Himachal Pradesh High Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court
31°06′00″N 77°10′30″E / 31.100°N 77.175°E / 31.100; 77.175
Established	25 January 1971; 53 years ago (1971-01-25)
Jurisdiction	Himachal Pradesh
Location	Bemloi, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Coordinates	31°06′00″N 77°10′30″E / 31.100°N 77.175°E / 31.100; 77.175
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by	Constitution of India
Judge term length	Mandatory Retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	17
Website	hphighcourt.nic.in
Chief Justice
Currently	M. S. Ramachandra Rao
Since	30 May 2023

The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punjab hill States into a Centrally Administered Area on 15 April 1948. The Central Government promulgated the Himachal Pradesh (Courts) Order, 1948 on 15 August 1948. As per Paragraph 3 of this Order, the Court of Judicial Commissioner was established for Himachal Pradesh and the Court was housed at "Harvingtan" (Kelston area, Bharari, Shimla). It was vested with the powers of a High Court under the Judicial Commissioner's Court Act, 1950. The Court of Judicial commissioner started functioning on 15 August 1948. The Punjab High Court rules and orders with suitable amendments were made applicable.

In the year 1966, the Delhi High Court Act was enacted by the Government of India and w.e.f. 1 May 1967, the Central Government of India extended jurisdiction of the said Act to the Union Territory of Himachal Pradesh, replacing the Court of Judicial Commissioner by the Himachal Bench of Delhi High Court, at Shimla and it started functioning in old High Court building known as "Revenswood". On 18 December 1970, the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971 and established its own High Court^[1] with headquarters at "Revenswood" Shimla, having one Hon'ble Chief Justice and two Hon'ble Judges.

The seat of the court is Shimla, the administrative capital of the state. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 13 including the chief justice.^[2]