Kerala High Court
High Court of Kerala | |
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09°59′10″N 76°16′30″E / 9.98611°N 76.27500°E | |
Established | 1 November 1956 |
Jurisdiction | Kerala Governor of respective state. |
Authorized by | Constitution of India |
Appeals to | Supreme Court of India |
Judge term length | Mandatory retirement by age of 62 |
Number of positions | Permanent Judges: 35 (including CJ) Additional Judges: 12 |
Website | hckerala.gov.in |
Chief Justice of Kerala | |
Currently | Ashish Jitendra Desai |
Since | 22 July 2023 |
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The High Court of Kerala is the
At present, the sanctioned Judge strength of the High Court of Kerala is 35 Permanent Judges including the Chief Justice and 12 Additional Judges.[1] Depending on the importance and nature of the question to be adjudicated, the judges sit as Single (one judge), Division (two judges), Full (three judges) or such other benches of larger strengths.
The
, and facilities for retrieval of order copies and publishing of the case status via the internet. The building is built on 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land and has a built-up area of 550,000 square feet (51,000 m2) over nine floors. The building has in it a post office, bank, medical clinic, library, canteens and such other most needed utilities and services. The High Court of Kerala has moved to its new building from the date of its inauguration, from the adjacent palace, where it had been functioning.History of judicial system in the State of Kerala
The present State of
Early Reforms in the Kingdom of Travancore
In 1799, the Kingdom of Travancore became a vassal state of the British Empire. British diplomats encouraged judicial reform as they became involved in the political affairs of Travancore.
In 1811, following the 1808 insurrection against British Cochin and
Judicial system in the Kingdom of Travancore
In the Kingdom of Travancore, Munro recommended necessary regulations to be passed for the reorganisation of the Courts. These recommendations were accepted by the then king and a Regulation in tune to his recommendations was passed in 1811. Zilla Courts and a Huzur Court were established in the Kingdom of Travancore, in the years 1811 and 1814 respectively. Munro established five zilla (District) courts in A.D 1811 at Padmanabhapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Mavelikkara, Vaikom and Aluva. Huzur Court, which functioned as the final appellate Court was later replaced by Sadar Court in 1861. Sadar Court, which possessed almost all the powers of the present High Court of Kerala, continued functioning until 1881. Later in 1887, the High Court of Travancore was established with bench strength of five judges. One among the five judges was appointed as the Chief Justice. The judges had the assistance of a Pundit, who acted as an amicus curiae to advise them on the various points of Hindu law. Ramachandra Iyer was appointed as the first Chief Justice.[citation needed]
Judicial system in the Kingdom of Cochin
In the
After the integration of Travancore and Cochin kingdoms
After India gained her independence on 15 August 1947, the Kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin were integrated to form the
Establishment of High Court of Kerala
On 1 November 1956, the
Judges
The current sitting judges of the court are as follows:[4]
Name | Position | From |
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Ashish Jitendra Desai | Chief Justice | 21 November 2011 (CJ w.e.f. 22 July 2023) |
A. Muhamed Mustaque | Permanent Judge | 10 March 2016 |
A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar | Permanent Judge | 10 March 2016 |
Anil K. Narendran | Permanent Judge | 10 March 2016 |
P. B. Suresh Kumar | Permanent Judge | 20 May 2016 |
Amit Rawal | Permanent Judge | 12 November 2019 |
Raja Vijayaraghavan V. | Permanent Judge | 5 April 2017 |
Mary Joseph | Permanent Judge | 5 April 2017 |
Sathish Ninan | Permanent Judge | 16 March 2018 |
Devan Ramachandran | Permanent Judge | 16 March 2018 |
P. Somarajan | Permanent Judge | 16 March 2018 |
Dinesh Kumar Singh | Permanent Judge | 21 July 2023 |
V. G. Arun | Permanent Judge | 5 November 2018 |
N. Nagaresh | Permanent Judge | 5 November 2018 |
C. S. Dias | Permanent Judge | 18 November 2019 |
P. V. Kunhikrishnan | Permanent Judge | 13 February 2020 |
T. R. Ravi | Permanent Judge | 6 March 2020 |
Bechu Kurian Thomas | Permanent Judge | 6 March 2020 |
Gopinath P | Permanent Judge | 6 March 2020 |
Murali Purushothaman | Permanent Judge | 25 February 2021 |
Ziyad Rahman A. A | Permanent Judge | 25 February 2021 |
K. Babu | Permanent Judge | 25 February 2021 |
Kauser Edappagath | Permanent Judge | 25 February 2021 |
A. Badharudeen | Permanent Judge | 25 June 2021 |
Viju Abraham | Permanent Judge | 13 August 2021 |
Mohammed Nias C. P | Permanent Judge | 13 August 2021 |
Basant Balaji | Additional Judge | 8 October 2021 |
C. Jayachandran | Additional Judge | 20 October 2021 |
Sophy Thomas | Additional Judge | 20 October 2021 |
P. G. Ajithkumar | Additional Judge | 20 October 2021 |
C. S. Sudha | Additional Judge | 20 October 2021 |
Shoba Annamma Eapen | Additional Judge | 18 May 2022 |
Johnson John | Additional Judge | 25 October 2023 |
G Girish | Additional Judge | 25 October 2023 |
C Pratheep Kumar | Additional Judge | 25 October 2023 |
Former Chief Justices
Sl No | Name of the Chief Justice | From | To |
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1 | K. T. Koshi | 12 September 1944 | 30 January 1959 |
2 | K. Sankaran | 16 August 1946 | 29 March 1960 |
3 | Mohammed Ahmed Ansari[5] | 29 March 1960 | 26 November 1961 |
4 | M. S. Menon | 29 January 1953 | 12 June 1969 |
5 | P. T. Raman Nair | 22 February 1957 | 1 September 1971 |
6 | T. C. Raghavan | 15 December 1959 | 21 May 1973 |
7 | P. Govindan Nair | 29 January 1962 | 3 January 1977 |
8 | V. P. Gopalan Nambiyar | 22 March 1965 | 19 January 1980 |
9 | V. Balakrishna Eradi
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5 April 1967 | 30 January 1981 |
10 | P. Subramanian Poti
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20 March 1969 | 26 September 1983 |
11 | K. Bhaskaran | 3 April 1972 | 9 October 1985 |
12 | V. S. Malimath | 24 October 1985 | 11 June 1991 |
13 | M. Jagannadha Rao[6] | 8 August 1991 | 5 April 1994 |
14 | Sujata V. Manohar | 21 April 1994 | 4 November 1994 |
15 | M. M. Pareed Pillay | 3 January 1985 | 17 September 1995 |
16 | U. P. Singh | 23 July 1996 | 19 December 1997 |
17 | Om Prakash Verma
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20 November 1997 | 19 March 1999 |
18 | Arijit Pasayat | 20 September 1999 | 8 May 2000 |
19 | Arvind Vinayakarao Savant | 30 May 2000 | 17 September 2000 |
20 | K.K. Usha
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25 February 2001 | 3 July 2001 |
21 | B. N. Srikrishna | 6 September 2001 | 1 October 2002 |
22 | Jawahar Lal Gupta | 1 November 2002 | 22 January 2004 |
23 | N K Sodhi | 5 April 2004 | 17 November 2004 |
24 | B. Subhashan Reddy | 21 November 2004 | 2 March 2005 |
25 | Rajeev Gupta | 27 April 2005 | 11 January 2006 |
26 | Vinod Kumar Bali
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22 January 2006 | 24 January 2007 |
27 | H. L. Dattu | 18 May 2007 | 12 December 2008 |
28 | S. R. Bannurmath | 18 March 2009 | 22 January 2010 |
29 | Jasti Chelameswar | 17 March 2010 | 10 October 2011 |
30 | Manjula Chellur | 26 September 2012 | 5 August 2014 |
31 | Ashok Bhushan | 26 March 2015 | 12 May 2016 |
32 | Mohan Shantanagoudar | 22 September 2016 | 17 February 2017 |
33 | Navniti Prasad Singh | 20 March 2017 | 5 November 2017 |
34 | Antony Dominic | 6 February 2018 | 28 May 2018 |
35 | Hrishikesh Roy | 8 August 2018 | 22 September 2019 |
36 | S. Manikumar | 11 October 2019 | 23 April 2023 |
37 | Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti | 1 June 2023 | 13 July 2023 |
Controversy
The High Court of Kerala building in
Notable Judges
• Justice KG Balakrishnan former chief justice of india
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• Justice CT Ravikumar Judge, Supremecourt of India
• Justice K.M.Joseph former Judge, Supreme court of India
•Justice Kurien joseph former Judge Supreme court of India
• Justice V. Balakrishna Eradi Former Judge, Supreme court of India
See also
- High Courts of India
- KHCAA Golden Jubilee Chamber Complex
How To Check Kerala High Court Case Status Online?
References
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