The government of Himachal Pradesh is the supreme authoritative body, which is responsible for all the state related affairs as well as governs the state. Like all other state governments, Himachal Pradesh State Government is even divided into the following 3 kinds:

Executive
Legislative
Judiciary

Constitutionally headed by the Governor of this state of north India, the state is actually administered by the state's Chief Minister. The President of India appoints, as per the Government of India's advice, appoints the Governor, who in turn is vested with the power to select the Chief Minister of this north Indian state as well as the Council of Ministers. The Governor and the Chief Minister along with the Cabinet Ministers look after the Executive and the Legislative government whereas, the High Court of this state government forms the main part of the Judiciary form of government.

Himachal Pradesh Judiciary

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh is the supreme place of appeal for each and every state related affair. Located in the state's capital city of Shimla, this court has got jurisdiction over the entire state. This state High Court is headed by the Chief Justice Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph. Apart from the High Court, the judicial form of government of this state of northern India even includes the following:

District Courts
State Consumer Commission
State Judicial Academy

Let us have a quick look at some of the basic details of the judiciary of Himachal Pradesh:

High Court of Himachal Pradesh

The names of some of the Himachal Pradesh High Court judges, who are a part of the judicial system of the High Court of this north Indian province, are as follows:

Mr. Justice Deepak Gupta
Mr. Justice Dev Darshan Sood
Mr. Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary
Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh
Mr. Justice Rajiv Sharma
Mr. Justice R. B. Misra
Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol
Mr. Justice Surinder Singh
Mr. Justice V. K. Ahuja
Mr. Justice V. K. Sharma

District Courts of Himachal Pradesh

The below mentioned table provides some basic information about the different district courts of this state of India:

Sl. No.	Name of the District Court	Name of the Judicial Officer	Designation
1	District Court of Bilaspur	Mr. Sushil Kukreja	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Pune Ram	Chief Judicial Magistrate or the C. J. M. cum Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)
		Mr. Anil Sharma	Ist Class Judicial Magistrate or the J. M. cum Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
2	District Court of Chamba	Mr. Kumar Chirag Bhanu Singh	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Mukesh Bansal	Chief Judicial Magistrate
3	District Court of Hamirpur	Sh. C. L. Kochhar	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Prem Pal Ranta	Chief Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)
		Mr. Surya Prakash	Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
		Ms. Divya Jyoti Patial	Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
		Mr. Hakikat Dhanda	Judicial Magistrate as well as Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
4	District Court of Kangra at Dharamsala	Mr. P. S. Rana	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. J. K. Sharma	Additional District and Sessions Judge - I
		Mr. Purender Vaidya	Additional District and Sessions Judge - II
		Mr. Baldev Singh Thakur	Presiding Officer
		Mr. Ajay Mehta	Chief Judicial Magistrate
		Mr. Sunish Aggarwal	Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
		Ms. Manisha Goyal	Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
5	District Court of Kinnaur at Rampur	Mr. A. S. Jaswal	District and Sessions Judge
		Sh. Basant Verma	Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Junior Division)
6	District Court of Kullu	Mr. Baldev Singh	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Padam Singh Thakur	Chief Judicial Magistrate
		Mr. Yogesh Jaswal	Chief Judicial Magistrate
7	District Court of Mandi	Mr. Virender Singh	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Rakesh Kainthla	Additional District and Sessions Judge
		Sh. D. R. Thakur	Chief Judicial Magistrate
		Smt. Parveen Chauhan	Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)
		Mr. Rajesh Chauhan	Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
		Mr. Amardeep Singh	Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
		Ms. Upasna Sharma	Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
8	District Court of Shimla	Mr. Shamsher Singh	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. B. L. Soni	District and Sessions Judge as well as Special Judge (Forest)
		Mr. Virender Sharma	Additional District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Rakesh Chaudhary	Additional District and Sessions Judge (F. T. C.)
		Mr. P. S. Samyal	Chief Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (Sr. Division)
		Smt. Anuja Sood	J. M. I. C. cum Civil Judge (Sr. Division)
		Mr. Pankaj	J. M. I. C. and Civil Judge (Jr. Division)
		Mr. Amit Mandyal	J. M. I. C. as well as Civil Judge (Jr. Division)
		Ms. Akshi Sharma	J. M. cum Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
		Ms. Vijay Lakshmi	J. M. I. C. cum Civil Judge of the Jr. Division
		Mr. Nikhil Aggarwal	J. M. I. C. and Jr. Division�s Civil Judge
9	District Court of Sirmaur at Nahan	Mr. Sureshwar Thakur	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Rattan Singh Thakur	Additional District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Davinder Kumar	C. J. M. cum Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)
		Mr. Pratap Singh Thakur	J. M. I. C. cum Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)
10	District Court of Solan	Mr. K. S. Chandel	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. J. N. Yadav	Additional District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Bhupesh Sharma	Chief Judicial Magistrate
		Mr. Vikrant Kaundal	J. M. I. C. cum Civil Judge
11	District Court of Una	Mr. Arvind Malhotra	District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Rajan Gupta	Additional District and Sessions Judge
		Mr. Ram Krishan Sharma	Presiding Officer
		Mr. Rajesh Tomar	Chief Judicial Magistrate Cum Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)
		Mrs. Aparna	1st Class Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Sr. Div.)
		Mr. Yajuvender Singh	1st Class Judicial Magistrate and Civil Judge (Jr. Div.)
		Ms. Kanika Chawla	1st Class Judicial Magistrate as well as Civil Judge (Junior Div.)
		Ms. Neha Sharma	1st Class Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Jr. Division)

Last Updated on 19 March 2012