| Court Name: | Chhattisgarh High Court |
| Native Name: | छत्तीसगढ़ उच्च न्यायालय |
| Location: | Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh |
| Type: | Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. |
| Terms: | mandatory retirement by age of 62 |
| Positions: | 22 (Permanent-17; Additional-5) |
| Chiefjudgetitle: | Chief Justice |
| Chiefjudgename: | Ramesh Sinha |
| Termstart: | 29 March 2023 |
The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at Village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of New state of Chhattisgarh upon the reorganisation of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Bilaspur is the 19th High Court of India.[1] [2]
Justice R. S. Garg was the first acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.[1]
The Chhattisgarh High Court sits at Bilaspur in the state of Chhattisgarh, and may have a maximum of 22 judges, of which 17 may be permanent and 5 may be additionally appointed. Currently, it has 14 judges.[3]
| Judge | Date of joining | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramesh Sinha (CJ) | |||
| 2 | Goutam Bhaduri | |||
| 3 | Sanjay Kumar Agrawal | |||
| 4 | Puthichira Sam Koshy | |||
| 5 | Sanjay Agrawal | |||
| 6 | Arvind Singh Chandel | |||
| 7 | Parth Prateem Sahu | |||
| 8 | Rajani Dubey | |||
| Vacant |
| Judge | Date of joining | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narendra Kumar Vyas | ||
| 2 | Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi | ||
| 3 | Deepak Kumar Tiwari | ||
| 4 | Sachin Singh Rajput | ||
| 5 | Rakesh Mohan Pandey | ||
| 6 | Radhakishan Agrawal |
| Chief justices | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Governor(Oath administered by) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W.A. Shishak | 5 December 2000 | 15 January 2002 | Dinesh Nandan Sahay |
| 2 | K.H.N. Kuranga | 6 February 2002 | 10 May 2004 | |
| 3 | Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala Moorthy | 28 May 2004 | 7 January 2005 | Krishna Mohan Seth |
| 4 | A.K. Patnaik | 14 March 2005 | 1 October 2005 | |
| 5 | S.R. Nayak | 17 November 2005 | 31 December 2006 | |
| 6 | H. L. Dattu | 12 February 2007 | 17 May 2007 | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| 7 | Rajiv Gupta | 2 February 2008 | 9 October 2012 | |
| 8 | Yatindra Singh | 22 October 2012 | 8 October 2014 | Shekhar Dutt |
| 9 | Navin Sinha | 9 July 2014 | 11 May 2016 | Ram Naresh Yadav |
| 10 | Deepak Gupta | 16 May 2016 | 16 February 2017 | Balram Das Tandon |
| 11 | Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan | 18 March 2017 | 6 July 2018 | |
| 12 | Ajay Kumar Tripathi | 7 July 2018 | 22 March 2019 | |
| - | Prashant Kumar Mishra (acting) | 22 March 2019 | 6 May 2019 | Anandiben Patel |
| 13 | P. R. Ramachandra Menon | 6 May 2019 | 31 May 2021 | |
| - | Prashant Kumar Mishra (acting) | 31 May 2021 | 12 October 2021 | Anusuiya Uikey |
| 14 | Arup Kumar Goswami | 12 October 2021 | 10 March 2023 | |
| - | Goutam Bhaduri (acting) | 11 March 2023 | 28 March 2023 | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
| 15 | Ramesh Sinha | 29 March 2023 | Incumbent |
The court has a Sanctioned strength of 22 (Permanent:17, Additional:5) judges.
Judges transferred from the Chhattisgarh High Court-
| Sr. no. | Name of the judge, justice | Recruitment | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pritinker Diwaker | BAR | 31 March 2009 | 21 November 2023 | Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court | |
| 2 | Prashant Kumar Mishra | BAR | 10 December 2009 | 28 August 2026 | Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court |
Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association is the representative body of advocates practicing in Bilaspur High Court elected by way of direct voting from about 2,400 members of the Bar Association and its officials have a term of two years.