Calcutta 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.

Sitting

Sanctioned

Vacancies

Of this PHC, serving elsewhere

Of other PHCs, serving here

Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Kolkata
Benches. Port Blair (Circuit Bench) [to confirm current sitting], Jalpaiguri [to confirm]
Official website. https://www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge (Parent High Court: Bombay)

Collegium of the Calcutta High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

Role	Judge	Retires
Chief Justice	Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge	08.07.2028
Member	Justice Prasenjit Biswas	02.12.2031
Member	Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty	26.11.2028

No collegium change is projected from the present sitting list within the next year.

Sitting at this High Court (49)

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-S	PHC-S	AIS	Working rank	Judge	Sitting HC	Parent HC	Source	Appointed	Retires	Remarks
1	1	8	8	Hon'ble Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge Chief Justice Bar	Calcutta	Bombay	Bar	21.06.2013	08.07.2028	CJ.Calcutta
2	48	438	438	Hon'ble Justice Prasenjit Biswas Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	02.12.2031	Fresh term given for six-months w.e.f. Addl.
3	8	14	14	Hon'ble Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty ACJ Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	30.10.2013	26.11.2028	ACJ.Calcutta
4	49	439	439	Hon'ble Justice Uday Kumar Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	30.11.2028	Fresh term given for six-months w.e.f. Addl.
5	9	15	15	Hon'ble Justice Arijit Banerjee Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	30.10.2013	06.03.2029
6	50	440	440	Hon'ble Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	25.03.2032	Fresh term given for six-months w.e.f. Addl.
7	10	16	16	Hon'ble Justice Debangsu Basak Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	30.10.2013	18.06.2028
8	51	441	441	Hon'ble Justice Supratim Bhattacharya Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	12.03.2034	Fresh term given for six-months w.e.f. Addl.
9	7	80	80	Hon'ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad Bar	Calcutta	Patna	Bar	22.05.2017	01.10.2030	Joined on (PHC: Patna)
10	52	442	442	Hon'ble Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	10.02.2032	Fresh term given for six-months w.e.f. Addl.
11	13	96	96	Hon'ble Justice Rajasekhar Mantha Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	21.09.2017	28.10.2029
12	54	444	444	Hon'ble Justice Md. Shabbar Rashidi Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	01.02.2028	Fresh term given for six-months w.e.f. Addl.
13	14	97	97	Hon'ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	21.09.2017	29.08.2032
14	57	602	602	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Chaitali Chatterjee (das) Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	14.02.2025	05.04.2030	Addl. Addl.
15	17	100	100	Hon'ble Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	21.09.2017	03.08.2029
16	58	614	614	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Smita Das De Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	11.03.2025	30.04.2030	Addl. Addl.
17	18	122	122	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Shampa Sarkar Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	12.03.2018	17.02.2030
18	59	615	615	Hon'ble Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	11.03.2025	09.07.2036	Addl. Addl.
19	19	123	123	Hon'ble Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	12.03.2018	04.10.2033
20	60	616	616	Hon'ble Justice Om Narayan Rai Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	11.03.2025	15.12.2037	Addl. Addl.
21	20	124	124	Hon'ble Justice Arindam Mukherjee Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	12.03.2018	29.09.2030
22	61	763	763	Hon'ble Justice Aryak Dutt Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	05.05.2035	Addl. Addl.
23	22	125	125	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Amrita Sinha Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	02.05.2018	24.12.2031
24	62	764	764	Hon'ble Justice Atarup Banerjee Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	28.09.2034	Addl. Addl.
25	24	126	126	Hon'ble Justice Jay Sengupta Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	02.05.2018	29.10.2032
26	63	765	765	Hon'ble Justice Sandip Kumar De Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	05.12.2036	Addl. Addl.
27	26	152	152	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Suvra Ghosh Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	19.11.2018	22.04.2030
28	64	766	766	Hon'ble Justice Partha Pratim Roy Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	04.11.2037	Addl. Addl.
29	28	173	173	Hon'ble Justice Tirthankar Ghosh Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	12.02.2019	28.12.2030
30	65	767	767	Hon'ble Justice Sudip Deb Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	16.08.2036	Addl. Addl.
31	29	174	174	Hon'ble Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	12.02.2019	17.12.2030
32	66	768	768	Hon'ble Justice Anuj Singh Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	11.04.2040	Addl. Addl.
33	30	175	175	Hon'ble Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	12.02.2019	26.07.2034
34	67	769	769	Hon'ble Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	29.11.2041	Addl. Addl.
35	31	198	198	Hon'ble Justice Kaushik Chanda Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	01.10.2019	03.01.2036
36	68	770	770	Hon'ble Justice Rishad Medora Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	08.08.2026	03.11.2041	Addl. Addl.
37	32	250	250	Hon'ble Justice Aniruddha Roy Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	05.05.2020	14.10.2031
38	48	348	348	Hon'ble Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma Service	Calcutta	Delhi	Service	28.02.2022	07.04.2025	Joined on (PHC: Delhi)
39	34	274	274	Hon'ble Justice Sugato Majumdar Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	27.08.2021	24.12.2029
40	35	275	275	Hon'ble Justice Bivas Pattanayak Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	27.08.2021	22.11.2032
41	36	331	331	Hon'ble Justice Krishna Rao Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	18.11.2021	02.03.2028
42	38	332	332	Hon'ble Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	18.11.2021	07.01.2027
43	49	373	373	Hon'ble Justice Gaurang Kanth Bar	Calcutta	Delhi	Bar	18.05.2022	19.08.2037	Joined on 21/07/23 (PHC: Delhi)
44	39	369	369	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Ananya Bandyopadhyay Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	18.05.2022	02.03.2032
45	40	371	371	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Rai Chattopadhyay Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	18.05.2022	01.11.2033
46	44	393	393	Hon'ble Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury Bar	Calcutta	Calcutta	Bar	09.06.2022	19.10.2032
47	47	437	437	Hon'ble Justice Partha Sarathi Sen Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	02.07.2031
48	53	443	443	Hon'ble Justice Apurba Sinha Ray Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	24.11.2026
49	46	436	436	Hon'ble Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury Service	Calcutta	Calcutta	Service	31.08.2022	28.09.2027	CALCUTTA HIGH COURT CONTD.

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (6)

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

SHC-S	PHC-S	AIS	Working rank	Judge	Sitting HC	Parent HC	Source	Appointed	Retires	Remarks
1	1	1	1	Hon'ble Justice Soumen Sen Chief Justice Bar	Kerala	Calcutta	Bar	13.04.2011	10.01.2026	CJ.Kerala
3	15	98	98	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Moushumi Bhattacharya Bar	Telangana	Calcutta	Bar	21.09.2017	26.10.2029	Joined on 28.03.23 (PHC: Calcutta)
9	16	99	99	Hon'ble Justice Shekhar B. Saraf Bar	Allahabad	Calcutta	Bar	21.09.2017	20.10.2033	Joined on (PHC: Calcutta)
31	45	394	394	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Lapita Banerji Bar	Punjab and Haryana	Calcutta	Bar	09.06.2022	22.06.2035	Joined on 01.02.24 (PHC: Calcutta)
2	55	17	17	Hon'ble Justice Arindam Sinha Bar	Allahabad	Calcutta	Bar	30.10.2013	21.09.2027	Joined on (PHC: Calcutta)
20	56	375	375	Hon'ble Justice Subhendu Samanta Service	Andhra Pradesh	Calcutta	Service	18.05.2022	24.11.2033	Joined on (PHC: Calcutta)

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (4)

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.

Judge	Parent High Court	PHC-S
Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge	Bombay	1
Justice Madhuresh Prasad	Patna	7
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma	Delhi	48
Justice Gaurang Kanth	Delhi	49

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

SC seniority	Judge	Appointed to the Court	Retires	Remarks
7	Hon'ble Justice Dipankar Datta	12.12.2022	08.02.2030	—
24	Hon'ble Justice Joymalya Bagchi	17.03.2025	02.10.2031	*

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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