List of sitting judges of the high courts of India

There are 25 high courts in India. The total number of judges in these courts is 1122, of which 847 judges are permanent. , 289 of the seats, about 25.75% are vacant.

Allahabad High Court has the largest number (160) of high court judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3). The lists of high court judges are maintained by the Ministry of Law and Justice.

Sanctioned, working and vacant posts of judges in each high court

High CourtJurisdictionPrincipal seatPermanent judgesAdditional judgesTotal judgesCurrent WorkingCurrent VacanciesAllahabad High CourtUttar PradeshPrayagraj1194116010654Andhra Pradesh High CourtAndhra PradeshAmaravati28937307Bombay High CourtMaharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuMumbai7123947519Calcutta High CourtWest Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar IslandsKolkata5418725022Chhattisgarh High CourtChhattisgarhBilaspur17522139Delhi High CourtNational Capital Territory of DelhiDelhi4515605010Gauhati High CourtAssam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, NagalandGuwahati22830264Gujarat High CourtGujaratAhmedabad3913523418Himachal Pradesh High CourtHimachal PradeshShimla13417152Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High CourtJammu and Kashmir, LadakhSrinagar/Jammu196251411Jharkhand High CourtJharkhandRanchi20525169Karnataka High CourtKarnatakaBangalore471562548Kerala High CourtKerala, LakshadweepKochi3512473611Madhya Pradesh High CourtMadhya PradeshJabalpur4013533815Madras High CourtTamil Nadu, PondicherryChennai561975669Manipur High CourtManipurImphal41532Meghalaya High CourtMeghalayaShillong40440Orissa High CourtOdishaCuttack249331518Patna High CourtBiharPatna401353449Punjab and Haryana High CourtPunjab, Haryana, ChandigarhChandigarh6421856421Rajasthan High CourtRajasthanJodhpur3812503911Sikkim High CourtSikkimGangtok30321Telangana High CourtTelanganaHyderabad3210422715Tripura High CourtTripuraAgartala41541Uttarakhand High CourtUttarakhandNainital921183Total8472751122833289

Allahabad High Court The Allahabad High Court in the state of Uttar Pradesh can have 119 permanent judges as well as 41 additional judges, bringing its total sanctioned strength to 160 judges. According to the high court's website, currently it has 105 judges. +Permanent judgesName of the Judge SourceDate of Appointment as Addl. JudgeDate of Appointment As Pmt. JudgeDate of retirementRemarksNominated as Judge byArun Bhansali (CJ)BarCJ w.e.f. 05.02.2024 (PHC: Rajasthan)Altamas KabirArindam SinhaBarJoined on 07.04.2025 (PHC: Calcutta)Palanisamy SathasivamRajan RoyBarYashwant VarmaBarH. L. DattuAtul SreedharanBarJoined on 11.11.2025 (PHC: MP)Tirath Singh ThakurSiddhartha VarmaBarSangeeta ChandraBarSaumitra Dayal SinghBarJagdish Singh KheharShekhar B. SarafBarJoined on 17.11.2023 (PHC: Calcutta)Dipak MisraSalil Kumar RaiBarRajesh Singh ChauhanBarIrshad AliBarSaral SrivastavaBarJahangir Jamshed MunirBarRajiv GuptaBarSiddharthBarAjit KumarBarRajnish KumarBarAbdul MoinBarRajeev MisraBarChandra Dhari SinghBarAjay BhanotBarManoj BajajBarJoined on 24.07.2023 (PHC: P&H) Prakash PadiaBarAlok MathurBarPankaj BhatiaBarSaurabh LavaniaBarVivek VarmaBarPiyush AgrawalBarSaurabh Shyam ShamsherryBarJaspreet SinghBarRajeev SinghBarManju Rani ChauhanBarKarunesh Singh PawarBarYogendra Kumar SrivastavaBarManish MathurBarRohit Ranjan AgarwalBarRajbeer SinghServiceRanjan GogoiDeepak VermaBarGautam ChowdharyBarDinesh PathakBarManish KumarBarSamit GopalBarSanjay Kumar PachoriServiceS. A. BobdeChandra Kumar RaiBarN. V. RamanaKrishan PahalBarSameer JainBarAshutosh SrivastavaBarSubhash VidyarthiBarBrij Raj SinghBarShree Prakash SinghBarVikas BudhwarBarVikram D ChauhanBarSaurabh SrivastavaBarRam Manohar Narayan MishraServiceSyed Qamar Hasan RizviBarD. Y. ChandrachudManish Kumar NigamBarAnish Kumar Gupta BarNand Prabha Shukla BarKshitij ShailendraBarVinod DiwakarBarPrashant KumarBarManjive ShuklaBarArun Kumar Singh DeshwalBarPraveen Kumar GiriBar --Sanjiv KhannaJitendra Kumar sinhaService --Anil Kumar-XService --Sandeep JainService --Avnish SaxenaService --Madan Pal SinghService --Harvir SinghService --Pramod Kumar Srivastava Service --B. R. GavaiAbdul ShahidService --Sanjiv KhannaSantosh RaiService --B. R. GavaiTej Pratap TiwariService --Sanjiv KhannaZafeer AhmadService --B. R. GavaiArun KumarBar --D. Y. ChandrachudAmitabh Kumar RaiBar --Sanjiv KhannaRajiv Lochan ShuklaBar --Vivek SaranBar --B. R. GavaiVivek Kumar SinghBar --Garima PrashadBar --Sudhanshu ChauhanBar --Abdhesh Kumar ChaudharyBar --Swarupama ChaturvediBar --Siddharth NandanBar --Kunal Ravi SinghBar --Indrajeet ShuklaBar --Satya Veer SinghBar --Ajay Kumar-IIService --Chawan PrakashService --Divesh Chandra SamantService --Prashant Mishra-IService --Tarun SaxenaService --Rajeev BhartiService --Padam Narayan MishraService --Lakshmi Kant ShuklaService --Jai Prakash TiwariService --Devendra Singh-IService --Sanjiv KumarService --Vani Ranjan AgrawalService --Achal SachdevService --Babita RaniService --Vinai Kumar Dwivedi Service --Jai Krishna Upadhyay Bar -- +Additional judgesName of Addl. JudgeSourceDate of appointmentDate of expiry of present termNominated as Judge by -- -- -- -- -- +Judges transferred from the Allahabad High CourtName of the JudgeSourceDate of Appointment as Addl. JudgeDate of Appointment As Pmt. JudgeDate of retirementRemarksManoj Kumar GuptaBarCJ of Uttarakhand Mahesh Chandra TripathiBarCJ of BombayAshwani Kumar MishraBarCJ of Punjab & Haryana Vivek ChaudharyBarTransferred to Delhi Jayant BanerjiBarTransferred to Karnataka Dinesh Kumar SinghBarTransferred to Karnataka Vivek Kumar SinghBarTransferred to MPSanjay Kumar SinghBarTransferred to Patna Ravi Nath TilhariBarTransferred to APShamim AhmedBarTransferred to MadrasOm Prakash ShuklaBarTransferred to Delhi +Current Judges elevated to Supreme CourtName of the JudgeImageDate of Appointment as JudgeDate of elevation to Supreme CourtDate of retirementVikram NathManoj MisraSunita AgarwalDevendra Kumar Upadhyaya

Andhra Pradesh High Court The Andhra Pradesh High Court sits at Amaravati, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, and can have maximum of 37 judges, of which 28 must be permanently appointed and 9 may be additionally appointed. The court currently has 30 judges. +Permanent judgesName of the JudgeSourceDate of Appointment as Addl. JudgeDate of Appointment As Pmt. JudgeDate of retirementRemarksNominated as Judge byLisa Gill (CJ)BarCJ w.e.f. 25.04.2026 (PHC: P&H)P. SathasivamRavi Nath TilhariBarJoined on 18.10.2021 (PHC: Allahabad)Ranjan GogoiBattu DevanandBar --Donadi RameshBar --Nainala JayasuryaBar --Boppudi Krishna MohanBar --S. A. BobdeKanchireddy Suresh ReddyBar --Boddupalli Sri BhanumathiService --N. V. RamanaKonakanti Sreenivasa ReddyBar --Venkateswarlu NimmagaddaBar --Tarlada Rajasekhar RaoBar --Satti Subba ReddyBar --Ravi CheemalapatiBar --Vaddiboyana SujathaBar --Subhendu SamantaServiceJoined on 29.10.2025 (PHC: Calcutta)S. A. BobdeVenkata Jyothirmai PratapaServiceD. Y. ChandrachudHarinath NunepallyBarKiranmayee MandavaBarSumathi JagadamBarNyapathy VijayBarMaheswara Rao KuncheamBarThoota Chandra Dhana SekarBarChalla GunaranjanBarAvadhanam Hari Haranadha SarmaServiceSanjiv KhannaYadavalli Lakshmana RaoService +Additional judgesName of Addl. JudgeSourceDate of appointmentDate of expiry of present termNominated as Judge byTuhin Kumar GedelaBarB. R. GavaiBalaji MedamalliBarSurya KantSunitha GandhamService Alapati GiridharService Purushottam Kumaar ChintalapudiService +Judges transferred from the Andhra Pradesh High CourtName of the JudgeSourceDate of Appointment as Addl. JudgeDate of Appointment As Pmt. JudgeDate of retirementRemarksLalitha KannegantiBar --Transferred to KarnatakaKumbhajadala Manmadha RaoBar --Transferred to Karnataka +Current Judges elevated to Supreme CourtName of the JudgeImageDate of Appointment as JudgeDate of elevation to Supreme CourtDate of retirementSarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti

Bombay High Court The Bombay High Court sits at Mumbai, the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and has additional benches in Aurangabad and Nagpur in Maharashtra, as well as Panaji in the state of Goa. It may have a maximum of 94 judges, of which 71 must be permanently appointed and 23 may be additionally appointed. Currently, it has a total of 75 Judges. +Permanent judgesName of the JudgeSourceDate of Appointment as Addl. JudgeDate of Appointment As Pmt. JudgeDate of retirementRemarksNominated as Judge byMahesh Chandra Tripathi (CJ)BarCJ w.e.f. 09.09.2026 (PHC: Allahabad)P. SathasivamAjey Shrikant GadkariBarGirish Sharadchandra KulkarniBarBurgess Pesi ColabawallaBarSuman ShyamBarJoined on 21.07.2025 (PHC: Gauhati)H. L. DattuMakarand Subhash KarnikBarT. S. ThakurBharati Harish DangreBarJ.S. KheharSarang Vijaykumar KotwalBarRiyaz Iqbal ChaglaBarManish PitaleBarShriram Madhusudan ModakServiceDipak MisraNijamoddin Jahiroddin Jamadar ServiceNitin Bhagawantrao SuryawanshiBarRanjan GogoiAnil Satyavijay KilorBarMilind Narendra JadhavBarNitin Rudrasen BorkarServiceMadhav Jayajirao JamdarBarAmit Bhalchandra BorkarBarAbhay AhujaBarShivkumar Ganpatrao DigeServiceS. A. BobdeAnil Laxman PansareServiceN. V. RamanaSandipkumar Chandrabhan MoreServiceUrmila Sachin Joshi-PhalkeServiceKishore Chandrakant SantBarValmiki SA MenezesBarKamal Rashmi KhataBarSharmila Uttamrao DeshmukhBarArun Ramnath PednekerBarSandeep Vishnupant MarneBarGauri Vinod GodseBarRajesh Shantaram PatilBarArif Saleh DoctorBarSanjay Anandrao DeshmukhServiceU. U. LalitYanshivraj Gopichand KhobragadeServiceMahendra Wadhumal ChandwaniServiceAbhay Sopanrao WaghwaseServiceRavindra Madhusudan JoshiServiceVrushali Vijay JoshiServiceSantosh Govindrao ChapalgaonkarBarMilind Manohar SathayeBarNeela Kedar GokhaleBarD. Y. ChandrachudShailesh Pramod BrahmeBarFirdosh Phiroze PooniwallaBarJitendra Shantilal JainBarManjusha Ajay DeshpandeBarAbhay Jainarayanji MantriServiceShyam Chhaganlal ChandakServiceNeeraj Pradeep DhoteServiceSomasekhar Sundaresan BarNivedita Prakash MehtaBarPrafulla Surendrakumar KhubalkarBarAshwin Damodar BhobeBarRohit Wasudeo JoshiBarAdvait Mahendra SethnaBarPravin Sheshrao PatilBarSanjiv Khanna +Additional judgesName of Addl. JudgeSourceDate of appointmentDate of expiry of present term Nominated as Judge bySachin Shivajirao DeshmukhBarD. Y. ChandrachudGautam Ashwin AnkhadBarMahendra Madhavrao NerlikarBarAjit Bhagwanrao KadethankarBarB. R. GavaiSushil Manohar GhodeswarBarAarti Arun SatheBarSiddheshwar Sundarrao ThombreBarMehroz Ashraf Khan PathanBarRanjitsinha Raja BhonsaleBarNandesh Shankarrao DeshpandeBarAmit Satyavan JamsandekarBarAshish Sahadev ChavanBarSandesh Dadasaheb PatilBarVaishali Nimbajirao Patil-JadhavBarAbasaheb Dharmaji ShindeBarShreeram Vinayak ShirsatBarHiten Shamrao VenegavkarBarFarhan Parvez DubashBarRajnish Ratnakar VyasBarRaj Damodar WakodeBar +Judges transferred from the Bombay High CourtName of the JudgeSourceDate of Appointment as Addl. JudgeDate of Appointment as Pmt. JudgeDate of retirementRemarksRevati Prashant Mohite DereBarCJ of MeghalayaMahesh Sharadchandra SonakBarCJ of JharkhandRavindra Vithalrao GhugeBarCJ of CalcuttaNitin Wasudeo SambreBarTransferred to Delhi +Current Judges elevated to Supreme CourtName of the JudgeImageDate of Appointment as JudgeDate of elevation to Supreme CourtDate of retirementPrasanna Bhalachandra VaraleAtul Sharachchandra Chandurkar

Calcutta High Court The Calcutta High Court sits at Kolkata, the capital of the state of West Bengal, and has additional benches sitting at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as at Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. It can have a total of 72 judges, of which 54 judges must be permanently appointed and 18 may be additionally appointed. Currently, it has 50 judges.