Gujarat High Court

Gujarat High Court ગુજરાત ઉચ્ચ ન્યાયાલય
The Gujarat High Court Building
Established	1960
Country	India
Location	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by	Constitution of India
Decisions are appealed to	Supreme Court of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
No. of positions	42
Website	http://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/
Chief Justice of Gujarat
Currently	Justice Subhash Reddy
Since	12 February 2016

The Gujarat High Court is the High Court of the state of Gujarat. It was established on 1 May 1960 under the Bombay Re-organisation Act, 1960 after the state split from Bombay State.

The seat of the court is Ahmedabad. The present strength of Gujarat High court is 35 against sanctioned strength of 42.

Establishment

This high court was established on 1 May 1960 as a result of bifurcation of the former State of Bombay into two States of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The High Court started functioning near Akashwani, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. The High Court has later shifted to the new building at Sola, Ahmedabad, from 16 January 1999.

Jurisdiction

The Gujarat High Court has jurisdiction over the entire state of Gujarat. It has jurisdiction on all district, administrative and other courts in Gujarat This high court is a court of records and empowered to punish anyone for contempt of court.

Powers

Like Union Judiciary, the state judiciary also possesses wide powers, mainly power of judicial review. It also has power to issue various writs to courts and authority under its jurisdiction. It has power of superintendence on all courts under it.

The Chief Justice

The bench of high court is presided by Chief Justice. They are appointed by President of India under warrant. However, president is required to consult Governor of Gujarat and Chief Justice of India before making such appointment. Governor of Gujarat administers oath of office at time of appointment.

Judges

All judges of the high court are appointed by the President of India after consulting the Governor of Gujarat, Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Gujarat. They hold constitutional post and there are ample safeguards provided in the constitution to ensure the independence of thejudiciary. Any judge can resign by writing to the President of India. Terms of appointment of judges cannot be altered to their disadvantage after their appointment.

Qualifications

The following are qualifications to be judge of Gujarat High Court.

• The individual must be citizen of India.

and

• The individual must have held a judicial office in India for at least ten years; or
• Been advocate in any high court or two or more courts in succession for at least 10 years.

The Bench

The present strength of Gujarat High court is 35 against sanctioned strength of 42.

1. The Honourable Mr Justice R. Subhash Reddy, Chief Justice
2. Mukesh Shah
3. Kalpesh Jhaveri
4. Akil Kureshi
5. Anant Dave
6. Shailesh Brahmbhatt
7. Harsha Devani
8. Abhilasha Kumari
9. Mohinder Pal
10. Kartik Thaker
11. Zahiruddin Saiyed
12. Rajesh Shukla
13. Rashmin Chhaya
14. Jamshed Pardiwala
15. G B Shah
16. Bela M. Trivedi
17. P.P.Bhatt
18. Sonia Gokani
19. Chandrakant Soni
20. Ashish Desai
21. Nilay Anjaria
22. Paresh Upadhyay
23. S. G. Shah
24. S. H. Vora
25. G. R. Udhwani
26. R. D. Kothari
27. A. G. Uraizee
28. K. J. Thako
29. R. P. Dholaria
30. Vipul Pancholi
31. Ashutosh J. Shastri
32. Biren A. Vaishnav
33. Biren A. Vaishnav
34. A.S. Supehia
35. Bipinkumar N. Karia

Former chief justices

See also

• High Courts of India

Notes

References

1. Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
2. Judge strength in High Courts increased

External links

• The Gujarat High Court official website