Uttarakhand High Court

Uttarakhand High Court उत्तराखण्ड उच्च न्यायालय
Established	9 November 2000
Country	India
Location	Nainital, Uttarakhand
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Uttarakhand
Authorized by	Constitution of India
Decisions are appealed to	Supreme Court of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	9
Website	Uttarakhand High Court
Chief Justice
Currently	K. M. Joseph
Since	31 July 2014

The Uttarakhand High Court (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड उच्च न्यायालय) 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.

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.

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:

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