• ¨     Uttarakhand Government approved the relocation of the Uttarakhand High Court from Nainital to Haldwani.

    ¨   A 30-hectare site at Lamachaur, Haldwani has been identified for the construction of the new High Court campus.

    ¨     The site is located along the Haldwani-Rudrapur Highway (NH-05).

    ¨  The Supreme Court of India set aside the 2024 Uttarakhand High Court order that had blocked the relocation.

    ¨  A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice V. Mohana held that establishing or relocating a High Court is an administrative matter.

    ¨   The Supreme Court directed the Uttarakhand authorities to obtain the necessary clearances and hand over the identified land to the High Court within six weeks.

    ¨     The Supreme Court issued this order on 16 July 2026.

    ¨  The Uttarakhand Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, approved the transfer of forest land at Lamachaur for the High Court on 7 August 2026.

    ¨     The final government order issued on 12 August 2026 formally approved the new site.

    ¨     The new decision replaced the earlier June 2023 proposal for 26.08 hectares of land at Gaulapar.

    ¨     After the High Court shifts to Haldwani, the existing judicial infrastructure in Nainital will be handed over to the state government.