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High Court of Karnataka
Karnāṭaka Ućća Nyāyālaya
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12°58′40″N 77°35′33″E / 12.9779°N 77.5926°E / 12.9779; 77.5926
Established1884 (1884)
JurisdictionKarnataka
LocationPrincipal bench
Additional benches
Coordinates12°58′40″N 77°35′33″E / 12.9779°N 77.5926°E / 12.9779; 77.5926
Composition methodPresidential appointment on advice of the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of Karnataka.
Authorised byConstitution of India
Judge term lengthMandatory retirement at age 62
Number of positions62
LanguageKannada, English
Websitehttps://judiciary.karnataka.gov.in
Chief Justice
CurrentlyVibhu Bakhru
Since19 July 2025

The High Court of Karnataka (IAST: Karnāṭaka Ućća Nyāyālaya, commonly referred to as the Karnataka High Court and formerly known as the Mysore High Court, is the highest judicial authority of the Indian state of Karnataka. The court's principal bench is located in Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka, with additional benches in Hubballi-Dharwad and Kalaburagi. In Bengaluru, the High Court operates from a red-painted brick building known as the Attara Kacheri, located opposite the Vidhana Soudha, the seat of the Karnataka Legislature.

Composition

The High Court is composed of the Chief Justice of Karnataka and other judges, who are appointed by the President of India.[1] As of February 2022, there are 45 judges in the High Court,[2] against a sanctioned maximum strength of 62.[3] Valluri Kameswar Rao has been the Acting Chief Justice since 30 May 2025.

Powers and jurisdiction

The High Court is the highest judicial authority within the State of Karnataka. It has superintendence over all courts and tribunals, such as district courts, operating within Karnataka, except those of the armed forces.[4][5] Appeals against judgments of lower courts, such as district-level civil and sessions courts, are heard in the High Court. Appeals against judgments of the High Court are heard by the Supreme Court of India.

The High Court is a court of record and has the authority to prosecute for contempt of itself.[6]

The Karnataka High Court has permanent benches at Hubballi-Dharwada (operational on 24 August 2013) and Kalaburagi (operational on 31 August 2013).[7] Prior to the establishment of permanent benches, Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi had circuit benches of Karnataka High Court starting in 2008. The Hubballi-Dharwada bench was inaugurated by then Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan on 4 July 2008 and became operational on 7 July 2008.[8]

Premises

Rear facade of Attara Kacheri, the Bengaluru seat of the Court's principal bench (in Neoclassical architecture style)
Attara Kacheri, the Bengaluru seat of the Court's principal bench

The High Court's principal bench is located in Bengaluru, in a building called the Attara Kacheri. It is a two-storey building made of stone and brick, painted red, in the neoclassical style. The building was constructed between 1864 and 1868[9] and is located in Bengaluru's Cubbon Park.

Attara Kacheri Plaque
Karnataka High Court Plaque

In 1982, it was proposed to demolish this building.[10] A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the High Court to prevent demolition. This was the first PIL ever filed in the court, and the case was heard in the same building that was supposed to be demolished.[11] The petition was dismissed by the High Court, but in 1985 the proposal to demolish the building was dropped after the Supreme Court directed the state government to reconsider demolition.

Heritage

Lord Cubbon, the then Viceroy of Colonial India was responsible for building Attara Kacheri. The building features Greco-Roman styled architecture with red paint and a sprawling expansive layout, marked by a distinguished central structure. A portion of the High Court building served as Attara Kacheri, during the Mysore Kingdom era, housing various public offices.

The entrance of the Attara Kacheri building now faces the side opposite to the Vidhana Soudha, which was originally the rear side of the former Attara Kacheri. Over a hundred years later, when the building became the High Court, it began to show signs of age and wear. This led to the proposal for its demolition during the tenure of Kengal Hanumanthaiah and again in 1984, when there was a plan to replace it with a new structure. These proposals faced significant protests from citizens who opposed dismantling the colonial-era building.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed, but the High Court dismissed the petition. The case was subsequently taken to the Supreme Court. In consideration of the public concerns, the government decided not to demolish the building but instead to renovate and expand it to meet modern needs. The government of Karnataka assigned the task to the engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD).[12] Preparations began in 1986 to renovate the old structure and add a new parallel block, designed in the same style as the original Attara Kacheri.

In 1990s, the Karnataka Government successfully rejuvenated the Attara Kacheri building, adding new blocks alongside the existing structure. The old building was reinforced to accommodate the updated requirements. The Northern Block was formally Inaugurated by Lokayuktha Venkatachala, with a plaque installed during the event.[13]

Chief Justice and Judges

The current sitting judges of the court are as follows:[14]

Former Chief Justices

P. Mahadevayya, M. Sadasivayya, Nittoor Srinivasa Rau, Sam Piroj Bharucha and G. T. Nanavati were among the notable Chief Justices who presided over this court.

List of former Chief Justices

High Court of Mysore
N Chief Justice Term
1 Charles George Plumer 1884 – July 1890
2 Sir T. R. A. Thumboo Chetty July 1890 – 4 November 1895
3 James William Best 4 November 1895 – 1907
4 Stanley Ismay 1908–1912
5 P. Mahadevayya 1931–1934
6 Justice Palecanda Belliappa Medapa 1948 - 10 April 1955
High Court of Karnataka
# Chief Justice Term
1 R. Venkataramaiah 1 November 1956 – 16 July 1957
2 S. R. Das Gupta 25 July 1957 – 13 August 1961
3 Nittoor Srinivasa Rau 29 March 1962 – 7 August 1963
4 A. R. Somanath Iyer 23 November 1969 – 29 December 1969
5 M. Sadasivayya 30 December 1969 – 16 September 1970
6 A. Narayana Pai 17 September 1970 – 6 June 1973
7 G. K. Govinda Bhat 7 June 1973 – 14 December 1977
8 D. M. Chandrashekar 22 March 1978 – 25 September 1982
9 K. Bhimaiah 28 October 1982 – 10 April 1983
10 V. S. Malimath 6 February 1984 – 24 October 1985
11 Prem Chand Jain 28 August 1986 – 16 September 1989
12 S. Mohan 26 October 1989 – 7 October 1991
13 S. P. Bharucha 1 January 1991 – 30 June 1992
14 S. B. Majumdar 2 July 1993 – 13 September 1994
15 G. T. Nanavati 28 September 1994 – 4 March 1995
16 M. L. Pendse 28 July 1995 – 25 March 1996
17 S. A. Hakeem 3 May 1996 – 9 May 1996
18 R. P. Sethi 29 June 1996 – 6 January 1999
19 Y. Bhaskar Rao 9 March 1999 – 26 June 2000
20 P. V. Reddi 21 October 2000 – 16 August 2001
21 Nagendra Kumar Jain 31 August 2001 – 20 October 2004
22 Nauvdip Kumar Sodhi 19 November 2004 – 29 November 2005
23 Cyriac Joseph 7 January 2006 – 6 July 2008
24 P. D. Dinakaran 8 August 2008 – 7 August 2010
25 Jagdish Singh Khehar 8 August 2010 – 12 September 2011
26 Vikramajit Sen 24 December 2011 – 24 December 2012
27 Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela 7 March 2013 – 1 June 2015
28 Subhro Kamal Mukherjee 23 February 2016– 9 October 2017
29 Dinesh Maheshwari 12 February 2018 – 17 January 2019
30 Abhay Shreeniwas Oka 10 May 2019 – 30 August 2021
31 Ritu Raj Awasthi 11 October 2021 – 2 July 2022
32 Prasanna B. Varale 15 October 2022 – 24 January 2024
33 P. S. Dinesh Kumar 3 February 2024 – 24 February 2024
34 Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria 25 February 2024 – 29 May 2025
35 Vibhu Bakhru 19 July 2025 – Incumbent

Judges elevated as Chief Justices

This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Karnataka. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Karnataka High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Karnataka High Court but does not have Karnataka as their Parent High Court.[15]

Colour Key
Symbol Key
Name Image Appointed as CJ in HC of Date of appointment Date of retirement[a] Tenure Ref..
As Judge As Chief Justice As Chief Justice As Judge[b]
Rudrapatna Venkataramaiah Karnataka 25 February 1946 10 April 1955 16 July 1957 2 years, 98 days 11 years, 142 days [16]
Nittoor Srinivasa Rau Karnataka 11 June 1955 29 March 1962 7 August 1963 1 year, 132 days 8 years, 58 days [17]
Arni Ramasvami Somanath Iyer Karnataka 11 July 1957 23 November 1969 29 December 1969 37 days 12 years, 172 days [18]
Mahadevayya Sadasivayya Karnataka 26 August 1957 30 December 1969 16 September 1970 261 days 13 years, 22 days [19]
Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde Delhi 31 October 1966 16 July 1967[‡] 259 days 9 years, 325 days
Ammembal Narayana Pai Karnataka 14 March 1958 17 September 1970 6 June 1973 2 years, 263 days 15 years, 85 days [20][21]
Guthu Konethota Govinda Bhat Karnataka 9 April 1962 7 June 1973 14 December 1977 4 years, 191 days 15 years, 250 days
Deshmudre Mallappa Chandrashekhar Allahabad, transferred to Karnataka 20 September 1963 10 May 1977 25 September 1982 5 years, 139 days 19 years, 6 days [22]
Closepet Honniah Rajasthan 15 March 1965 27 April 1978 22 September 1978 149 days 13 years, 192 days
Koratagere Bhimaiah Karnataka 19 July 1965 28 October 1982 10 April 1983 165 days 17 years, 266 days [23]
Mahadevayya Sadanand Swami Gauhati 2 June 1967 1 October 1977 5 July 1978 278 days 11 years, 34 days
Vijaykumar Siddheshwaraswami Malimath Karnataka, transferred to Kerala 5 March 1970 6 February 1984 10 June 1991 7 years, 125 days 21 years, 98 days
Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty Allahabad 25 June 1970 1 October 1986 30 April 1987[‡] 212 days 16 years, 310 days
Mandagadde Rama Jois Punjab & Haryana 28 November 1977 3 May 1992 31 August 1992 121 days 14 years, 278 days
Kudarikoti Annadanayya Swamy Madras 1 January 1979 1 July 1993 19 March 1997 3 years, 262 days 18 years, 78 days
M. Ramakrishna Jammu & Kashmir, transferred to Gauhati 10 January 1983 10 October 1994 12 April 1998 3 years, 185 days 15 years, 93 days
Syed Abdul Hakeem Karnataka 25 May 1984 3 May 1996 9 May 1996 7 days 11 years, 352 days [24]
Shivaraj Virupanna Patil Rajasthan 29 March 1990 22 January 1999 14 March 2000[‡] 1 year, 53 days 9 years, 352 days
Nyaka Yellapa Hanumanthappa Orissa 17 February 2001 24 September 2001 220 days 11 years, 180 days
Korategere Hanumanthayya Narasimha Kuranga Chhattisgarh 22 February 1993 6 February 2002 10 May 2004 2 years, 95 days 11 years, 79 days
Raju Varadarajulu Raveendran Madhya Pradesh 8 July 2004 8 September 2005[‡] 1 year, 63 days 12 years, 199 days
Subray Rama Nayak Chhattisgarh 25 February 1994 17 November 2005 31 December 2006 1 year, 45 days 12 years, 310 days
Handyala Lalshminarayanaswamy Dattu H. L. Dattu Chhattisgarh, transferred to Kerala 18 December 1995 12 February 2007 15 December 2008[‡] 1 year, 308 days 12 years, 364 days
Samindar Rudrayya Bannurmath Kerala 11 June 1997 18 March 2009 22 January 2010 311 days 12 years, 226 days
Venkate Gopala Gowda Orissa 25 March 2010 23 December 2012[‡] 2 years, 274 days 15 years, 196 days
Manjula Chellur Kerala, transferred to Calcutta then to Bombay 21 February 2000 26 September 2012 4 December 2017 5 years, 70 days 17 years, 287 days
Mohan Shantanagoudar Kerala 12 May 2003 22 September 2016 16 February 2017[‡] 148 days 13 years, 281 days
Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna Gauhati 6 January 2006 29 October 2018 23 May 2019[‡] 207 days 13 years, 138 days
Lingappa Narayana Swamy Himachal Pradesh 4 July 2007 6 October 2019 30 June 2021 1 year, 268 days 13 years, 362 days
Ravi Vijayakumar Malimath Madhya Pradesh 18 February 2008 14 October 2021 24 May 2024 2 years, 224 days 16 years, 97 days
Aravind Kumar Gujarat 26 June 2009 13 October 2021 12 February 2023[‡] 1 year, 123 days 13 years, 232 days
Guhanathan Narendar Uttarakhand 2 January 2015 26 December 2024 9 January 2026 1 year, 15 days 11 years, 8 days
Pratinidhi Srinivasacharya Dinesh Kumar Karnataka 3 February 2024 24 February 2024 22 days 9 years, 54 days
Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri Patna 21 September 2025 22 October 2025 32 days 10 years, 294 days
Kempaiah Somashekar Manipur 14 November 2016 22 May 2025 14 September 2025 116 days 8 years, 305 days

Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice

Name Appointed as ACJ in HC of Date of appointment as Judge Period as Acting Chief Justice Date of retirement[a] Tenure as ACJ Tenure as Judge Remarks Ref..
N. Srinivasa Rau Karnataka 11 June 1955 16 Jul 1957 – 24 Jul 1957 7 August 1963 9 days 8 years, 58 days -- [25]
13 Aug 1961 – 28 Mar 1962 228 days Became permanent [26]
Hombe Gowda Karnataka 7 Aug 1963 – 1 Aug 1969 1 August 1969[†] 5 years, 360 days 14 years, 52 days Died in office [27][28]
A. R. Somanath Iyer Karnataka 11 July 1957 1 Aug 1969 – 22 Nov 1969 29 December 1969 114 days 12 years, 172 days Became permanent
C. Honniah Karnataka 15 March 1965 15 Dec 1977 – 21 Mar 1978 22 September 1978 97 days 13 years, 192 days --
K. Bhimaiah Karnataka 19 July 1965 26 Sep 1982 – 27 Oct 1982 10 April 1983 32 days 17 years, 266 days Became permanent [23]
M. Sadanand Swami Gauhati 2 June 1967 1 Jul 1977 – 30 Sep 1977 5 July 1978 92 days 11 years, 34 days
V. S. Malimath Karnataka 5 March 1970 11 Apr 1983 – 5 Feb 1984 10 June 1991 301 days 21 years, 98 days [29]
K. Jagannatha Shetty Karnataka 25 June 1970 24 Oct 1985 – 17 Aug 1986 30 April 1987[‡] 298 days 16 years, 310 days -- [30]
M. Rama Jois Karnataka 28 November 1977 17 Sep 1989 – 25 Oct 1989 31 August 1992 39 days 14 years, 278 days [31]
7 Oct 1991 – 31 Oct 1991 25 days
K. A. Swamy Karnataka 1 January 1979 1 Jul 1992 – 1 Jul 1993 19 March 1997 1 year, 1 day 18 years, 78 days Elevated as CJ of Madras
S. A. Hakeem Karnataka 25 May 1984 6 Mar 1995 – 27 Jul 1995 9 May 1996 144 days 11 years, 352 days -- [32]
26 Mar 1996 – 2 May 1996 38 days Became permanent
S. Rajendra Babu Karnataka 19 February 1988 10 May 1996 – 28 Jun 1996 24 September 1997 50 days 9 years, 218 days -- [33]
Shivaraj Patil Madras 29 March 1990 28 Dec 1998 – 19 Jan 1999 14 March 2000[‡] 23 days 9 years, 352 days Elevated as CJ of Rajasthan [34]
S. R. Nayak Karnataka 25 February 1994 20 Oct 2004 – 

18 Nov 2004

 31 December 2006 30 days 12 years, 310 days Elevated as CJ of Chhattisgarh
B. Padmaraj Karnataka 30 November 1994 29 Nov 2005 – 6 Jan 2006 5 October 2006 39 days 11 years, 310 days --
Manjula Chellur Kerala 21 February 2000 9 Nov 2011 – 25 Sep 2012 4 December 2017 322 days 17 years, 287 days Became permanent
Karanam Sreedhar Rao Karnataka 21 February 2000 25 Dec 2012 – 6 Mar 2013 20 October 2015 72 days 15 years, 242 days -- [35]
Gauhati 13 Aug 2014 – 20 Oct 2015 1 year, 69 days Retired as ACJ [36]
Humchadakatte G. Ramesh Karnataka 12 May 2003 10 Oct 2017 – 12 Feb 2018 15 January 2019 126 days 15 years, 249 days --
Mohan Shantanagoudar Kerala 1 Aug 2016 – 

21 Sep 2016

 16 February 2017[‡] 52 days 13 years, 281 days Became permanent
Huluvadi G. Ramesh Madras 8 September 2003 16 Feb 2017 – 4 Apr 2017 19 May 2019 48 days 15 years, 254 days -- [37]
7 Aug 2018 – 11 Aug 2018 5 days
L. N. Swamy Karnataka 4 July 2007 18 Jan 2019 – 9 May 2019 30 June 2021 112 days 13 years, 362 days [38]
Ravi Malimath Uttarakhand 18 February 2008 28 Jul 2020 – 6 Jan 2021 24 May 2024 132 days 16 years, 97 days Transferred to Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh 1 Jul 2021 – 13 Oct 2021 105 days Elevated as CJ of Madhya Pradesh
P. S. Dinesh Kumar Karnataka 2 January 2015 25 Jan 2024 – 2 Feb 2024 24 February 2024 9 days 9 years, 54 days Became permanent [39]
P. B. Bajanthri Patna 29 Aug 2025 – 20 Sep 2025 22 October 2025 23 days 10 years, 294 days
  1. this includes date of resignation, death and elevation to supreme court
  2. also includes tenure as Chief Justice

Judges elevated to Supreme Court

This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Karnataka. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Karnataka High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Karnataka High Court but does not have Karnataka as their Parent High Court.

Colour Key
Key
  • RES Resigned
  • † Died in office
# Name of the Judge Image Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Tenure Immediately preceding office
In Parent High Court In Supreme Court In High Court(s) In Supreme Court Total tenure[a]
1 Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde 26 August 1957 17 July 1967 30 April 1973[RES] 9 years, 325 days 5 years, 288 days 15 years, 248 days 1st CJ of Delhi HC
2 Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah 25 June 1970 8 March 1979 17 December 1989 8 years, 256 days 10 years, 285 days 19 years, 176 days Judge of Karnataka HC
3 Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty 25 June 1970 1 May 1987 14 December 1991 16 years, 310 days 4 years, 228 days 21 years, 173 days 27th CJ of Allahabad HC
4 Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah 6 November 1975 5 October 1987 24 October 1994 11 years, 333 days 7 years, 20 days 18 years, 353 days Judge of Karnataka HC
5 Nanje Gowda Venkatachala 28 November 1977 1 July 1992 2 July 1995 14 years, 216 days 3 years, 2 days 17 years, 217 days Judge of Karnataka HC
6 Sanjeevalu Rajendra Babu 19 February 1988 25 September 1997 31 May 2004 9 years, 218 days 6 years, 250 days 16 years, 103 days Judge of Karnataka HC
7 Shivaraj Virupanna Patil 29 March 1990 15 March 2000 11 January 2005 9 years, 352 days 4 years, 303 days 14 years, 289 days 21st CJ of Rajasthan HC
8 Raju Varadarajulu Raveendran 22 February 1993 9 September 2005 15 October 2011 12 years, 199 days 6 years, 37 days 18 years, 236 days 18th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
9 Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu 18 December 1995 17 December 2008 2 December 2015 12 years, 365 days 6 years, 351 days 19 years, 350 days 27th CJ of Kerala HC
10 Venkate Gopala Gowda 11 June 1997 24 December 2012 5 October 2016 15 years, 196 days 3 years, 287 days 19 years, 117 days 24th CJ of Orissa HC
11 Mohan Shantanagoudar 12 May 2003 17 February 2017 24 April 2021[†] 13 years, 281 days 4 years, 67 days 17 years, 348 days 32nd CJ of Kerala HC
12 Syed Abdul Nazeer 4 January 2023 13 years, 281 days 5 years, 322 days 19 years, 238 days Judge of Karnataka HC
13 Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna 6 January 2006 24 May 2019 19 May 2024 13 years, 138 days 4 years, 362 days 18 years, 135 days 37th CJ of Gauhati HC
14 Bengaluru Venkataramaiah Nagarathna 18 February 2008 31 August 2021 Incumbent 13 years, 194 days 4 years, 303 days 18 years, 132 days Judge of Karnataka HC
15 Aravind Kumar 26 June 2009 13 February 2023 Incumbent 13 years, 232 days 3 years, 138 days 17 years, 4 days 26th CJ of Gujarat HC
  1. Includes both tenure as High Court Judge as well as Supreme Court Judge

Additional Benches

Karnataka High court bench in Kalaburagi.

The Karnataka High Court currently operates in Bengaluru, Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi. For many years there was a demand for additional benches due to the difficulty faced by people from northern regions of the state, as Bengaluru is located in the southeastern corner. This issue led to agitation, including boycott of court proceedings by lawyers in the northern region. In response, the government decided to establish circuit benches in Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi in 2006.[40] The new benches were inaugurated on 4 and 5 July 2008, respectively. Subsequently, there was a push to make both the Hubballi-Dharwada and Kalaburagi benches permanent. As a result, the Hubballi-Dharwadaa bench became permanent on from 25 August 2013, followed by the Kalaburagi bench on 31 August 2013.

Controversies

In late 2002, 14 newspapers and periodicals reported allegations of a sex scandal involving some judges of the Karnataka High Court in Mysore. In response, the Chief Justice formed a high-level judicial inquiry committee to investigate the matter. The committee later acquitted the judges, as no substantial evidence could be found to support the allegations.[41][42][43]

As of 2023, approximately 2.7 lakh cases were pending in Karnataka High Court, which is facing a significant backlog. The court has struggled with delays due to challenges in adhering to the Karnataka Civil Procedure Code and delivering timely justice.[44]

As of August 2024, approximately 20 Lakh cases are pending across the state, with the High Court serving as the final custodian of justice in these matters.[45]

See also

References

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