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Country
  
India

No. of positions
  
9

Phone
  
05942 235 388

Authorized by
  
Constitution of India

Decisions are appealed to
  
Supreme Court of India

Location
  
Nainital, Uttarakhand

Website
  
Uttarakhand High Court

Established
  
2000

Currently
  
K. M. Joseph

Number of positions
  
9

Uttarakhand High Court

Composition method
  
Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand

Judge term length
  
mandatory retirement by age of 62

Address
  
Mallital, Nainital, Uttarakhand 263002

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The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The Uttarakhand State was carved out from erstwhile State of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 under the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. At the time of the creation of the State, the High Court of Uttarakhand was also established on the same day at Nainital.

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The sanctioned judge strength at the time of creation in 2000 was 7; this was increased to 9 in 2003. Justice Ashok A. Desai was the inaugural holder of the office. Former Chief Justices of Uttarakhand S. H. Kapadia and J. S. Khehar later went on to become Chief Justice of India. K. M. Joseph is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 31 July 2014.

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List of sitting judges of the Uttarakhand High Court

Following is the list of the current serving judges of Uttarakhand High Court. There are currently seven sitting judges including the Chief Justice. Post of two judges lie vacant:

References

Uttarakhand High Court Wikipedia