List of chief justices of the Gujarat High Court

Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
since 23 July 2023
Gujarat High Court
AbbreviationCJ Gujarat
SeatAhmedabad, Gujarat, India
NominatorCollegium of the Supreme Court
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthtill the age of 62 yrs[1]
Constituting instrumentConstitution of India (under Article 214)
Formation1 May 1960; 64 years ago (1960-05-01)
First holderJustice S. T. Desai (1 May 1960 – 25 January 1961)
Salary₹250,000 (US$2,900) (per month)[2]
Websitehttp://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/
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The Chief Justice of Gujarat presides over the Gujarat High Court. They are not appointed by the President of India under warrant. The President is required to consult the Governor of Gujarat and the Chief Justice of India before making such appointment. The Governor of Gujarat administers the oath of office at time of appointment. The current Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat is Justice Sunita Agarwal.

List of Chief justice of Gujarat

Source:[3]

N # Portrait Chief Justice Tenure
Start End
1 1 Sunderlal Trikamlal Desai 1 May 1960 25 January 1961
2 2 Kantilal Thakoredas Desai 26 January 1961 22 May 1963
3 3 Jaishanker Manilal Shelat 31 May 1963 21

February 1966

4 (3) Jaishanker Manilal Shelat 21 February 1966 22

February 1966

5 (4) Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy 22 February 1966 24 February 1966
6 4 Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy 21 February 1966 15 September 1967
7 5 P. N. Bhagwati 15 September 1967 17 July 1973
8 6 Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan 17 July 1973 1 July 1976
9 7 Seshareddi Obul Reddi 1 July 1976 18 August 1977
10 (6) Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan 18 August 1977 20 August 1977
11 (7) Seshareddi Obul Reddi 20 August 1977 28 August 1977
12 (6) Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan 28 August 1977 19 August 1981
13 8 Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar 20 August 1981 28 September 1983
14 9 Padmanabham Subramanian Poti 28 September 1983 1 February 1985
15 10 Ganendra Narayan Ray 1 February 1985 21 March 1985
16 11 Puliyangudi Ramaiyapillai Gokulakrishnan 21 March 1985 12 August 1990
17 (10) Ganendra Narayan Ray 12 August 1990 15 June 1992
18 12 Sundaram Nainar Sundaram 15 June 1992 14 December 1993
19 13 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 14 December 1993 1 July 1996
20 14 Gurudas Datta Kamat 1 July 1996 4 January 1997
21 15 Kumaran Sreedharan 4 January 1997 3 June 1998
22 16 Konakuppakattil Gopinathan Balakrishnan 3 June 1998 7 September 1999
23 17 D M Dharmadhikari 7 September 1999 17 March 2002
24 18 Daya Saran Sinha 17 March 2002 18 March 2003
25 19 Bhawani Singh 18 March 2003 27 March 2006
26 20 Y. R. Meena 3 February 2006 30 June 2008
27 21 K S Panicker Radhakrishnan 30 June 2008 16 November 2009
28 22 S J Mukhopadhaya 16 November 2009 13 September 2011
29 23 Bhaskar Bhattacharya 13 September 2011 28 September 2014
30 24 T. S. Thakur 28 September 2014 28 September 2014
31 (23) Bhaskar Bhattacharya 28 September 2014 12 February 2016
32 25 R. Subhash Reddy 12 February 2016 1 November 2018
33 26 Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (Acting) 1 November 2018 1 November 2018
34 (26) R. Subhash Reddy 1

November 2018

2 November 2018
35 (27) Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (Acting) 2 November 2018 14 November 2018
36 28 Anantkumar Surendraray Dave (Acting) 15 November 2018 10 September 2019
37 29 Vikram Nath 10 September 2019 30 August 2021
38 30 Vineet Kothari (Acting) 31 August 2021 1 September 2021
39 31 Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya (Acting) 2 September 2021 12 October 2021
40 32 Aravind Kumar 13 October 2021 12 February 2023
41 32 Sonia Giridhar Gokani 13 February 2023 25 February 2023
42 33 Ashish Jitendra Desai (acting) 26 February 2023 21 July 2023
43 34 Sunita Agarwal 23 July 2023 Incumbent

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.
  3. ^ "High Court of Gujarat - Former Hon'ble Chief Justices". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2015.