Rajasthan High Court


The High Court of Rajasthan is located in Jodhpur and is the highest court in the state of Rajasthan. It was established on 29 August 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949. Currently the sanctioned strength of the judges is 50 and the actual strength is 42.
There were five High Courts operated across different regions—at Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, and in the former Rajasthan and Matsya Union. The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 brought these institutions together, establishing a single High Court to serve the entire state under a unified judicial system.. The High Court of Rajasthan was founded in 1949 at Jaipur and was inaugurated by the Rajpramukh, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh on 29 August 1949, later on after complete integration of Rajasthan in 1956 it was moved at Jodhpur with recommendation of the Satyanarayan Rao committee.
The first Chief Justice was Kamala Kant Verma. A bench was formed at Jaipur on 31 January 1977 under Section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 which was dissolved in 1958.
The high court was shifted to a new premises on outskirts of Jodhpur from the city centre in 2019. The president of India inaugurated the newly constructed building.
This is the list of chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court from its establishment in 1947.

Former Chief Justices

#PortraitChief JusticeTerm
1Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh1947 – 1949
2Kamala Kant Verma29 August 1949-1950
3Kailas Nath Wanchoo1951-1958
4Sarju Prasad1959-1961
5J.S. Ranawat1961 – 1963
6D.S. Dave1963–1964
7Daulat Mal Bhandari1964–1969
8J. Narayan1969–1969
9B.P. Beri1969–1969
10P.N. Shinghal1969–1970
11V.P. Tyagi1970–1970
12C. Honniah1970–1971
13Chand Mal Lodha1971–1980
14K.D. Sharma1980–1981
15P.K. Banerjee1981 –1982
16D.P. Gupta1982–1985
17J. S. Verma1985–1986
18Krishna Chandra Agarwal1986 –1994
19G.C. Mittal1994–1995
20A.P. Ravani1995–1996
21Mukul Gopal Mukherjee1996–1999
22Shivaraj V Patil1999–2000
23A. R. Lakshmanan2000–2002
24Arun Kumar2002–2002
25Anil Dev Singh2002–2004
26S. N. Jha2004–2005
27J. M. Panchal2006–2006
28Narayan Roy2008–2008
29Deepak Verma2008–2009
30Jagadish Bhalla10 August 2009-31 October 2010
31Arun Kumar Mishra1 November 2010-2 January 2013
32Amitava Roy2 January 2013- 5 August 2014
33Sunil Ambwani24 3 2015 - 21 8 2015
34S. K. Mittal6 August 2014- 13 May 2016
35Navin Sinha14 May 2016- 16 February 2017
36Pradeep Nandrajog2 April 2017- 6 April 2019
37Shripathi Ravindra Bhat5 May 2019 - 22 September 2019
38Indrajit Mahanty6 October 2019 —11 October 2021
39Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi12 October 2021 —6 March 2022
40Sambhaji Shiwaji Shinde21-06-2022 to 01-08-22
41Pankaj Mithal14-10-2022 to 05-02-2023
42Augustine George Masih30-05-2023 to 09-11-2023
43Manindra Mohan Shrivastava06-02-2024 to 20-07-2025
44Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram21-07-2025 to - 27-09-2025

Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur

Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur is a registered society of the Advocates practicing at Jaipur Bench of Rajasthan High Court. The body elects its office bearers through direct election every year.

Statue of Manu

On 3 March 1989, the Rajasthan Judicial Officers Association sponsored by the Lions Club had installed a Manu idol in front of the lawn of the high court with the permission of the high court. Since its installation, the statue has been the subject of numerous protests, legal challenges, and even an order by judges calling for its removal.