Why in news:

• Recently, Justice Akil Kureshi has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.
• Justice Akil Kureshi was the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court before being transferred here.
  
  
   

Key Points:

• The oath to Justice Akil Kureshi as the new Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court was administered by Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra
• Article 219- Oath or affirmation by Judges of High Courts-
• Every person appointed to be a Judge of a High Court shall, before he enters upon his office, make and subscribe before the Governor of the State, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
• Indrajit Mahanty, the outgoing chief justice, has been posted as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court.
  
  
   

The Rajasthan High Court:

•  It was established on 29 August 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949.
• The seat of the court is at Jodhpur.
• The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 50.
• There were five High Courts functioning in the various units of the States - at Jodhpur, Jaipur and Bikaner, the High Courts of former Rajasthan and Matsya Union, before unification of the Rajasthan.
• The Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949 abolished these different jurisdictions and provided for a single High Court for the entire State.
• The High Court of Rajasthan was founded in 1949 at Jaipur, and was inaugurated by the Rajpramukh, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh on 29 August 1949.
• Later, on after complete integration of Rajasthan in 1956 it was moved at Jodhpur with recommendation of Satyanarayan Rao committee.
• The first Chief Justice was Kamala Kant Verma.
• A bench was formed at Jaipur on 31 January 1977 under sub-section (2) of Section 51 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 which was dissolved in 1958.
• Currently the sanctioned strength of the judges is 50 and actual strength is 34.