Gauhati 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.

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Of this PHC, serving elsewhere

Of other PHCs, serving here

Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Guwahati
Benches. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Aizawl (Mizoram), Kohima (Nagaland)
Official website. https://ghconline.gov.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Ashutosh Kumar (Parent High Court: Patna)

Collegium of the Gauhati High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

Role	Judge	Retires
Chief Justice	Justice Ashutosh Kumar	30.09.2028
Member	Justice Smt. Yarenjungla Longkumer	15.01.2030
Member	Justice Michael Zothankhuma	22.10.2027

Next change: Justice Michael Zothankhuma retires on 22.10.2027; Justice Smt. Shamima Jahan joins the collegium.

Sitting at this High Court (26)

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	32	28	28	Hon'ble Justice Ashutosh Kumar Chief Justice Bar	Gauhati	Patna	Bar	15.05.2014	30.09.2028	CJ.Gauhati
2	26	603	603	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Yarenjungla Longkumer Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	17.02.2025	15.01.2030	Addl. Addl.
3	4	33	33	Hon'ble Justice Michael Zothankhuma Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	07.01.2015	22.10.2027
4	33	827	827	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Shamima Jahan Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	—	11.03.2036	Addl. Addl.
5	6	63	63	Hon'ble Justice Kalyan Rai Surana Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	15.11.2016	12.12.2027
6	27	653	653	Hon'ble Justice Anjan Moni Kalita Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	30.07.2025	01.01.2032	Addl. Addl.
7	7	64	64	Hon'ble Justice Nelson Sailo Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	15.11.2016	08.10.2030
8	28	654	654	Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Mazumdar Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	30.07.2025	14.07.2038	Addl. Addl.
9	8	150	150	Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	19.11.2018	06.03.2033
10	29	655	655	Hon'ble Justice Pranjal Das Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	30.07.2025	03.12.2032	Addl. Addl.
11	9	172	172	Hon'ble Justice Manish Choudhury Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	18.01.2019	28.02.2034
12	30	656	656	Hon'ble Justice Sanjeev Kumar Sharma Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	30.07.2025	21.09.2033	Addl. Addl.
13	10	211	211	Hon'ble Justice Soumitra Saikia Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	26.11.2019	24.07.2031
14	31	808	808	Hon'ble Justice Nchumbemo Mozhui Additional Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	10.09.2026	27.07.2039	Addl.
15	11	212	212	Hon'ble Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	26.11.2019	17.04.2027
16	32	809	809	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Helen Dawngliani Additional Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	10.09.2026	15.05.2035	Addl.
17	12	268	268	Hon'ble Justice Robin Phukan Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	21.06.2021	28.02.2028
18	14	286	286	Hon'ble Justice Devashis Baruah Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	13.10.2021	21.02.2035
19	17	326	326	Hon'ble Justice Arun Dev Choudhury Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	05.11.2021	28.10.2033
20	18	416	416	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Susmita Phukan Khaund Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	16.08.2022	21.11.2026
21	19	417	417	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Mitali Thakuria Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	16.08.2022	31.12.2026
22	20	490	490	Hon'ble Justice Kardak Ete Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	13.03.2023	07.04.2037
23	21	500	500	Hon'ble Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	20.04.2023	01.07.2030
24	22	525	525	Hon'ble Justice Budi Habung Service	Gauhati	Gauhati	Service	12.09.2023	05.04.2031
25	23	553	553	Hon'ble Justice N. Unni Krishnan Nair Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	10.11.2023	27.07.2033
26	24	554	554	Hon'ble Justice Kaushik Goswami Bar	Gauhati	Gauhati	Bar	10.11.2023	03.09.2037	Addl. Addl.

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (3)

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	7	7	Hon'ble Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak ACJ Bar	Gujarat	Gauhati	Bar	22.05.2013	27.08.2027	ACJ.Gujarat
9	11	151	151	Hon'ble Justice Nani Tagia Bar	Patna	Gauhati	Bar	19.11.2018	15.05.2031	Joined on (PHC: Gauhati)
9	25	34	34	Hon'ble Justice Suman Shyam Bar	Bombay	Gauhati	Bar	07.01.2015	11.06.2031	Joined on (PHC: Gauhati)

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (1)

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 Ashutosh Kumar	Patna	32

Sitting Supreme Court judges from this Parent High Court (1)

SC seniority	Judge	Appointed to the Court	Retires	Remarks
14	Hon'ble Justice Ujjal Bhuyan	14.07.2023	01.08.2029	—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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