1. Home ›
2. India ›
3. Shimla ›
4. Offices ›
5. Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Central Government promulgated the Himachal Pradesh (Courts) Order, 1948 on 15th August, 1948. As per Paragraph 3 of this Order, the Court of Judicial Commissioner was established for Himachal Pradesh and such Court was housed at "Harvingtan" (Kelston area, Shimla). It was vested with the powers of a High Court under the Judicial Commissioner’s Court Act, 1950. Besides the Court of Judicial Commissioner, two Courts of District and Sessions Judges and 27 subordinate Courts were also set up. The Court of Judicial commissioner started functioning on August 15, 1948 and in the same year, two Courts of District and Sessions Judges were also established. The Punjab High Court rules and orders with suitable amendments were made applicable to the courts in H.P. On April 29, 1967, two more District and Sessions Judges Courts, one for Shimla and other for Kangra were established. 

The Himachal Pradesh attained the Statehood in the year, 1971, and established its own High Court with Headquarters at "Revenswood", Shimla, having one Hon’ble the Chief Justice and two Hon’ble Judges. The first Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh was Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. H. Beg and the other two Hon’ble Judges were Hon’ble Mr. Justice D. B. Lal and Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. R. Thakur.