- Arun Kumar Mishra (acting) 1 November 2010–25 November 2010 judge of the Supreme Court of India.Mishra has taken several steps to dovetail technology in functions of Rajasthan High Court. His initiatives include publication of first ever Newsletter of Rajasthan High Court and inauguration of a Museum.Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta.
31 Arun Kumar Mishra (acting) 26 November 2010– 14 December 2012
32 Amitava Roy 2 January 2013– 5 August 2014 judge of the Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court[1] and Rajasthan High Court.made it compulsory for cinema halls across India to play the National Anthem of India before the screening of any film, and mandated that the audience stand while the National Anthem was played
33 S. K. Mittal 6 August 2014- 13 May 2016
34 Navin Sinha 14 May 2016- 16 February 2017 Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Chief justice of Chhattisgarh High Court and after that as the Chief justice of Rajasthan High Court
35 Pradeep Nandrajog 2 April 2017- 6 April 2019 Presently, he is Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and former Chief justice of Rajasthan High Court and Judge of Delhi High Court
- Mohammad Rafiq (acting) 7 April 2019 - 4 May 2019 appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 7 April 2019 after transfer of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog to Bombay High Court.
36 Shripathi Ravindra Bhat 5 May 2019 - 22 September 2019 Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.[1] He is also former Judge of Delhi High Court.
- Mohammad Rafiq (acting) 23 September 2019 - 5 Oct 2019 appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 23 September 2019 after elevation of Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat to Supreme Court of India.
37 Indrajit Mahanty 6 October 2019-Incumbent Appointed as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 6 October 2019. He is former Judge of Bombay High Court.

See also

References
  1. "Supreme Court of India - CJI & Sitting Judges". Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. "Supreme Court, High Court judges get nearly 200% salary hike". The Hindustan Times. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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