List of Chief Justices of the Uttarakhand High Court

The Chief Justice of Uttarakhand is the highest presiding judicial officer and the custodian of the Uttarakhand High Court. He is appointed by the President of India with the advise of Chief Justice of India. K. M. Joseph is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 31 July 2014. Here is the list of Chief Justices of the Uttarakhand High Court.

List of the Chief Justices of Uttarakhand

Following is the list of the Chief Justices of Uttarakhand since its inception on 9 November 2000:

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  Chief Justice of Uttarakhand

  Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand

S.No.	Name	Portrait	Term		Tenure
	Justice Ashok A. Desai		9 November 2000	5 December 2000
1	Justice Ashok A. Desai		6 December 2000	31 March 2003	(Total 2 years, 4 months and 21 days)
2	Justice P. C. Verma		1 April 2003	4 August 2003
3	Justice S. H. Kapadia		5 August 2003	17 December 2003
4	Justice P. C. Verma		18 December 2003	24 July 2004
5	Justice V. S. Sirpurkar		25 July 2004	19 March 2005
6	Justice Cyriac Joseph	100px	20 March 2005	7 January 2006
7	Justice P. C. Verma		8 January 2006	13 January 2006	(Total 11 months and 14 days)
8	Justice Rajiv Gupta		14 January 2006	1 February 2008
9	Justice V. K. Gupta		2 February 2008	9 September 2009
10	Justice B. C. Kandpal		10 September 2009	28 November 2009
11	Justice J. S. Khehar		29 November 2009	7 August 2010
12	Justice Barin Ghosh		14 August 2010	30 July 2014
13	Justice K. M. Joseph	100px	31 July 2014	Incumbent

See Also

• Uttarakhand High Court
• Chief Justice of India

External links

• The High Court of Uttarakhand, official website