Gujarat 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.

32
Sitting
52
Sanctioned
20
Vacancies
2
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
2
Of other PHCs, serving here
3
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Ahmedabad
Official website. https://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/
Acting Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak (Parent High Court: Gauhati)

Collegium of the Gujarat High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Acting Chief JusticeJustice Manash Ranjan Pathak27.08.2027
MemberJustice Arvindsingh Ishwarsingh Supehia30.08.2031
MemberJustice Bhargav Dhirenbhai Karia22.12.2027

Next change: Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak retires on 27.08.2027; Justice Smt. Sangeeta Kamalsingh Vishen joins the collegium.

Sitting at this High Court (32)

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
1177Hon'ble Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak ACJ BarGujaratGauhatiBar22.05.201327.08.2027ACJ.Gujarat
2334141Hon'ble Justice Arvindsingh Ishwarsingh Supehia BarGujaratGujaratBar06.04.201630.08.2031
38179179Hon'ble Justice Bhargav Dhirenbhai Karia BarGujaratGujaratBar05.03.201922.12.2027
49180180Hon'ble Justice Smt. Sangeeta Kamalsingh Vishen BarGujaratGujaratBar05.03.201929.12.2031
553206206Hon'ble Justice Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay BarGujaratKarnatakaBar11.11.201914.02.2029Joined on GOWDA (PHC: Karnataka)
65233233Hon'ble Justice Ilesh Jashvantrai Vora ServiceGujaratGujaratService03.03.202017.08.2027
76234234Hon'ble Justice Kumari Gita Gopi ServiceGujaratGujaratService03.03.202023.03.2028
811254254Hon'ble Justice Smt. Vaibhavi Devang Nanavati BarGujaratGujaratBar04.10.202014.11.2032
912255255Hon'ble Justice Nirzarkumar Sushilkumar Desai BarGujaratGujaratBar04.10.202014.06.2035
1013256256Hon'ble Justice Nikhil Shreedharan Kariel BarGujaratGujaratBar04.10.202009.05.2036
1116306306Hon'ble Justice Hemant Maheshchandra Prachchhak BarGujaratGujaratBar18.10.202103.06.2027
1218307307Hon'ble Justice Aniruddha Pradyumna Mayee BarGujaratGujaratBar18.10.202101.07.2032
1319308308Hon'ble Justice Niral Rashmikant Mehta BarGujaratGujaratBar18.10.202127.10.2038
1420309309Hon'ble Justice Ms. Nisha Mahendrabhai Thakore BarGujaratGujaratBar18.10.202102.12.2037
1521491491Hon'ble Justice Ms. Susan Valentine Pinto ServiceGujaratGujaratService17.03.202313.05.2029
1622492492Hon'ble Justice Hasmukhbhai Dalsukhbhai Suthar ServiceGujaratGujaratService17.03.202322.01.2032
1723493493Hon'ble Justice Jitendra Champaklal Doshi ServiceGujaratGujaratService17.03.202329.06.2031
1824494494Hon'ble Justice Mangesh Rameshchandra Mengdey ServiceGujaratGujaratService17.03.202304.10.2034
1925495495Hon'ble Justice Divyeshkumar Amrutlal Joshi ServiceGujaratGujaratService17.03.202324.11.2036
2026497497Hon'ble Justice Devan Mahendrabhai Desai BarGujaratGujaratBar05.04.202330.05.2032
2127498498Hon'ble Justice Smt. Moxa Kiran Thakker BarGujaratGujaratBar05.04.202305.11.2039
2228528528Hon'ble Justice Vimal Kanaiyalal Vyas ServiceGujaratGujaratService20.10.202324.12.2028
2329556556Hon'ble Justice Pranav Shailesh Trivedi BarGujaratGujaratBar24.01.202401.11.2037
2430572572Hon'ble Justice Sanjeev Jayendra Thaker BarGujaratGujaratBar10.10.202426.08.2031
2531573573Hon'ble Justice Deeptendra Narayan Ray BarGujaratGujaratBar10.10.202412.11.2033
2632574574Hon'ble Justice Maulik Jitendra Shelat BarGujaratGujaratBar10.10.202403.06.2038
2735629629Hon'ble Justice Liyakathussain Shamsuddin Pirzada ServiceGujaratGujaratService05.05.202524.04.2030
2836630630Hon'ble Justice Ramchandra Thakurdas Vachhani ServiceGujaratGujaratService05.05.202511.03.2035
2937631631Hon'ble Justice Jayesh Lakhanshibhai Odedra ServiceGujaratGujaratService05.05.202524.04.2035
3038632632Hon'ble Justice Pranav Maheshbhai Raval ServiceGujaratGujaratService05.05.202523.10.2031
3139633633Hon'ble Justice Mool Chand Tyagi ServiceGujaratGujaratService05.05.202514.10.2032
3240634634Hon'ble Justice Utkarsh Thakorbhai Desai ServiceGujaratGujaratService05.05.202526.01.2031

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (2)

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
134040Hon'ble Justice Alpesh Yeshvant Kogje Chief Justice BarMadhya PradeshGujaratBar06.04.201615.07.2031CJ.M.P
1634310310Hon'ble Justice Sandeep Natvarlal Bhatt BarMadhya PradeshGujaratBar18.10.202104.11.2025Joined on (PHC: Gujarat)

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 Manash Ranjan PathakGauhati1
Justice Neranahalli Srinivasan SanjayKarnataka53

Sitting Supreme Court judges from this Parent High Court (3)

SC seniorityJudgeAppointed to the CourtRetiresRemarks
6Hon'ble Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala09.05.202211.08.2030*
25Hon'ble Justice Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria30.05.202522.03.2030—
29Hon'ble Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi29.08.202527.05.2033*

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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