Patna High Court

The High Court of Judicature at Patna
Established	22 March 1912
Country	India
Location	Patna, Bihar
Composition method	Presidential assent on advice of the Chief Justice of India with consultation of Governor of Bihar
Authorized by	Constitution of India
Judge term length	62 years of age
Website	Patna High Court
Chief Justice
Currently	Hon'ble Ms. Justice Rekha M. Doshit

Patna High Court (Hindi: पटना उच्च न्यायालय) is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 3 February 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act, 1915. The court is headquartered in Patna, the administrative capital of the state.

History of Court

Proclamation made by Governor-General of India on 22 March 1912. The foundation-stone of the High Court Building was laid on Monday, 1 December 1913 by His Excellency the late Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Sir Charles Hardinge of Penshurst. The Patna High Court building on its completion was formally opened by the same Viceroy on 3 February 1916. Hon'ble Sir Justice Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier was the first Chief Justice of Patna High Court.

Chronology

• 1912 - Proclamation made by Governor-General of India on 22 March 1912.
• 1913 - Foundation-stone of the High Court Building was laid on 1 December 1913.
• 1916 - Patna High Court building completed on 3 February 1916. The High Court actually commenced work from 1 March 1916.
• 1948 - Patna High Court exercised jurisdiction over the territories of the Province of Bihar & Orissa till 26 July 1948, when a separate High Court was constituted for Orissa.
• 1972 - Patna High Court opened a Circuit Bench at Ranchi.
• 1976 - Circuit Bench of Patna High Court at Ranchi became Permanent Bench.
• 2000 - Circuit Bench of Patna High Court at Ranchi became Jharkhand High Court on November 2000, under the Bihar Reorganisation Act of 2000.

The Chief Justice

The present Chief Justice of Patna High Court is Hon'ble Ms. Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit. Her Ladyship was the senior most judge at Gujarat High Court until she assumed office as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court.

Prominent Judges of Patna High Court

• Hon'ble Ms. Justice Rekha M. Doshit, the Chief Justice of Patna High Court; and the first woman to hold this coveted office.
• Hon’ble Sir Edward Maynerd Des Champs Chamier is the first Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
• Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Indu Prabha Singh, the first lady judge of Patna High Court, holds the distinction of being the first woman to hold court at Patna High Court and its Ranchi Bench.
• Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, the second lady judge of Patna High Court, is the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India from Bihar.

• This High Court has given two Chief Justices of India, viz.
  • Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, the 6th Chief Justice of India
  • Hon'ble Mr. Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma, the 24th Chief Justice of India

Serving Hon'ble Judges

Shivaji Pandey

Name of the Hon'ble Judge	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Source of Recruitment	Initial Appointment
Hon'ble Miss The Chief Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit	21, June 2010	13, December 2014	Bar	Judge, Gujarat High Court from 18.09.1995
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Navin Sinha	11, February 2004	18, August 2018	Bar
Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. N. Sinha	24, March 2004	14, November 2015	Bar
Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Naiyer Hussain	24, March 2004	16, July 2013	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh	06, March, 2006	05, November 2017	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ramesh Kumar Datta	06, March 2006	31, December 2016	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shyam Kishore Sharma	10, May 2006	06, July 2014	Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shailesh Kumar Sinha	09, October 2006	06, February 2014	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jayanandan Singh	09, October 2006	29, September 2014	Bar
Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Sheema Ali Khan	09, October 2006	01, September 2015	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Samarendra Pratap Singh	09, October 2006	31, July 2017	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi	09, October 2006	11, November 2019	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mihir Kumar Jha	10, July 2007	30, November 2015	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore Kumar Mandal	10, July 2007	21, January 2018	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan	14, July 2008	19, December 2022	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mandhata Singh	09, February 2009	19, November 2013	Bar
Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Anjana Prakash	13, June 2009	16, July 2016	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jyoti Saran	13, June 2009	18, August 2019	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar	25, December 2009	31, December 2020	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Birendra Prasad Verma	18 Feb, 2010	16, January 2017	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh	18 Feb, 2010	2, October 2020	Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Akhilesh Chandra	15 Mar, 2010	14, March 2015	Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gopal Prasad	15 Mar, 2010	, 2016	Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mungeshwar Sahoo	15 Mar, 2010	31, October 2017	Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Kumar Srivastava	12 Aug, 2010	01 Feb, 2021	Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vijayendra Nath	20 June 2011		Bar
20 June 2011		Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh	20 June 2011		Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vikash Jain	20 June 2011		Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah	20 June 2011		Bar
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aditya Kumar Trivedi	20 June 2011		Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajendra Kumar Mishra	20 June 2011		Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Amaresh Kumar Lal	20 June 2011		Service
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh	5 April 2012		Bar

List of the Former Chief Justices of Patna High Court

Name of Hon'ble the Chief Justice	From (dd.mm.yyyy)	TO (dd.mm.yyyy)
Hon'ble Shri Dipak Misra	23.12.2009	24.06.2010	Elevated to Supreme Court on 10/10/2011
Hon'ble Shri Prafulla Kumar Mishra	19.08.2009
Hon'ble Shri R.M. Lodha	13.05.2008	16.12.2008
Hon’ble Shri Rajesh Balia	05.01.2008	03.03.2008
Hon’ble Dr. J.N. Bhatt	18.07.2005	16.10.2007
Hon’ble Shri Ravi S. Dhavan	25.1.2000	22.7.2004
Hon’ble Shri B.M. Lal	9.7.1997	6.10.1999
Hon’ble Shri D.P. Wadhwa	29.9.1995	21.3.1997
Hon’ble Shri G.P. Patnaik	19.5.1995	11.9.1995
Hon’ble Shri K. Venkataswamy	19.9.1994	6.3.1995
Hon’ble Shri K.S. Paripoornan	24.1.1994	11.6.1994
Hon’ble Shri Bimal Chandra Basak	18.3.1991	21.10.1994
Hon’ble Shri Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani	24.10.1989	17.12.1990 Afternoon
Hon’ble Shri Shushil Kumar Jha	19.10.1989	23.10.1989
Hon’ble Shri Dipak Kumar Sen	1.5.1988	1.5.1989
Hon’ble Shri Bhagwati Prasad Jha	2.1.1988	2.1.1988 Afternoon
Hon’ble Shri Surjit Singh Sandhawalia	29.11.1983	27.7.1987
Hon’ble Shri Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh	19.7.1976	12.3.1982 Afternoon
Hon’ble Shri Shyam Nandan Prasad Singh	3.10.1974	1.5.1976
Hon’ble Shri Nand Lall Untwalia	29.9.1972	3.10.1974
Hon’ble Shri Ujjal Narayan Sinha	5.9.1970	29.9.1972
Hon’ble Shri Satish Chandra Mishra	9.11.1968	5.9.1970
Hon’ble Shri Ramaswamy Lakshmi Narasimhan	4.1.1965	2.8.1968 Afternoon
Hon’ble Shri Vaidyanathier Ramaswami	30.4.1956	4.1.1965
Hon’ble Shri Sudhansu Kumar Das	10.1.1955	30.4.1956
Hon’ble Shri Syed Jafar Imam	3.9.1953	10.1.1955
Hon’ble Shri David Ezra Reuben	1.6.1952	2.9.1953
Hon’ble Pandit Lakshami Kant Jha	8.4.1950	1.6.1952
Hon’ble Sir Herbert Ribton Meredith	25.1.1950	8.4.1950
Hon’ble Sir Clifford Monmohan Agarwala	9.1.1948	24.1.1950
Hon’ble Sir Syed Fazl Ali	19.1.1943	14.10.1946
Hon’ble Sir Arther Trevor Harries	10.10.1938	19.1.1943
Hon’ble Sir Courtney Terrell	31.3.1928	6.5.1938
Hon’ble Sir Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller	31.10.1917	31.3.1928
Hon’ble Sir Edward Maynerd Des Champs Chamier	01.03.1916	30.10.1917

References

• Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
• Judge strength in High Courts increased