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The High Court of Judicature at Patna (commonly known as Patna High Court) is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 3 February 1916 by British colonial government and was later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915 , making it one of the oldest High Courts of India .
The list shows incumbent and past chief justices of Patna High Court, the high court of the state of Bihar. In Indian legal jurisdiction, high courts are instituted as constitutional courts under the Indian Constitution. List Chief Justice Start of term End of term K. Vinod Chandran 29 March 2023 Incumbent Sanjay Karol 11 November 2019 5 February 2023 Amreshwar Pratap Sahi 17 November 2018 10 ...
The Patna High Court (Hindi: पटना उच्च न्यायालय) is the High Court of the state of Bihar. The Patna High Court is the principal court of the state of Bihar. However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for ...
Patna also serves as the seat of Patna High Court. The Buddhist , Hindu and Jain pilgrimage centres of Vaishali , Rajgir , Nalanda , Bodh Gaya and Pawapuri are nearby and Patna City is a sacred city for Sikhs as the tenth Sikh Guru , Guru Gobind Singh was born here. [ 17 ]
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1122 of which 846 judges are permanent and remaining 276 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 27 January 2025, 367 of the seats, about 32.71% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
On 1 August 2023, Patna High Court's division bench, comprising Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarathy, gave judgement that holding a caste survey in Bihar is valid and legal. [6] The division bench passed the order in its 101-page verdict [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] while dismissing all petitions challenging the survey.
The Calcutta High Court in Kolkata (est. 1862), Bombay High Court in Mumbai (est. 1862), Madras High Court in Chennai (est. 1862), Allahabad High Court in Allahabad (est. 1866), and Bangalore High Court (now Karnataka High Court) in Bengaluru (est. 1884) are the five oldest high courts in India. The Andhra High Court and Telangana High Court ...
He was elevated as an Additional Judge of Patna High Court on 5 April 2012. He was appointed as a permanent judge of the Patna High Court on 2 March 2016. He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 6 February 2023 and continued as such till 28 March 2023. He was Patron-in-chief of Bihar State Legal Services Authority from 6 ...