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Bombay 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.

75
Sitting
94
Sanctioned
19
Vacancies
4
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
2
Of other PHCs, serving here
2
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Mumbai
Benches. Nagpur, Aurangabad, Panaji (Goa)
Official website. https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi (Parent High Court: Allahabad)

Collegium of the Bombay High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief JusticeJustice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi20.06.2028
MemberJustice Sachin Shivajirao Deshmukh01.06.2038
MemberJustice Ajey Shrikant Gadkari13.06.2027

Next change: Justice Ajey Shrikant Gadkari retires on 13.06.2027; Justice Gautam Ashwin Ankhad joins the collegium.

Sitting at this High Court (75)

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
171313Hon'ble Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi Chief Justice BarBombayAllahabadBar27.09.201320.06.2028CJ.Bombay
280640640Hon'ble Justice Sachin Shivajirao Deshmukh BarBombayBombayBar09.06.202501.06.2038Addl. Addl.
391818Hon'ble Justice Ajey Shrikant Gadkari BarBombayBombayBar06.01.201413.06.2027
481641641Hon'ble Justice Gautam Ashwin Ankhad BarBombayBombayBar04.07.202501.02.2039Addl. Addl.
5111919Hon'ble Justice Girish Sharadchandra Kulkarni BarBombayBombayBar06.01.201423.06.2030
682642642Hon'ble Justice Mahendra Madhavrao Nerlikar BarBombayBombayBar04.07.202518.06.2037Addl. Addl.
7122020Hon'ble Justice Burgess Pesi Colabawalla BarBombayBombayBar06.01.201415.12.2029
883690690Hon'ble Justice Ajit Bhagwanrao Kadethankar BarBombayBombayBar19.08.202526.12.2034Addl. Addl.
9253434Hon'ble Justice Suman Shyam BarBombayGauhatiBar07.01.201511.06.2031Joined on (PHC: Gauhati)
1084691691Hon'ble Justice Sushil Manohar Ghodeswar BarBombayBombayBar19.08.202523.12.2035Addl. Addl.
11143939Hon'ble Justice Makarand Subhash Karnik BarBombayBombayBar17.03.201609.02.2031
1285692692Hon'ble Justice Ms. Aarti Arun Sathe BarBombayBombayBar19.08.202519.07.2039Addl. Addl.
13158383Hon'ble Justice Smt. Bharati Harish Dangre BarBombayBombayBar05.06.201709.05.2030
1486694694Hon'ble Justice Siddheshwar Sundarrao Thombre BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202515.05.2035Addl. Addl.
15168484Hon'ble Justice Sarang Vijaykumar Kotwal BarBombayBombayBar05.06.201712.04.2030
1687695695Hon'ble Justice Mehroz Ashraf Khan Pathan BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202505.01.2034Addl. Addl.
17178585Hon'ble Justice Riyaz Iqbal Chagla BarBombayBombayBar05.06.201721.10.2031
1888696696Hon'ble Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202502.11.2035Addl. Addl.
19188686Hon'ble Justice Manish Pitale BarBombayBombayBar05.06.201710.09.2032
2089697697Hon'ble Justice Nandesh Shankarrao Deshpande BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202517.12.2035Addl. Addl.
2122138138Hon'ble Justice Shriram Madhusudan Modak ServiceBombayBombayService11.10.201812.11.2027
2290698698Hon'ble Justice Amit Satyavan Jamsandekar BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202512.06.2037Addl. Addl.
2323139139Hon'ble Justice Jamadar Nijamoddin Jahiroddin ServiceBombayBombayService11.10.201821.09.2034
2491699699Hon'ble Justice Ashish Sahadev Chavan BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202501.02.2036Addl. Addl.
2527188188Hon'ble Justice Nitin Bhagawantrao Suryawanshi BarBombayBombayBar23.08.201928.05.2027
2692700700Hon'ble Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202518.05.2038Addl. Addl.
2728189189Hon'ble Justice Anil Satyavijay Kilor BarBombayBombayBar23.08.201902.09.2028
2893701701Hon'ble Justice Smt. Vaishali Nimbajirao Patil-Jadhav BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202526.04.2039Addl. Addl.
2929190190Hon'ble Justice Milind Narendra Jadhav BarBombayBombayBar23.08.201913.08.2031
3094702702Hon'ble Justice Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202511.07.2037Addl. Addl.
3131215215Hon'ble Justice Nitin Rudrasen Borkar ServiceBombayBombayService05.12.201901.08.2033
3295703703Hon'ble Justice Shreeram Vinayak Shirsat BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202505.06.2038Addl. Addl.
3332226226Hon'ble Justice Madhav Jayajirao Jamdar BarBombayBombayBar07.01.202012.01.2029
3496704704Hon'ble Justice Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202503.01.2035Addl. Addl.
3533230230Hon'ble Justice Amit Bhalchandra Borkar BarBombayBombayBar14.01.202001.01.2034
3697705705Hon'ble Justice Farhan Parvez Dubash BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202525.11.2038Addl. Addl.
3734235235Hon'ble Justice Abhay Ahuja BarBombayBombayBar04.03.202023.08.2031
3898706706Hon'ble Justice Rajnish Ratnakar Vyas BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202528.12.2040Addl. Addl.
3938270270Hon'ble Justice Shivkumar Ganpatrao Dige ServiceBombayBombayService25.06.202102.08.2033
4099707707Hon'ble Justice Raj Damodar Wakode BarBombayBombayBar02.09.202515.06.2041Addl. Addl.
4139295295Hon'ble Justice Anil L. Pansare ServiceBombayBombayService14.10.202113.11.2027
4240296296Hon'ble Justice Sandipkumar Chandrabhan More ServiceBombayBombayService14.10.202106.04.2028
4341389389Hon'ble Justice Smt. U.S. Joshi-Phalke ServiceBombayBombayService06.06.202214.04.2030
4443397397Hon'ble Justice Kishore Chandrakant Sant BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202206.10.2029
4544398398Hon'ble Justice Valmiki Menezes S A BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202228.07.2029
4645399399Hon'ble Justice Kamal Rashmi Khata BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202225.11.2031
4746400400Hon'ble Justice Smt. Sharmila Uttamrao Deshmukh BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202227.02.2030
4847401401Hon'ble Justice Arun Ramnath Pedneker BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202223.06.2033
4948402402Hon'ble Justice Sandeep Vishnupant Marne BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202208.12.2035
5049403403Hon'ble Justice Smt. Gauri Vinod Godse BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202207.10.2034
5150404404Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Shantaram Patil BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202220.07.2031
5251405405Hon'ble Justice Arif Saleh Doctor BarBombayBombayBar19.07.202216.07.2034
5353446446Hon'ble Justice Y. G. Khobragade ServiceBombayBombayService07.10.202208.05.2028
5454447447Hon'ble Justice M. W. Chandwani ServiceBombayBombayService07.10.202223.05.2033
5555448448Hon'ble Justice Abhay Sopanrao Waghwase ServiceBombayBombayService07.10.202209.12.2028
5656449449Hon'ble Justice R. M. Joshi ServiceBombayBombayService07.10.202228.09.2029
5758459459Hon'ble Justice Santosh Govindrao Chapalgaonkar BarBombayBombayBar30.11.202203.03.2035
5859460460Hon'ble Justice Milind Manohar Sathaye BarBombayBombayBar30.11.202205.09.2036
5972471471Hon'ble Justice Smt. Neela Kedar Gokahle BarBombayBombayBar30.01.202302.05.2031
6061513513Hon'ble Justice Shailesh Pramod Brahme BarBombayBombayBar15.06.202313.02.2033
6162514514Hon'ble Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla BarBombayBombayBar15.06.202303.03.2032
6263515515Hon'ble Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain BarBombayBombayBar15.06.202326.02.2032
6352445445Hon'ble Justice Sanjay A. Deshmukh ServiceBombayBombayService07.10.202211.05.2029
6457450450Hon'ble Justice Smt. Vrushali V. Joshi ServiceBombayBombayService07.10.202205.12.2026
6565534534Hon'ble Justice Abhay Jainarayanji Mantri ServiceBombayBombayService21.10.202315.01.2031
6666535535Hon'ble Justice Shyam Chhaganlal Chandak ServiceBombayBombayService21.10.202309.12.2032
6767536536Hon'ble Justice Neeraj Pradeep Dhote ServiceBombayBombayService21.10.202327.07.2032
6868555555Hon'ble Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan BarBombayBombayBar28.11.202322.12.2034
6973523523Hon'ble Justice Smt. Manjusha Ajay Deshpande BarBombayBombayBar11.08.202326.10.2030
7074575575Hon'ble Justice Ms. Nivedita Prakash Mehta BarBombayBombayBar25.10.202416.02.2032
7175576576Hon'ble Justice Prafulla Surendrakumar BarBombayBombayBar25.10.202406.12.2036KHUBALKAR
7276577577Hon'ble Justice Ashwin Damodar Bhobe BarBombayBombayBar25.10.202413.02.2037
7377578578Hon'ble Justice Rohit Wasudeo Joshi BarBombayBombayBar25.10.202415.08.2037
7478579579Hon'ble Justice Advait Mahendra Sethna BarBombayBombayBar25.10.202410.10.2038
7579598598Hon'ble Justice Pravin Sheshrao Patil BarBombayBombayBar27.01.202527.02.2035: 2 : BOMBAY HIGH COURT…contd.

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (4)

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
1188Hon'ble Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge Chief Justice BarCalcuttaBombayBar21.06.201308.07.2028CJ.Calcutta
16999Hon'ble Justice Mahesh Sharadchandra Sonak Chief Justice BarJharkhandBombayBar21.06.201327.11.2026CJ.Jharkhand
1701010Hon'ble Justice Smt. Revati Prashant Mohite Chief Justice BarMeghalayaBombayBar21.06.201316.04.2027CJ.Meghalaya
1712121Hon'ble Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre ACJ BarDelhiBombayBar06.01.201418.12.2029ACJ.Delhi

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (2)

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 Mahesh Chandra TripathiAllahabad7
Justice Suman ShyamGauhati25

Sitting Supreme Court judges from this Parent High Court (2)

SC seniorityJudgeAppointed to the CourtRetiresRemarks
19Hon'ble Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale25.01.202422.06.2027—
27Hon'ble Justice Atul Sharachchandra Chandurkar30.05.202506.04.2030—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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