Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court was instituted on 31st October, 1966 according to Section-3(1) of Delhi High Court Act.

As the composition of population in Delhi was increasing day by day, so it was felt necessary to establish a High Court at the Capital.

History: At the beginning the Delhi High Court besides exercising its power over Delhi, used to exercise its authority over Himachal Pradesh until the enforcement of Himachal Pradesh Act of 1970. The Delhi High Court had a Bench of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla in the building of Ravenswood.

It was actually on 21st March, 1919 that the Lahore High Court Judicature was formed handing over the authority over Punjab and Delhi which continued till 1947. According to the High Courts Order (Punjab), a new High Court was instituted at East Punjab on 15th August, 1947. But it later on moved to Chandigarh in 1954. Finally in 1966 the Delhi High Court was established.

The present address of Delhi High Court is:

F-22/83, Sector- 3 , Rohini
Delhi- 110085
Phone: (11)27510662

The Delhi High Court initially had only four judges. They were:

KS Hegde- The Chief Justice
Justice ID. Dua
Justice HR. Khanna
Justice SK. Kapur

But the number of judges of Delhi High Court have increased over the years which has now been raised to 28 permanent judges and 8 additional judges. The present registrar of Delhi High Court is Mr. Ajit Bharihoke.

Some former notable Delhi High Court Judges:

Hardayal Hardy
Narain Andley
TVR Tatachari
MK M Ismail
P N Khanna
Prithvi Raj
Rajinder Sachar
BC Misra
AB Rohtagi

Some recent important cases of Delhi High Court:

Jessica Lal murder case
Mattoo murder case
Dr. Venugopal versus Ramadoss case