List of chief justices of the Patna High Court explained

The list shows incumbent and past chief justices of Patna High Court, the high court of the state of Bihar. In Indian legal jurisdiction, high courts are instituted as constitutional courts under the Indian Constitution.[1]

Chief JusticeStart of termEnd of term
K. Vinod Chandran29 March 2023Incumbent
Sanjay Karol11 November 20195 February 2023
Amreshwar Pratap Sahi17 November 201810 November 2019
Mukesh Shah12 August 20181 November 2018
Rajendra Menon 15 March 2017 8 August 2018
Iqbal Ahmed Ansari29 July 201628 October 2016
L. Narasimha Reddy2 January 201531 July 2015
Rekha Manharlal Doshit21 June 201012 December 2014
Dipak Misra23 December 200920 June 2010
Prafulla Kumar Mishra12 August 200916 September 2009
R.M. Lodha13 April 2008 16 December 2008
Rajesh Balia 5 January 2008 3 March 2008
Dr. J.N. Bhatt18 July 2005 16 October 2007
Ravi S. Dhavan 25 January 2000 22 July 2004
B.M. Lal 9 July 1997 6 October 1999
D.P. Wadhwa 29 September 1995 21 March 1997
G.P. Patnaik19 May 199511 September 1995
K. Venkataswamy 19 September 19946 March 1995
K. S. Paripoornan24 January 199411 June 1994
Bimal Chandra Basak 18 March 199121 October 1994
Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani 24 October 198917 December 1990
Shushil Kumar Jha 19 October 198923 October 1989
Dipak Kumar Sen 1 May 1988 1 May 1989
Bhagwati Prasad Jha 2 January 19882 January 1988
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia 29 November 1983 27 July 1987
Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh 19 July 197612 March 1982
Shyam Nandan Prasad Singh 3 October 19741 May 1976
Nand Lall Untwalia 29 September 19723 October 1974
Ujjal Narayan Sinha 5 September 197029 September 1972
Satish Chandra Mishra 9 November 19685 September 1970
Ramaswamy Lakshmi Narasimhan 4 January 1965 2 August 1968
Vaidyanathier Ramaswami 30 April 19564 January 1965
Sudhansu Kumar Das10 January 195530 April 1956
Syed Jafar Imam3 September 195310 January 1955
David Ezra Reuben 1 June 1952 2 September 1953
Pandit Lakshami Kant Jha 8 April 19501 June 1952
Sir Herbert Ribton Meredith25 January 19508 April 1950
Sir Clifford Monmohan Agarwala 9 January 194824 January 1950
Sir Syed Fazl Ali 19 January 194314 October 1946
Sir Arther Trevor Harries 10 October 193819 January 1943
Sir Courtney Terrell31 March 1928 6 May 1938
Sir Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller 31 October 191731 March 1928
1 March 1916 30 October 1917

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Retired Chief Justice . 2011-04-03 . The High Court of Judicature at Patna . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163423/http://patnahighcourt.bih.nic.in/retdcj.htm . 21 July 2011.