List of chief justices of the Gujarat High Court explained

Post:Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
Incumbentsince:23 July 2023
Department:Gujarat High Court
Seat:Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Nominator:Collegium of the Supreme Court
Appointer:President of India
Termlength:till the age of 62 yrs[1]
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of India (under Article 214)
First:Justice S. T. Desai (1 May 1960 – 25 January 1961)
Abbreviation:CJ Gujarat
Salary: (per month)[2]
Website:http://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[3]

NPortraitChief JusticeTenure
StartEnd
11Sunderlal Trikamlal Desai1 May 196025 January 1961
22Kantilal Thakoredas Desai26 January 196122 May 1963
33Jaishanker Manilal Shelat31 May 196321February 1966
4(3)Jaishanker Manilal Shelat21 February 196622February 1966
5(4)Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy22 February 196624 February 1966
64Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy21 February 196615 September 1967
75P. N. Bhagwati15 September 196717 July 1973
86Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan17 July 19731 July 1976
97Seshareddi Obul Reddi1 July 197618 August 1977
10(6)Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan18 August 197720 August 1977
11(7)Seshareddi Obul Reddi20 August 197728 August 1977
12(6)Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan28 August 197719 August 1981
138Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar20 August 198128 September 1983
149Padmanabham Subramanian Poti28 September 19831 February 1985
1510Ganendra Narayan Ray1 February 198521 March 1985
1611Puliyangudi Ramaiyapillai Gokulakrishnan21 March 198512 August 1990
17(10)Ganendra Narayan Ray12 August 199015 June 1992
1812Sundaram Nainar Sundaram15 June 199214 December 1993
1913Bhupinder Nath Kirpal14 December 19931 July 1996
2014Gurudas Datta Kamat1 July 19964 January 1997
2115Kumaran Sreedharan4 January 19973 June 1998
2216Konakuppakattil Gopinathan Balakrishnan3 June 19987 September 1999
2317D M Dharmadhikari7 September 199917 March 2002
2418Daya Saran Sinha17 March 200218 March 2003
2519Bhawani Singh18 March 200327 March 2006
2620Y. R. Meena3 February 200630 June 2008
2721K S Panicker Radhakrishnan30 June 200816 November 2009
2822S J Mukhopadhaya16 November 200913 September 2011
2923Bhaskar Bhattacharya13 September 201128 September 2014
3024T. S. Thakur28 September 201428 September 2014
31(23)Bhaskar Bhattacharya28 September 201412 February 2016
3225R. Subhash Reddy12 February 20161 November 2018
3326Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (Acting)1 November 20181 November 2018
34(26)R. Subhash Reddy1November 20182 November 2018
35(27)Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (Acting)2 November 201814 November 2018
3628Anantkumar Surendraray Dave (Acting)15 November 201810 September 2019
3729Vikram Nath10 September 201930 August 2021
3830Vineet Kothari (Acting)31 August 20211 September 2021
3931Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya (Acting)2 September 202112 October 2021
4032Aravind Kumar13 October 202112 February 2023
4132Sonia Giridhar Gokani13 February 202325 February 2023
4233Ashish Jitendra Desai (acting)26 February 202321 July 2023
4334Sunita Agarwal23 July 2023Incumbent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Supreme Court of India - CJI & Sitting Judges. 4 July 2015.
  2. News: Supreme Court, High Court judges get nearly 200% salary hike. The Hindustan Times. 30 January 2018. 30 January 2018.
  3. Web site: High Court of Gujarat - Former Hon'ble Chief Justices. gujarathighcourt.nic.in. 2015-05-07. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090619061321/http%3A//gujarathighcourt.nic.in/formerchjustice.asp. 19 June 2009. dead.