Patna High Court
High Court of Patna
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The High Court of Judicature at Patna (commonly known as Patna High Court) is the High Court of the state of Bihar, India. It was established on 3 February 1916 by the British colonial government and was later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915, making it one of the oldest High Courts of India.[1]
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| 25°36′32″N 85°7′32″E | |
| Established | 9 February 1916 |
| Jurisdiction | Bihar |
| Location | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Coordinates | 25°36′32″N 85°7′32″E |
| Composition method | Presidential assent on advice of the Chief Justice of India with consultation of Governor of Bihar |
| Authorised by | Constitution of India |
| Judge term length | mandatory retirement by age of 62 |
| Number of positions | 53 |
| Website | patnahighcourt.gov.in |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | Sudhir Singh (Acting) |
| Since | 12 July 2026 |
The court is based in Patna, the administrative capital of the state of Bihar.[1]
History of the court



A proclamation for setting up the court was issued by the governor-general of India on 22 March 1912. The foundation-stone of the High Court Building was laid on 1 December 1913 by Viceroy and Governor-General of India Sir Charles Hardinge of Penshurst. The Patna High Court building on its completion was formally opened by the same viceroy on 3 February 1916. Official work commenced on 1 March 1916. Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier was the first chief justice of the court.
In 1948, the Patna High Court exercised jurisdiction over the territories of the province of Bihar & Orissa until 26 July 1948, when a separate high court was constituted for Orissa. The Patna High Court opened a circuit bench at Ranchi in 1972. In 1976, the circuit bench of the Patna High Court at Ranchi became a permanent bench. In November 2000, under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, the circuit bench of the Patna High Court at Ranchi became the Jharkhand High Court.[1]
Starting 18 April 2015, the Patna High Court planned a year-long centenary celebration of 100 years of establishment, and the occasion was inaugurated by the president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, and was chaired by the governor of Bihar, Keshari Nath Tripathi; the chief justice of India, H. L. Dattu; and the chief justice of the Patna High Court, L. Narasimha Reddy.[1]
Prominent judges of the Patna High Court
- Hon. Ms. Justice Rekha Doshit was the chief justice of the Patna High Court and the first woman to hold this office.[2]
- Hon. Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier is the first chief justice of the Patna High Court.[3]
- Hon. Pandit Lakshami Kant Jha was the first Indian chief justice of the Patna High Court after independence.[3]
- Hon. Mrs. Justice Indu Prabha Singh, the first lady judge of the Patna High Court, holds the distinction of being the first woman judge to hold court at the Patna High Court and its Ranchi Bench.[4]
- Hon. Mrs. Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, the second lady judge of the Patna High Court, is the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India from Bihar.[4]
- The high court has given two chief justices of India.
- Hon. Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha, the 6th chief justice of India.[4][5]
- Hon. Mr. Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma, the 24th chief justice of India.[4][5]
Chief Justice and Judges
The following are serving as the judges of the court.[6]
Former chief justices
The following have served as chief justices of the court.[3]
| # | Portrait | Chief justice | From | To | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier | 1 March 1916 | 30 October 1917 | ||
| 2 | Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller | 31 October 1917 | 31 March 1928 | ||
| 3 | Courtney Terrell | 31 March 1928 | 6 May 1938 | ||
| 4 | Arthur Trevor Harries | 10 October 1938 | 19 January 1943 | ||
| 5 | Saiyid Fazl Ali | 19 January 1943 | 14 October 1946 | ||
| 6 | Clifford Monmohan Agarwala | 9 January 1948 | 24 January 1950 | ||
| 7 | Herbert Ribton Meredith | 25 January 1950 | 8 April 1950 | ||
| 8 | Pandit Lakshami Kant Jha | 8 April 1950 | 1 June 1952 | ||
| 9 | David Ezra Reuben | 1 June 1952 | 2 September 1953 | ||
| 10 | Syed Jafar Imam | 3 September 1953 | 10 January 1955 | ||
| 11 | Sudhansu Kumar Das | 10 January 1955 | 30 April 1956 | ||
| 12 | Vaidyanathier Ramaswami | 30 April 1956 | 4 January 1965 | ||
| 13 | Ramaswamy Laxman Narasimham | 4 January 1965 | 2 August 1968 | ||
| 14 | Satish Chandra Mishra | 9 November 1968 | 5 September 1970 | ||
| 15 | Ujjal Narayan Sinha | 5 September 1970 | 29 September 1972 | ||
| 16 | Nand Lall Untwalia | 29 September 1972 | 3 October 1974 | ||
| 17 | Shyam Nandan Prasad Singh | 3 October 1974 | 1 May 1976 | ||
| 18 | Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh | 19 July 1976 | 12 March 1982 | ||
| 19 | Surjit Singh Sandhawalia | 29 November 1983 | 27 July 1987 | ||
| 20 | Bhagwati Prasad Jha | 2 January 1988 | 2 January 1988 | ||
| 21 | Dipak Kumar Sen | 1 May 1988 | 1 May 1989 | ||
| 22 | Shushil Kumar Jha | 19 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | ||
| 23 | Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani | 24 October 1989 | 17 December 1990 | ||
| 24 | Bimal Chandra Basak | 18 March 1991 | 21 October 1994 | ||
| 25 | Krishnaswami Sundara Paripoornan | 24 January 1994 | 11 June 1994 | ||
| 26 | Konduswami Venkataswamy | 19 September 1994 | 6 March 1995 | ||
| 27 | Gopal Ballav Pattanaik | 19 May 1995 | 11 September 1995 | ||
| 28 | Devinder Pratap Wadhwa | 29 September 1995 | 21 March 1997 | ||
| 29 | Brij Mohan Lal | 9 July 1997 | 6 October 1999 | ||
| 30 | Ravi Swaroop Dhavan | 25 January 2000 | 22 July 2004 | ||
| 31 | Jitendrakumar Nanalal Bhatt | 18 July 2005 | 16 October 2007 | ||
| 32 | Rajesh Balia | 5 January 2008 | 3 March 2008 | ||
| 33 | Rajendra Mal Lodha | 13 May 2008 | 16 December 2008 | ||
| 34 | Jacob Benjamin Koshy | 16 March 2009 | 12 May 2009 | ||
| 35 | Prafulla Kumar Mishra | 12 August 2009 | 16 September 2009 | ||
| 36 | Dipak Misra | 23 December 2009 | 24 June 2010 | Elevated to Supreme Court on 10 October 2011. Took oath as Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017 | |
| 37 | Rekha Manharlal Doshit | 21 June 2010 | 13 December 2014 | Transferred from Gujarat High Court | |
| 38 | Lingala Narasimha Reddy | 2 January 2015 | 31 July 2015 | ||
| 39 | Iqbal Ahmed Ansari | 29 August 2016 | 28 October 2016 | ||
| 40 | Rajendra Menon | 15 March 2017 | 8 August 2018 | Transferred from Madhya Pradesh High Court. Transferred to Delhi High Court as its Chief Justice | |
| 41 | Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah | 12 August 2018 | 1 November 2018 | Transferred from Gujarat High Court. Elevated to Supreme Court of India | |
| 42 | Amreshwar Pratap Sahi | 17 November 2018 | 10 November 2019 | Transferred from Allahabad High Court. Transferred to Madras High Court as its Chief Justice | |
| 43 | Sanjay Karol | 11 November 2019 | 5 February 2023 | Transferred from Tripura High Court. Elevated to Supreme Court of India | |
| 44 | Krishnan Vinod Chandran | 27 March 2023 | 15 January 2025 | Transferred from Kerala High Court. Elevated to Supreme Court of India | |
| 45 | Vipul Manubhai Pancholi | 21 July 2025 | 28 August 2025 | Transferred from Gujarat High Court. Elevated to Supreme Court of India | |
| 46 | Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri | 21 September 2025 | 22 October 2025 | Transferred from Gujarat High Court | |
| 47 | Sangam Kumar Sahoo | 7 January 2026 | 4 June 2026 | Transferred from Orissa High Court | |
| 48 | Meenakshi Madan Rai | 5 June 2026 | 11 July 2026 | Transferred from Sikkim High Court |
Judges elevated as Chief Justices
This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Patna. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Patna High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Patna High Court but does not have Patna as their Parent High Court.[7]
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| Name | Image | Appointed as CJ in HC of | Date of appointment | Date of retirement[a] | Tenure | Ref.. | ||
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| As Judge | As Chief Justice | As Chief Justice | As Judge[b] | |||||
| Saiyid Fazl Ali | Patna | 11 April 1928 | 19 January 1943 | 14 October 1946[‡][c] | 3 years, 269 days | 18 years, 187 days | ||
| Clifford Monmohan Agarwala | Patna | July 1932 | 9 January 1948 | 24 January 1950[RES] | 2 years, 16 days | [8] | ||
| Herbert Ribton Meredith | Patna | 1940 | 25 January 1950 | 7 April 1950 | 73 days | [9] | ||
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | Nagpur | 19 January 1943 | 24 February 1951 | 2 December 1954[‡] | 3 years, 282 days | 11 years, 318 days | ||
| David Ezra Reuben | Patna | 1943 | 1 June 1952 | 2 September 1953 | 1 year, 94 days | |||
| Syed Jafar Imam | Patna | 25 October 1943 | 3 September 1953 | 9 January 1955[‡] | 1 year, 129 days | 11 years, 77 days | ||
| Sudhansu Kumar Das | Patna | 4 November 1944 | 10 January 1955 | 29 April 1956[‡] | 1 year, 111 days | 11 years, 178 days | ||
| Bira Kishore Ray | Orissa | 23 July 1945 | 26 July 1948 | 30 October 1951 | 3 years, 97 days | 6 years, 100 days | [10] | |
| Vaidyanathier Ramaswami | Patna | 28 October 1948 | 30 April 1956 | 3 January 1965[‡] | 8 years, 249 days | 16 years, 68 days | ||
| Sarjoo Prasad | Gauhati, transferred to Rajasthan | 13 January 1950 | 10 February 1953 | 10 October 1961 | 8 years, 243 days | 11 years, 271 days | [11] | |
| Chandreswar Prasad Sinha | Gauhati | 16 June 1950 | 21 February 1959 | 31 January 1961 | 1 year, 346 days | 10 years, 230 days | ||
| Khaleel Ahmed | Orissa | 23 April 1951 | 18 January 1965 | 5 April 1967 | 2 years, 78 days | 15 years, 348 days | [12] | |
| Satish Chandra Mishra | Patna | 11 December 1952 | 9 November 1968 | 4 September 1970 | 1 year, 300 days | 17 years, 268 days | [13] | |
| Ujjal Narayan Sinha | Patna | 29 October 1957 | 5 September 1970 | 28 September 1972 | 2 years, 24 days | 14 years, 336 days | [14] | |
| Nand Lall Untwalia | Patna | 2 January 1958 | 29 September 1972 | 2 October 1974[‡] | 2 years, 4 days | 16 years, 274 days | ||
| Shyam Nandan Prasad Singh | Patna | 1 December 1959 | 3 October 1974 | 30 April 1976 | 1 year, 211 days | 16 years, 152 days | [15] | |
| Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh | Patna, transferred to Madras | 15 November 1966 | 19 July 1976 | 24 January 1984 | 7 years, 190 days | 17 years, 71 days | [16] | |
| Bhagwati Prasad Jha | Patna | 12 April 1973 | 2 January 1988 | 2 January 1988 | 1 day | 14 years, 266 days | [17] | |
| Hari Lal Agrawal | Orissa | 1 May 1986 | 31 July 1989 | 3 years, 92 days | 16 years, 111 days | |||
| Shushil Kumar Jha | Patna, transferred to Madhya Pradesh | 19 October 1989 | 15 December 1993 | 4 years, 50 days | 20 years, 248 days | |||
| Nagendra Prasad Singh | Calcutta | 4 February 1991 | 14 June 1992[‡] | 1 year, 132 days | 19 years, 64 days | |||
| Prabha Shankar Mishra | Andhra Pradesh, transferred to Calcutta | 18 November 1982 | 15 May 1995 | 15 July 1998[RES] | 3 years, 62 days | 15 years, 240 days | [18] | |
| Uday Pratap Singh | Kerala | 15 February 1984 | 23 July 1996 | 19 December 1997 | 1 year, 150 days | 13 years, 308 days | ||
| Biswanath Agrawal | Orissa | 17 November 1986 | 18 November 1999 | 18 October 2000[‡] | 336 days | 13 years, 337 days | ||
| Bisheshwar Prasad Singh | Bombay | 9 March 1987 | 31 March 2000 | 13 December 2001[‡] | 1 year, 258 days | 14 years, 280 days | ||
| Satyabrata Sinha | Andhra Pradesh, transferred to Delhi | 11 December 2000 | 2 October 2002[‡] | 1 year, 296 days | 15 years, 208 days | |||
| Binod Kumar Roy | Punjab & Haryana, transferred to Gauhati then to Sikkim | 31 October 1988 | 14 October 2002 | 26 December 2006 | 4 years, 74 days | 18 years, 57 days | ||
| Sachchidanand Jha | Jammu & Kashmir, transferred to Rajasthan | 10 July 1990 | 4 February 2004 | 15 June 2007 | 3 years, 132 days | 16 years, 341 days | [19] | |
| Narayan Roy | Rajasthan | 2 December 1991 | 5 January 2008 | 31 January 2009 | 1 year, 27 days | 17 years, 61 days | [20] | |
| Gyan Sudha Misra | Jharkhand | 16 March 1994 | 13 July 2008 | 30 April 2010[‡] | 1 year, 292 days | 16 years, 46 days | ||
| Chandramauli Kumar Prasad | Allahabad | 8 November 1994 | 20 March 2009 | 7 February 2010[‡] | 325 days | 15 years, 92 days | ||
| Syed Rafat Alam | Madhya Pradesh, transferred to Allahabad | 20 December 2009 | 7 August 2012 | 2 years, 232 days | 17 years, 274 days | [21] | ||
| Sudhanshu Joshi Mukhopadhaya | Gujarat | 9 December 2009 | 12 September 2011[‡] | 1 year, 278 days | 16 years, 309 days | |||
| Shiva Kirti Singh | Allahabad | 29 December 1998 | 4 February 2013 | 18 September 2013[‡] | 227 days | 14 years, 264 days | ||
| Navin Sinha | Chhattisgarh, transferred to Rajasthan | 11 February 2004 | 9 April 2015 | 16 February 2017[‡] | 1 year, 314 days | 13 years, 6 days | ||
| Navniti Prasad Singh | Kerala | 6 March 2006 | 20 March 2017 | 6 November 2017 | 232 days | 11 years, 246 days | ||
| Ajay Kumar Tripathi | Chhattisgarh | 9 October 2006 | 7 July 2018 | 26 March 2019[RES] | 263 days | 12 years, 169 days | [22] | |
| Ravi Ranjan | Jharkhand | 14 July 2008 | 17 November 2019 | 19 December 2022 | 3 years, 33 days | 14 years, 159 days | [23] | |
| Chakradhari Sharan Singh | Orissa | 5 April 2012 | 7 February 2024 | 19 January 2025 | 348 days | 12 years, 290 days | [24] | |
| Ashutosh Kumar | Gauhati | 15 May 2014 | 21 July 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 17 days | 12 years, 84 days | ||
Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice
| Name | Appointed as ACJ in HC of | Date of appointment as Judge | Period as Acting Chief Justice | Date of retirement[a] | Tenure as ACJ | Tenure as Judge | Remarks | Ref.. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazl Ali | Patna | 11 April 1928 | 7 May 1938 – 9 Oct 1938 | 14 October 1946 | 156 days | 18 years, 187 days | -- | [25] |
| C. M. Agarwala | Patna | July 1932 | 15 Oct 1946 – 8 Jan 1948 | 24 January 1950[RES] | 1 year, 86 days | Became permanent | [26] | |
| Satish Chandra Mishra | Patna | 11 December 1952 | 3 Aug 1968 – 8 Nov 1968 | 4 September 1970 | 98 days | 17 years, 268 days | [27] | |
| K. B. N. Singh | Patna | 15 November 1966 | 1 May 1976 – 18 Jul 1976 | 24 January 1984 | 79 days | 17 years, 71 days | [28] | |
| Syed Sarwar Ali | Patna | 6 April 1970 | 13 Mar 1982 – 28 Nov 1983 | 9 September 1984 | 298 days | 14 years, 157 days | -- | [29] |
| Bhagwati Prasad Jha | Patna | 12 April 1973 | 28 Jul 1987 – 1 Jan 1988 | 2 January 1988 | 158 days | 14 years, 266 days | Became permanent | [30] |
| Shushil Kumar Jha | Patna | 3 Jan 1988 – 30 Apr 1988 | 15 December 1993 | 119 days | 20 years, 248 days | -- | [31] | |
| 2 May 1989 – 18 Oct 1989 | 170 days | Became permanent | ||||||
| N. P. Singh | Patna | 18 Dec 1990 – 3 Feb 1991 | 14 June 1992[‡] | 48 days | 19 years, 64 days | Elevated as CJ of Calcutta | [32] | |
| B. N. Agrawal | Patna | 17 November 1986 | 7 Oct 1999 – 17 Nov 1999 | 18 October 2000[‡] | 42 days | 13 years, 337 days | Elevated as CJ of Orissa | [33] |
| B. P. Singh | Patna | 9 March 1987 | 18 Nov 1999 – 24 Jan 2000 | 13 December 2001[‡] | 68 days | 14 years, 280 days | -- | [34] |
| S. B. Sinha | Calcutta | 18 May 1999 – 4 Dec 1999 | 2 October 2002[‡] | 201 days | 15 years, 208 days | [35] | ||
| Nagendra Rai | Patna | 10 July 1990 | 22 Jul 2004 – 17 Jul 2005 | 30 January 2006 | 361 days | 15 years, 205 days | ||
| G. C. Bharuka | Karnataka | 27 July 1990 | 17 Aug 2001 – 30 Aug 2001 | 15 June 2003 | 14 days | 12 years, 324 days | [36] | |
| Aftab Alam | Jammu & Kashmir | 6 Jun 2007 – 11 Nov 2007 | 11 November 2007[‡] | 159 days | 17 years, 108 days | Elevated to Supreme Court | [37] | |
| Narayan Roy | Patna | 2 December 1991 | 16 Oct 2007 – 4 Jan 2008 | 31 January 2009 | 81 days | 17 years, 61 days | Elevated as CJ of Rajasthan | |
| C. K. Prasad | Patna | 8 November 1994 | 4 Mar 2008 – 12 May 2008 | 7 February 2010[‡] | 70 days | 15 years, 92 days | -- | [38] |
| 17 Dec 2008 – 15 Mar 2009 | 89 days | Elevated as CJ of Allahabad | ||||||
| S. R. Alam | Allahabad | 30 Dec 2004 – 10 Jan 2005 | 7 August 2012 | 12 days | 17 years, 274 days | -- | [21] | |
| 27 Jan 2007 – 6 Mar 2007 | 39 days | |||||||
| 9 Mar 2009 – 19 Mar 2009 | 11 days | |||||||
| S. J. Mukhopadhaya | Jharkhand | 27 Aug 2004 – 28 Feb 2005 | 12 September 2011[‡] | 186 days | 16 years, 309 days | [39] | ||
| 9 Sep 2005 – 3 Dec 2005 | 86 days | |||||||
| 10 Jun 2006 – 28 Aug 2006 | 80 days | Transferred to Madras | ||||||
| Madras | 10 May 2008 – 18 May 2008 | 9 days | -- | |||||
| 16 Dec 2008 – 8 Mar 2009 | 83 days | |||||||
| S. K. Singh | Patna | 29 December 1998 | 13 May 2009 – 11 Aug 2009 | 18 September 2013[‡] | 91 days | 14 years, 264 days | [40] | |
| 17 Sep 2009 – 22 Dec 2009 | 97 days | |||||||
| 24 May 2010 – 20 Jun 2010 | 28 days | |||||||
| Allahabad | 20 Nov 2012 – 3 Feb 2013 | 76 days | Became permanent | |||||
| Navin Sinha | Chhattisgarh | 11 February 2004 | 9 Oct 2014 – 8 Apr 2015 | 16 February 2017[‡] | 1 year, 314 days | 13 years, 6 days | ||
| Ravi Ranjan | Patna | 14 July 2008 | 9 Aug 2018 – 11 Aug 2018 | 19 December 2022 | 3 days | 14 years, 159 days | -- | |
| 2 Nov 2018 – 16 Nov 2018 | 15 days | |||||||
| C. S. Singh | Patna | 5 April 2012 | 6 Feb 2023 – 28 Mar 2023 | 19 January 2025 | 51 days | 12 years, 290 days | ||
| Ashutosh Kumar | Patna | 15 May 2014 | 16 Jan 2025 – 20 Jul 2025 | Incumbent | 186 days | 12 years, 84 days | Elevated as CJ of Gauhati | |
| Sudhir Singh | Patna | 15 April 2015 | 23 Oct 2025 – 6 Jan 2026 | 76 days | 11 years, 114 days | -- | ||
| 12 Jul 2026 – Incumbent | 26 days |
- this includes date of resignation, death and elevation to supreme court
- also includes tenure as Chief Justice
- Elevated to Federal Court of India on 9 June 1947 after retiring as High Court Judge on 14 October 1946
Judges elevated to Supreme Court
This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Patna. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Patna High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Patna High Court but does not have Patna as their Parent High Court.
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| # | Name of the Judge | Image | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement | Tenure | Immediately preceding office | |||
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| In Parent High Court | In Supreme Court | In High Court(s) | In Supreme Court | Total tenure[a] | |||||
| 1 | Saiyid Fazl Ali | 11 April 1928 | 9 June 1947[b][c] | 18 September 1951 | 18 years, 187 days | 4 years, 102 days | 22 years, 289 days | -- | |
| 2 | Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 19 January 1943 | 3 December 1954 | 31 January 1964 | 11 years, 318 days | 9 years, 60 days | 21 years, 13 days | CJ of erstwhile Nagpur HC | |
| 3 | Syed Jaffer Imam | 25 October 1943 | 10 January 1955 | 31 January 1964 | 11 years, 77 days | 9 years, 22 days | 20 years, 99 days | 10th CJ of Patna HC | |
| 4 | Sudhansu Kumar Das | 4 November 1944 | 30 April 1956 | 2 September 1963 | 11 years, 178 days | 7 years, 126 days | 18 years, 303 days | 11th CJ of Patna HC | |
| 5 | Vaidyanathier Ramaswami | 28 October 1948 | 4 January 1965 | 30 October 1969 | 16 years, 68 days | 4 years, 300 days | 21 years, 3 days | 12th CJ of Patna HC | |
| 6 | Nand Lall Untwalia | 2 January 1958 | 3 October 1974 | 31 July 1980 | 16 years, 274 days | 5 years, 303 days | 22 years, 212 days | 16th CJ of Patna HC | |
| 7 | Lalit Mohan Sharma | 12 April 1973 | 5 October 1987 | 11 February 1993 | 14 years, 176 days | 5 years, 130 days | 19 years, 306 days | Judge of Patna HC | |
| 8 | Nagendra Prasad Singh | 15 June 1992 | 24 December 1996 | 19 years, 65 days | 4 years, 193 days | 23 years, 257 days | 26th CJ of Calcutta HC | ||
| 9 | Biswanath Agrawal | 17 November 1986 | 19 October 2000 | 15 October 2009 | 13 years, 337 days | 8 years, 362 days | 22 years, 333 days | 17th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| 10 | Bisheshwar Prasad Singh | 9 March 1987 | 14 December 2001 | 8 July 2007 | 14 years, 280 days | 5 years, 207 days | 20 years, 122 days | 32nd CJ of Bombay HC | |
| 11 | Satyabrata Sinha | 3 October 2002 | 8 August 2009 | 15 years, 208 days | 6 years, 341 days | 22 years, 153 days | 21st CJ of Delhi HC | ||
| 12 | Aftab Alam | 27 July 1990 | 12 November 2007 | 18 April 2013 | 17 years, 108 days | 5 years, 158 days | 22 years, 266 days | Acting CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| 13 | Chandramauli Kumar Prasad | 8 November 1994 | 8 February 2010 | 14 July 2014 | 15 years, 92 days | 4 years, 157 days | 19 years, 249 days | 41st CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| 14 | Gyan Sudha Misra | 16 March 1994 | 30 April 2010 | 27 April 2014 | 16 years, 46 days | 3 years, 363 days | 20 years, 43 days | 6th CJ of Jharkhand HC | |
| 15 | Sudhanshu Joshi Mukhopadhaya | 8 November 1994 | 13 September 2011 | 14 March 2015 | 16 years, 309 days | 3 years, 183 days | 20 years, 219 days | 22nd CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| 16 | Shiva Kirti Singh | 29 December 1998 | 19 September 2013 | 11 November 2016 | 14 years, 264 days | 3 years, 54 days | 17 years, 319 days | 44th CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| 17 | Navin Sinha | 11 February 2004 | 17 February 2017 | 18 August 2021 | 13 years, 6 days | 4 years, 183 days | 17 years, 189 days | 34th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| 18 | Ahsanuddin Amanullah | 20 June 2011 | 6 February 2023 | Incumbent | 11 years, 230 days | 3 years, 182 days | 15 years, 47 days | Judge of Patna HC | |
- Includes both tenure as High Court Judge as well as Supreme Court Judge
- Elevated to the Federal Court of India on 9 June 1947, and became part of the Supreme Court of India after its establishment on 26 January 1950.
- Elevated to Federal Court of India after retirement as High Court Judge on 14 October 1946
List of Former Judges (Arranged in alphabetical order)
| Judge | Source | Term Start | Term End | Tenure | Parent High Court | Remarks |
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| A. K. Ganguly | 4 April 1994 | 3 February 2012 | ||||
| A. N. Trivedi | ||||||
| A. B. N. Sinha | 6 May 1963 | 15 September 1970 | ||||
| A. W. E. Wort, Barrister- at- law | ||||||
| Abhayapda Mukherji | ||||||
| Abhijit Sinha | 3 November 2008 | |||||
| Abhiram Singh | 18 November 1982 | 2 March 1988 | ||||
| Achalendra Nath Mukherji | 6 April 1970 | 1 August 1975 | ||||
| Aditya Kumar Trivedi | 20 June 2011 | 10 August 2020 | ||||
| Aditya Narayan Chaturvedi | 18 September 1991 | 18 January 1997 | ||||
| Aftab Alam | 27 July 1990 | 18 April 2013 | ||||
| Ahmad Saiyid Anwar | 8 November 1965 | 28 February 1975 | ||||
| Akhilesh Chandra | 15 March 2010 | 15 March 2015 | ||||
| Amaresh Kumar Lal | 20 June 2011 | (Additional Judge) | ||||
| Amir Das | 2 December 1991 | 1 January 1996 | ||||
| Anand Prasad Sinha | 18 November 1982 | 10 September 1986 | ||||
| Ananta Manohar Badar | 20 October 2021 | 9 August 2023 | ||||
| Anil Kumar Sinha | 29 December 1998 | 8 January 2004 | ||||
| Anil Kumar Upadhyay | 22 May 2017 | |||||
| Anjana Mishra | 15 May 2014 | |||||
| Anjana Prakash | 13 June 2009 | 17 July 2016 | ||||
| Anjani Kumar Sharan | 17 April 2019 | 9 April 2025 | ||||
| Anwar Ahmad | 10 May 2006 | |||||
| Arthur Edgar Scroope | 31 January 1927 | |||||
| Arun Kumar | 9 December 2016 | 21 August 2018 | ||||
| Arvind Singh Chandel | 8 June 2024 | 31 August 2025 | ||||
| Arvind Srivastava | 9 December 2016 | 3 April 2024 | ||||
| Ashok Kumar Verma | 16 December 1999 | 28 January 2004 | ||||
| Ashoke Kumar Prasad | 16 October 1997 | 10 April 2001 | ||||
| Ashwani Kumar Singh | 20 June 2011 | 31 October 2022 | ||||
| Ashwini Kumar Sinha | 18 November 1982 | 11 August 1987 | ||||
| B. K. Jha | 1 March 2002 | 1 February 2005 | ||||
| B. K. Roy | 31 October 1988 | 26 December 2006 | ||||
| B. L. Yadav | 28 April 1994 | 5 April 1996 | ||||
| B. P. Jamuar | 18 July 1949 | 27 September 1958 | ||||
| B. N. Agrawal | 17 November 1986 | 15 October 2009 | ||||
| B. N. Rai | 25 January 1950 | 11 January 1960 | ||||
| B. N. Sinha | 17 November 1986 | 1 January 1992 | ||||
| B. N. P. Singh | 1 July 2001 | 18 April 2004 | ||||
| B. N. Singh | 16 March 1994 | 10 February 2001 | ||||
| B. P. Singh | 9 March 1987 | 8 July 2007 | (Former Judge Supreme Court Of India) | |||
| Bageshwari Prasad Griyaghey | 18 November 1982 | 14 August 1986 | ||||
| Baidyanath Jha | 21 March 1967 | 17 November 1971 | ||||
| Balmiki Prasad Sinha | 21 March 1967 | 12 January 1971 | ||||
| Barin Ghosh | 7 January 2005 | 4 June 2014 | ||||
| Bharat Prasad Sharma | 9 May 1996 | 23 January 2000 | ||||
| Bhubaneshwan Dhari Singh | 5 February 1968 | 1 November 1977 | ||||
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad | 13 September 1987 | 20 October 1991 | ||||
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Pandey | 5 March 1945 | |||||
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 19 January 1943 | 1 February 1964 | ||||
| Binodanand Singh | 4 December 1981 | |||||
| Bira Kishore Ray | 23 July 1945 | |||||
| Birendra Prasad Sinha | 3 January 1975 | 15 November 1990 | ||||
| Birendra Prasad Verma | 18 February 2010 | 16 January 2017 | ||||
| Brishketu Saran Sinha | 10 March 1976 | 12 January 1985 | ||||
| C. Aikinson K.C., Barrister - At- Law | ||||||
| C. H. A. Bennell, Barrister-at-law | ||||||
| C. M. Prasad | 24 March 2003 | |||||
| C. S. S. Sinha | 3 January 1977 | 15 June 1981 | ||||
| Chandra Narain Tiwary | 12 April 1973 | 1 August 1979 | ||||
| Chandra Prakash Singh | 4 June 2022 | 22 December 2025 | ||||
| Chandramauli Kumar Prasad | 8 November 1994 | 14 July 2014 | ||||
| Chandreshwar Prasad Sinha | ||||||
| Chandrika Prasad Sinha | 6 April 1970 | 1 April 1976 | ||||
| D. N. Prasad | 29 December 1998 | 14 August 2003 | ||||
| D. H. Kingsford | 27 April 1916 | I.C.S | ||||
| D. P. S. Choudhary | 29 December 1998 | 28 March 2002 | ||||
| Daljeet Singh Dhaliwal | 21 July 1994 | 22 July 1998 | ||||
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