Sikkim High Court


The Sikkim High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Sikkim. The history of the court can be traced back to 1955, when the High Court of Judicature Proclamation, 1955 was issued to establish a High Court in Sikkim. Upon merger, Sikkim became the 22nd State of India. Under Clause of Article 371F, the High Court functioning immediately prior to the date of merger became the High Court for the State of Sikkim under the Constitution like any other High Court in the country. It was established in 1975.
The seat of the court is at Gangtok, the administrative List of Indian [state and union territory capitals|capital] of the state. With a sanctioned court strength of three judges, the Sikkim High Court is the smallest High Court of India.

Chief Justices

#Chief JusticeParent high courtAssumed officeLeft officeTerm lengthAppointer
Justice Rajinder Sachar 'Delhi High Court16 May 19756 May 1976Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
1Justice Man Mohan Singh GujralPunjab and Haryana High Court7 May 197614 March 1983Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Justice Anandamoy Bhattacharjee 'Sikkim High Court15 March 198316 December 1983Zail Singh
2Justice Mohan Lall ShrimalRajasthan High Court17 December 19833 January 1985Zail Singh
Justice Anandamoy Bhattacharjee 'Sikkim High Court4 January 198520 January 1986Zail Singh
3Justice Jugal Kishore MohantyOrissa High Court21 January 19864 January 1989Zail Singh
Justice Repusudan Dayal 'Sikkim High Court5 January 198919 January 1990R. Venkataraman
4Justice Braja Nath MishraOrissa High Court20 January 19908 November 1992R. Venkataraman
Justice Repusudan Dayal 'Sikkim High Court9 November 199219 January 1993Shankar Dayal Sharma
5Justice Surendra Nath BhargavaRajasthan High Court20 January 199310 February 1996Shankar Dayal Sharma
6Justice Krishna Murari AgarwalMadhya Pradesh High Court15 February 199626 October 1996Shankar Dayal Sharma
Justice Malay Sengupta 'Calcutta High Court27 October 199626 August 1997Shankar Dayal Sharma
7Justice Kanniappa Arumuga ThanikkachallamMadras High Court27 August 199726 September 1997K. R. Narayanan
Justice Anup Deb 'Sikkim High Court27 September 19972 February 1999K. R. Narayanan
8Justice Repusudan DayalSikkim High Court3 February 199917 May 2003K. R. Narayanan
Justice Nongthomban Surjamani Singh 'Gauhati High Court18 May 20038 July 2003A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
9Justice Radha Krishna PatraOrissa High Court9 July 200323 November 2004A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Justice Nongthomban Surjamani Singh 'Gauhati High Court24 November 200429 September 2005A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
10Justice Binod Kumar RoyPatna High Court30 September 200526 December 2006A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Justice Nongthomban Surjamani Singh 'Gauhati High Court27 December 200626 January 2007A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11Justice Ajoy Nath RayCalcutta High Court27 January 200730 October 2008A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Justice Ananda Prakash Subba 'Sikkim High Court31 October 20086 March 2009Pratibha Patil
12Justice Aftab Hussain SaikiaGauhati High Court7 March 20097 April 2010Pratibha Patil
13Justice Barin GhoshCalcutta High Court13 April 20106 August 2010Pratibha Patil
14Justice Paul Daniel Dinakaran PremkumarMadras High Court9 August 201029 July 2011Pratibha Patil
Justice Sonam Phintso Wangdi 'Sikkim High Court30 July 201111 December 2011Pratibha Patil
15Justice Permod KohliHigh Court of [Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh|Jammu and Kashmir High Court]12 December 201128 February 2013Pratibha Patil
Justice Sonam Phintso Wangdi 'Sikkim High Court1 March 201327 March 2013Pranab Mukherjee
16Justice Pius C. KuriakoseKerala High Court28 March 20131 October 2013Pranab Mukherjee
Justice Narendra Kumar Jain 'Rajasthan High Court2 October 20136 January 2014Pranab Mukherjee
17Justice Narendra Kumar JainRajasthan High Court7 January 20147 October 2014Pranab Mukherjee
Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha 'Chhattisgarh High Court8 October 201429 March 2015Pranab Mukherjee
18Justice Sunil Kumar SinhaChhattisgarh High Court30 March 20156 July 2016Pranab Mukherjee
Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri 'Madhya Pradesh High Court7 July 201621 September 2016Pranab Mukherjee
19Justice Satish Kumar AgnihotriMadhya Pradesh High Court22 September 201630 June 2018Pranab Mukherjee
Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai 'Sikkim High Court1 July 201829 October 2018Ram Nath Kovind
20Justice Vijay Kumar BistUttarakhand High Court30 October 201816 September 2019Ram Nath Kovind
Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai 'Sikkim High Court17 September 201914 October 2019Ram Nath Kovind
21Justice Arup Kumar GoswamiGauhati High Court15 October 20195 January 2021Ram Nath Kovind
22Justice Jitendra Kumar MaheshwariMadhya Pradesh High Court6 January 202131 August 2021Ram Nath Kovind
Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai 'Sikkim High Court1 September 202111 October 2021Ram Nath Kovind
23Justice Biswanath SomadderCalcutta High Court12 October 202114 December 2025Ram Nath Kovind
Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai 'Sikkim High Court15 December 202518 December 2025Droupadi Murmu
24Justice A. Muhamed MustaqueKerala High Court19 December 2025Incumbent-

Judges elevated as Chief Justice

This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Sikkim. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Sikkim High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Sikkim High Court but does not have Sikkim as their Parent High Court.
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  • Resigned
  • Elevated to Supreme Court