JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA AND THE HIGH COURTS As on 01st November, 2014 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1 PREFACE This Handbook on Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts provides details of the composition of the Supreme Court and the twenty-one High Courts in the country as on 1st November, 2014. The names of the Chief Justices of the High Courts and Permanent Judges have been arranged as per seniority on all-India basis as well as with reference to their dates of retirement. to the dates of expiry of their tenure. For facility of reference, Additional Judges’ names have been arranged according A statement showing the names of Chief Justices appointed/ transferred to outside High Courts, has also been incorporated in the Hand book. As in the previous editions, this Handbook contains names of Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts who retired on or after January 1, 2009. Any error or omission in this compilation may be brought to the notice of the Department of Justice. In case of any doubt or discrepancy, needless to say, the original records have to be relied upon. The publication has been prepared in the Department of Justice under the overall supervision and guidance of SHRI PRAVEEN GARG, JOINT SECRETARY, SHRI H.C. BHATIA, DEPUTY SECRETARY, SHRI K.C. THANG, UNDER SECRETARY AND SHRI S. VIJAY GOPAL, UNDER SECRETARY. They were extensively assisted in compilation of the data and conceptualization, presentation and overall preparation of the final manuscript by SHRI RAMARAJHU, SECTION OFFICER. The Department of Justice would like to acknowledge with appreciation their hard work in bringing out this compilation. SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE 2 CONTENTS Sl. No. Title Page No. 1. The Supreme Court of India 4 2. Chief Justices of High Courts 12 3. The Allahabad High Court 13 4. High Court of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh 34 5. The Bombay High Court 43 6. The Calcutta High Court 59 7. The Chhattisgarh High Court 69 8. The Delhi High Court 75 9. The Gauhati High Court 86 10. The Gujarat High Court 92 11. The Himachal Pradesh High Court 102 12. The Jammu & Kashmir High Court 107 13. The Jharkhand High Court 113 14. The Karnataka High Court 119 15. The Kerala High Court 129 16. The Madhya Pradesh High Court 139 17. The Madras High Court 149 18 The Manipur High Court 162 19. The Meghalaya High Court 165 20. The Orissa High Court 169 21. The Patna High Court 176 22. The Punjab & Haryana High Court 185 23. The Rajasthan High Court 199 24. The Sikkim High Court 208 25. The Tripura High Court 211 26. The Uttarakhand High Court 214 27. Particulars of Additional Judges as on 01.11.2014 217 28. Particulars of Chief Justices appointed/transferred in the High 221 Courts, pursuant to the policy of having Chief Justices of High Courts from outside (from 01.01.2009 to 01.11.2014) 29. Chief Justices and Permanent Judges of the High Courts 225 (Arranged according to date of continuous appointment) 30 Chief Justices and Permanent Judges of the High Courts 238 (Arranged according to date of Retirement) 31 Retired Judges of the Supreme Court of India 251 (from 01.01.2009 to 01.11.2014) 32 Retired Chief Justices/Judges of the High Courts 259 (from 01.01.2009 to 01.11.2014) 3 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Sanctioned Judge Strength: 31 (List of Judges arranged according to date of appointment) Sl. Name of the Judge Date of Date of Date of REMARKS No. S/Shri Justice Birth appointment Retirement 1 H.L. DATTU 03/12/1950 17/12/2008 02/12/2015 CJI W.E.F. 28/09/2014 2 TIRATH SINGH THAKUR 04/01/1952 17/11/2009 03/01/2017 3 ANIL RAMESH DAVE 19/11/1951 30/04/2010 18/11/2016 4 S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA 15/03/1950 13/09/2011 14/03/2015 5 JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR 28/08/1952 13/09/2011 27/08/2017 6 DIPAK MISRA 03/10/1953 10/10/2011 02/10/2018 7 JASTI CHELAMESWAR 23/06/1953 10/10/2011 22/06/2018 8 F.M.I. KALIFULLA 23/07/1951 02/04/2012 22/07/2016 9 RANJAN GOGOI 18/11/1954 23/04/2012 17/11/2019 10 MADAN BHIMARAO LOKUR 31/12/1953 04/06/2012 30/12/2018 11 M. YUSUF EQBAL 13/02/1951 24/12/2012 12/02/2016 12 V. GOPALAGOWDA 06/10/1951 24/12/2012 05/10/2016 13 VIKRAMAJIT SEN 31/12/1950 24/12/2012 30/12/2015 14 PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE 28/05/1952 08/03/2013 27/05/2017 15 KURIAN JOSEPH 30/11/1953 08/03/2013 29/11/2018 16 ARJAN KUMAR SIKRI 07/03/1954 12/04/2013 06/03/2019 17 SHARAD ARVIND BOBDE 24/04/1956 12/04/2013 23/04/2021 18 SHIVA KIRTI SINGH 13/11/1951 19/09/2013 12/11/2016 19 CHOCKALINGAM NAGAPPAN 04/10/1951 19/09/2013 03/10/2016 20 RAJESH KUMAR AGRAWAL 05/05/1953 17/02/2014 04/05/2018 21 NUTHALAPATI VENKATA RAMANA 27/08/1957 17/02/2014 26/08/2022 22 ARUN KUMAR MISHRA 03/09/1955 07/07/2014 02/09/2020 23 ADARSH KUMAR GOEL [H] 07/07/1953 07/07/2014 06/07/2018 24 ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN 13/08/1956 07/07/2014 12/08/2021 25 ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE 28/08/1954 13/08/2014 27/08/2019 26 SHRIMATI R. BANUMATHI 20/07/1955 13/08/2014 19/07/2020 27 PRAFULLA CHANDRA PANT 30/08/1952 13/08/2014 29/08/2017 28 UDAY UMESH LALIT 09/11/1957 13/08/2014 08/11/2022 4 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Sanctioned Judge Strength: 31 (List of Judges arranged according to date of retirement) Sl. Name of the Judge Date of Date of REMARKS No. S/Shri Justice appointment Retirement 1 S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA 13/09/2011 14/03/2015 2 H.L. DATTU 17/12/2008 02/12/2015 CJI W.E.F. 28/09/2014 3 VIKRAMAJIT SEN 24/12/2012 30/12/2015 4 M. YUSUF EQBAL 24/12/2012 12/02/2016 5 F.M.I. KALIFULLA 02/04/2012 22/07/2016 6 CHOCKALINGAM NAGAPPAN 19/09/2013 03/10/2016 7 V. GOPALAGOWDA 24/12/2012 05/10/2016 8 SHIVA KIRTI SINGH 19/09/2013 12/11/2016 9 ANIL RAMESH DAVE 30/04/2010 18/11/2016 10 TIRATH SINGH THAKUR 17/11/2009 03/01/2017 11 PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE 08/03/2013 27/05/2017 12 JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR 13/09/2011 27/08/2017 13 PRAFULLA CHANDRA PANT 13/08/2014 29/08/2017 14 RAJESH KUMAR AGRAWAL 17/02/2014 04/05/2018 15 JASTI CHELAMESWAR 10/10/2011 22/06/2018 16 ADARSH KUMAR GOEL [H] 07/07/2014 06/07/2018 17 DIPAK MISRA 10/10/2011 02/10/2018 18 KURIAN JOSEPH 08/03/2013 29/11/2018 19 MADAN BHIMARAO LOKUR 04/06/2012 30/12/2018 20 ARJAN KUMAR SIKRI 12/04/2013 06/03/2019 21 ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE 13/08/2014 27/08/2019 22 RANJAN GOGOI 23/04/2012 17/11/2019 23 SHRIMATI R. BANUMATHI 13/08/2014 19/07/2020 24 ARUN KUMAR MISHRA 07/07/2014 02/09/2020 25 SHARAD ARVIND BOBDE 12/04/2013 23/04/2021 26 ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN 07/07/2014 12/08/2021 27 NUTHALAPATI VENKATA RAMANA 17/02/2014 26/08/2022 28 UDAY UMESH LALIT 13/08/2014 08/11/2022 5 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA- contd. JUDGES . 1. Shri Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu, B.Sc., LL.B., was born on December 3, 1950. He was enrolled as an Advocate on October 23, 1975 and practiced at Bangalore in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Taxation matters. He functioned as Government Pleader from June, 1983 to April, 1990; as Government Advocate from 1990 to 1993; as Standing Counsel for Income Tax Department from February, 1992 to March, 1993; as Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department from 1993 to 1995. He was appointed as Permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court on December 18, 1995. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court on February 02, 2007. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on May 18, 2007. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on December 17, 2008. He assumed the office of the Chief Justice of India with effect from September 28, 2014. Due to retire on December 02, 2015. 2. Shri Justice Tirath Singh Thakur, B.Sc., LL.B., was born on January 4, 1952. He was enrolled as a Pleader in October, 1972 and joined the Chamber of his father Late Shri D.D. Thakur, a leading Advocate and later, a Judge of High Court of J & K. He practised in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Taxation and Service matters in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir. Elected as President of the bar Association in 1986. Was designated as a Senior Advocate in the year 1990. Was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on 16th February, 1994 and transferred as Judge of the High Court of Karnataka in March 1994. He was appointed as a permanent Judge in September 1995. Was transferred as a Judge of Delhi High Court on 09.04.2004.