Allahabad High Court

Data as on 01.11.2026. Source: LawInC analysis of Department of Justice data.

Sitting judges of this Court, followed by judges whose Parent High Court is this Court and who are serving elsewhere, and sitting Supreme Court judges drawn from this Parent High Court. Parent High Court Seniority is kept after a transfer; that is the figure the public monthly list does not present as an all-India picture.

104
Sitting
160
Sanctioned
56
Vacancies
9
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
5
Of other PHCs, serving here
4
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Prayagraj (Allahabad)
Benches. Lucknow
Official website. https://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Arun Bhansali (Parent High Court: Rajasthan)

Collegium of the Allahabad High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief JusticeJustice Arun Bhansali14.10.2029
MemberJustice Arindam Sinha21.09.2027
MemberJustice Rajan Roy14.08.2027

Next change: Justice Rajan Roy retires on 14.08.2027; Justice Yashwant Varma joins the collegium.

Sitting at this High Court (104)

Ordered by sitting-court seniority (SHC-S). PHC-S is the Permanent High Court Number (parent-court seniority, kept after transfer). AIS is All India Seniority as on this date, including Additional Judges. Incoming transferred judges, including the Chief Justice, appear here.

SHC-SPHC-SAISWorking rankJudgeSitting HCParent HCSourceAppointedRetiresRemarks
1144Hon'ble Justice Arun Bhansali Chief Justice BarAllahabadRajasthanBar08.01.201314.10.2029CJ.Allahabad
2551717Hon'ble Justice Arindam Sinha BarAllahabadCalcuttaBar30.10.201321.09.2027Joined on (PHC: Calcutta)
3112525Hon'ble Justice Rajan Roy BarAllahabadAllahabadBar03.02.201414.08.2027
4973232Hon'ble Justice Yashwant Varma BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.201405.01.2031
5364646Hon'ble Justice Atul Sreedharan BarAllahabadMadhya PradeshBar07.04.201624.05.2028Joined on (PHC:MP)
6126565Hon'ble Justice Siddhartha Varma BarAllahabadAllahabadBar15.11.201618.09.2029
7136666Hon'ble Justice Smt. Sangeeta Chandra BarAllahabadAllahabadBar15.11.201622.04.2030
8157171Hon'ble Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar20.02.201719.12.2031
9169999Hon'ble Justice Shekhar B. Saraf BarAllahabadCalcuttaBar21.09.201720.10.2033Joined on (PHC: Calcutta)
1018101101Hon'ble Justice Salil Kumar Rai BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201707.08.2027
1121102102Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201717.07.2028
1222103103Hon'ble Justice Irshad Ali BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201711.12.2026
1324104104Hon'ble Justice Jahangir Jamshed Munir BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201722.08.2029
1425105105Hon'ble Justice Rajiv Gupta BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201721.10.2028
1526106106Hon'ble Justice Siddharth BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201714.04.2027
1627107107Hon'ble Justice Ajit Kumar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201721.12.2030
1728108108Hon'ble Justice Rajnish Kumar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201709.08.2031
1829109109Hon'ble Justice Abdul Moin BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201731.10.2030
1931110110Hon'ble Justice Rajeev Misra BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201726.01.2031
20101115115Hon'ble Justice Chandra Dhari Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201711.07.2031
2133111111Hon'ble Justice Ajay Bhanot BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.09.201703.08.2031
2224146146Hon'ble Justice Manoj Bajaj [H] BarAllahabadPunjab and HaryanaBar29.10.201822.06.2028Joined on (PHC: P&H)
2335155155Hon'ble Justice Prakash Padia BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201809.03.2027
2436156156Hon'ble Justice Alok Mathur BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201815.11.2026
2537157157Hon'ble Justice Pankaj Bhatia BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201814.09.2028
2638158158Hon'ble Justice Saurabh Lavania BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201816.04.2028
2739159159Hon'ble Justice Vivek Varma BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201828.12.2031
2841160160Hon'ble Justice Piyush Agrawal BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201805.11.2033
2942161161Hon'ble Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201803.02.2031
3043162162Hon'ble Justice Jaspreet Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201828.08.2033
3144163163Hon'ble Justice Rajeev Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201802.04.2030
3245164164Hon'ble Justice Smt. Manju Rani Chauhan BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201828.08.2028
3346165165Hon'ble Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201818.05.2033
3447166166Hon'ble Justice Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201829.12.2027
3548167167Hon'ble Justice Manish Mathur BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201808.06.2034
3649168168Hon'ble Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal BarAllahabadAllahabadBar22.11.201804.07.2033
3753169169Hon'ble Justice Raj Beer Singh ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService22.11.201805.12.2026
3856216216Hon'ble Justice Deepak Verma BarAllahabadAllahabadBar12.12.201929.03.2027
3957217217Hon'ble Justice Dr. Gautam Chowdhary BarAllahabadAllahabadBar12.12.201908.11.2026
4059219219Hon'ble Justice Dinesh Pathak BarAllahabadAllahabadBar12.12.201906.01.2034
4160220220Hon'ble Justice Manish Kumar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar12.12.201915.09.2032
4261221221Hon'ble Justice Samit Gopal BarAllahabadAllahabadBar12.12.201929.12.2033
4362253253Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kumar Pachori ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService16.09.202028.02.2027
4467287287Hon'ble Justice Chandra Kumar Rai BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202114.10.2027
4568288288Hon'ble Justice Krishan Pahal BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202122.06.2030
4669289289Hon'ble Justice Sameer Jain BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202125.02.2030
4770290290Hon'ble Justice Ashutosh Srivastava BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202102.12.2026
4871291291Hon'ble Justice Subhash Vidyarthi BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202129.04.2032
4972292292Hon'ble Justice Brij Raj Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202106.08.2032
5073293293Hon'ble Justice Shree Prakash Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202107.02.2036
5174294294Hon'ble Justice Vikas Budhwar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar13.10.202127.06.2035
52103316316Hon'ble Justice Vikram D Chauhan BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.10.202122.09.2036
5377408408Hon'ble Justice Saurabh Srivastava BarAllahabadAllahabadBar03.08.202229.07.2037
5481413413Hon'ble Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService15.08.202205.11.2026
5588478478Hon'ble Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi BarAllahabadAllahabadBar07.02.202318.11.2029
5689479479Hon'ble Justice Manish Kumar Nigam BarAllahabadAllahabadBar07.02.202314.06.2029
5790480480Hon'ble Justice Anish Kumar Gupta BarAllahabadAllahabadBar07.02.202302.01.2036
5891481481Hon'ble Justice Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla BarAllahabadAllahabadBar07.02.202329.06.2035
5992482482Hon'ble Justice Kshitij Shailendra BarAllahabadAllahabadBar07.02.202313.07.2037
6093483483Hon'ble Justice Vinod Diwakar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar07.02.202314.09.2038
6194487487Hon'ble Justice Prashant Kumar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.02.202329.05.2029
6295488488Hon'ble Justice Manjive Shukla BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.02.202307.11.2033
6396489489Hon'ble Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.02.202306.07.2035
64105599599Hon'ble Justice Pravin Kumar Giri BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.01.202519.01.2037
65106621621Hon'ble Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService18.04.202527.05.2031
66107622622Hon'ble Justice Anil Kumar-X ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService18.04.202520.04.2033
67108623623Hon'ble Justice Sandeep Jain ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService18.04.202528.11.2027
68109624624Hon'ble Justice Avnish Saxena ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService18.04.202507.02.2033
69110625625Hon'ble Justice Madan Pal Singh ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService18.04.202501.01.2033
70111626626Hon'ble Justice Harvir Singh ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService18.04.202512.03.2029
71112683683Hon'ble Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava-II ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService07.08.202504.01.2027
72113684684Hon'ble Justice Abdul Shahid ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService07.08.202505.07.2030
73114685685Hon'ble Justice Santosh Rai ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService07.08.202530.06.2034
74115686686Hon'ble Justice Tej Pratap Tiwari ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService07.08.202501.08.2033
75116687687Hon'ble Justice Zafeer Ahmed ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService07.08.202529.01.2032
76117708708Hon'ble Justice Arun Kumar BarAllahabadAllahabadBar03.09.202502.04.2034
77118709709Hon'ble Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai BarAllahabadAllahabadBar08.09.202503.06.2031
78119710710Hon'ble Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla BarAllahabadAllahabadBar08.09.202502.08.2040
79120711711Hon'ble Justice Vivek Saran BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202531.10.2032
80121712712Hon'ble Justice Vivek Kumar Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202507.10.2037
81122713713Hon'ble Justice Smt. Garima Prashad BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202522.10.2036
82123714714Hon'ble Justice Sudhanshu Chauhan BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202509.07.2035
83124715715Hon'ble Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202519.12.2035
84125716716Hon'ble Justice Smt. Swarupama Chaturvedi BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202531.12.2039
85126717717Hon'ble Justice Siddharth Nandan BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202525.05.2040
86127718718Hon'ble Justice Kunal Ravi Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202510.06.2041
87128719719Hon'ble Justice Indrajeet Shukla BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202530.06.2040
88129720720Hon'ble Justice Satya Veer Singh BarAllahabadAllahabadBar27.09.202506.07.2039
89130721721Hon'ble Justice Dr. Ajay Kumar-II ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202505.06.2034
90131722722Hon'ble Justice Chawan Prakash ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202504.07.2033
91132723723Hon'ble Justice Divesh Chandra Samant ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202504.02.2028
92133724724Hon'ble Justice Prashant Mishra-I ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202524.12.2034
93134725725Hon'ble Justice Tarun Saxena ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202510.01.2034
94135726726Hon'ble Justice Rajeev Bharti ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202520.01.2033
95136727727Hon'ble Justice Padam Narain Mishra ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202502.10.2032
96137728728Hon'ble Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202501.07.2034
97138729729Hon'ble Justice Jai Prakash Tiwari ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202501.01.2034
98139730730Hon'ble Justice Devendra Singh-I ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202513.11.2030
99140731731Hon'ble Justice Sanjiv Kumar ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202507.02.2028
100141732732Hon'ble Justice Smt. Vani Ranjan Agrawal ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202520.09.2027
101142733733Hon'ble Justice Achal Sachdev ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202530.12.2031
102143734734Hon'ble Justice Smt. Babita Rani ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService27.09.202523.04.2035
103144740740Hon'ble Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi ServiceAllahabadAllahabadService17.10.202530.10.2028
104145741741Hon'ble Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay BarAllahabadAllahabadBar07.01.202613.08.2034

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (9)

Including those serving as Chief Justice or as a puisne judge of another High Court. Their Parent High Court Seniority is unchanged.

SHC-SPHC-SAISWorking rankJudgeSitting HCParent HCSourceAppointedRetiresRemarks
171313Hon'ble Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi Chief Justice BarBombayAllahabadBar27.09.201320.06.2028CJ.Bombay
3458218218Hon'ble Justice Shamim Ahmed BarMadrasAllahabadBar12.12.201907.03.2028Joined on (PHC: Allahabad)
1672626Hon'ble Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra Chief Justice BarPunjab and HaryanaAllahabadBar03.02.201415.11.2030CJ.P & H
369222222Hon'ble Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari BarAndhra PradeshAllahabadBar12.12.201908.02.2031Joined on [PHC: Allahabad]
5987272Hon'ble Justice Vivek Chaudhary BarDelhiAllahabadBar20.02.201712.05.2028Joined on (PHC: Allahabad)
599113113Hon'ble Justice Jayant Banerji BarKarnatakaAllahabadBar22.09.201716.01.2027Joined on 19.07.25 (PHC: Allahabad)
7100114114Hon'ble Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh BarKarnatakaAllahabadBar22.09.201717.08.2028Joined w.e.f. 19/07/25 (PHC: Allahabad)
10102170170Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh BarPatnaAllahabadBar22.11.201820.01.2031Joined on (PHC: Allahabad)
35104409409Hon'ble Justice Om Prakash Shukla BarDelhiAllahabadBar03.08.202219.04.2039Joined on (PHC: Allahabad)

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (5)

Sitting judges of this Court whose Parent High Court is another High Court (transferred in). Their Permanent High Court Seniority (PHC-S) is that of the Parent High Court.

JudgeParent High CourtPHC-S
Justice Arun BhansaliRajasthan1
Justice Arindam SinhaCalcutta55
Justice Atul SreedharanMadhya Pradesh36
Justice Shekhar B. SarafCalcutta16
Justice Manoj Bajaj [H]Punjab and Haryana24

Sitting Supreme Court judges from this Parent High Court (4)

SC seniorityJudgeAppointed to the CourtRetiresRemarks
2Hon'ble Justice Vikram Nath31.08.202123.09.2027*
10Hon'ble Justice Manoj Misra06.02.202301.06.2030—
35Hon'ble Justice Smt. Sunita Agarwal06.10.202629.04.2031—
36Hon'ble Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya06.10.202615.06.2030—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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