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Himachal Pradesh 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.

15
Sitting
17
Sanctioned
2
Vacancies
1
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
1
Of other PHCs, serving here
0
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Shimla
Official website. https://hphighcourt.nic.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia [P] (Parent High Court: Punjab and Haryana)

Collegium of the Himachal Pradesh High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief JusticeJustice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia [P]31.10.2027
MemberJustice Bhupesh Sharma01.01.2030
MemberJustice Vivek Singh Thakur16.04.2028

Next change: Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia [P] retires on 31.10.2027; Justice Yogesh Jaswal joins the collegium.

Sitting at this High Court (15)

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
1122Hon'ble Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia [P] Chief Justice BarHimachal PradeshPunjab and HaryanaBar30.09.201131.10.2027CJ.H.P
231802802Hon'ble Justice Bhupesh Sharma ServiceHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshService30.08.202601.01.2030Addl. Addl.
334848Hon'ble Justice Vivek Singh Thakur BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar12.04.201616.04.2028
432803803Hon'ble Justice Yogesh Jaswal ServiceHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshService30.08.202602.03.2029Addl. Addl.
544949Hon'ble Justice Ajay Mohan Goel BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar12.04.201610.01.2031
655050Hon'ble Justice Sandeep Sharma BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar12.04.201619.07.2030
76186186Hon'ble Justice Smt. Jyotsna Rewal Dua BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar30.05.201924.05.2031
89414414Hon'ble Justice Sushil Kukreja ServiceHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshService16.08.202213.04.2029
910415415Hon'ble Justice Virender Singh ServiceHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshService16.08.202213.11.2028
1011516516Hon'ble Justice Shri Ranjan Sharma BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar31.07.202320.08.2030
1128518518Hon'ble Justice Bipin Chander Negi BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar31.07.202319.07.2030
1213517517Hon'ble Justice Rakesh Kainthla ServiceHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshService31.07.202322.05.2030
1329738738Hon'ble Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar06.10.202519.08.2031
1430739739Hon'ble Justice Romesh Verma BarHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBar06.10.202506.05.2036
1533804804Hon'ble Justice Chirag Bhanu Singh ServiceHimachal PradeshHimachal PradeshService30.08.202617.12.2032

Judges of this Parent High Court serving elsewhere (1)

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
727187187Hon'ble Justice Anoop Chitkara BarPunjab and HaryanaHimachal PradeshBar30.05.201912.10.2021Joined on [PHC: HP)

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.

JudgeParent High CourtPHC-S
Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia [P]Punjab and Haryana1

Sitting Supreme Court judges from this Parent High Court (0)

None sitting in this workbook.

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