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There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1122 of which 846 judges are permanent and remaining 276 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 27 January 2025, 367 of the seats, about 32.71% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
The Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India and consists of 33 judges headed by the Chief Justice of India. [1] The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts.
Under Article 141 of the constitution, all courts in India, including high courts – are bound by the judgements and orders of the Supreme Court of India by precedence. Judges in a high court are appointed by the president of India in consultation with the chief justice of India and the governor of the state under Article 217, Chapter Five of ...
Parent High Court All India seniority rank at the time of elevation Date of initial appointment as judge of High Court Nominated as Judge of High Court by Immediate previous office held 1 Sanjiv Khanna (Chief Justice of India) Male 46th CJI Ranjan Gogoi. Nominated as CJI by. 50th CJI Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud. Ram Nath Kovind. Appointed ...
Judges in these courts are appointed by the President after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice of the High Court, and the state governor. The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of ...
He was chief justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013 until his appointment to the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016. [14] Since 24 April 2021 he has been a part of the Collegium of the Supreme Court of India, [ 14 ] which is a body composed of the five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court of India responsible for the ...
He was appointed as a Judge of the Madras High Court in the year 2013. [2] On 24 May 2024, he was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court after the retirement of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala. On 18 July 2024, he was appointed as a Judge of Supreme Court of India.
He was elevated as an Additional Judge of Patna High Court on 5 April 2012. He was appointed as a permanent judge of the Patna High Court on 2 March 2016. He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 6 February 2023 and continued as such till 28 March 2023. He was Patron-in-chief of Bihar State Legal Services Authority from 6 ...