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Karnataka 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.

57
Sitting
62
Sanctioned
5
Vacancies
3
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
9
Of other PHCs, serving here
2
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Bengaluru
Benches. Dharwad, Kalaburagi
Official website. https://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Vibhu Bakhru (Parent High Court: Delhi)

Collegium of the Karnataka High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief JusticeJustice Vibhu Bakhru01.11.2028
MemberJustice Taj Ali Moulasab Nadaf07.07.2038
MemberJustice Smt. Anu Sivaraman24.05.2028

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

Sitting at this High Court (57)

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
1155Hon'ble Justice Vibhu Bakhru Chief Justice BarKarnatakaDelhiBar17.04.201301.11.2028CJ.Karnataka
257606606Hon'ble Justice Taj Ali Moulasab Nadaf BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar17.02.202507.07.2038Addl. Addl.
373535Hon'ble Justice Smt. Anu Sivaraman BarKarnatakaKeralaBar10.04.201524.05.2028Joined on 21.03.24 (PHC: Kerala)
458735735Hon'ble Justice Smt. Geetha Kadaba Bharatharaja ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService30.09.202522.04.2028SETTY Addl.
599113113Hon'ble Justice Jayant Banerji BarKarnatakaAllahabadBar22.09.201716.01.2027Joined on 19.07.25 (PHC: Allahabad)
659736736Hon'ble Justice Borkatte Muralidhara Pai ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService30.09.202531.12.2028Addl. Addl.
7100114114Hon'ble Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh BarKarnatakaAllahabadBar22.09.201717.08.2028Joined w.e.f. 19/07/25 (PHC: Allahabad)
860737737Hon'ble Justice Tyagaraja Narayan Inavally ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService30.09.202509.09.2029Addl. Addl.
910118118Hon'ble Justice Shankar Ganapathi Pandit BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar14.02.201815.11.2027
1061750750Hon'ble Justice Smt. Rajeshwari Narayana Hegde ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService01.06.202618.03.2028Addl. Addl.
1111119119Hon'ble Justice Ramakrishna Devdas BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar14.02.201814.05.2031
1262751751Hon'ble Justice Smt. Kedambadi Ganesh Shanthi ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService01.06.202603.05.2030Addl. Addl.
1312120120Hon'ble Justice Bhotanhosur Mallikarjuna Shyam BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar14.02.201807.01.2033PRASAD
1463752752Hon'ble Justice Shri Brungesh Mahadevappa ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService01.06.202601.06.2029Addl. Addl.
1513121121Hon'ble Justice Siddappa Sunil Dutt Yadav BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar14.02.201802.08.2034
1664771771Hon'ble Justice Raghavendra Seetharam Srivatsa BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.08.202619.04.2038Addl. Addl.
1714127127Hon'ble Justice Mohammad Nawaz BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar02.06.201821.05.2027
1865772772Hon'ble Justice Smt. Hema Kulkarni BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.08.202610.07.2038Addl. Addl.
1915128128Hon'ble Justice Harekoppa Thimmanna Gowda BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar02.06.201831.05.2028NARENDRA PRASAD
2066773773Hon'ble Justice Subramanya Rangarao BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.08.202627.03.2037Addl. Addl.
2116147147Hon'ble Justice Hethur Puttaswamygowda Sandesh ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService03.11.201801.12.2026
2267774774Hon'ble Justice Thadagavadi Prakash Vivekananda BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.08.202605.05.2039Addl. Addl.
2318194194Hon'ble Justice Singapuram Raghavachar Krishna BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar23.09.201906.05.2032KUMAR
2468775775Hon'ble Justice Bakkeswara Pramod BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.08.202613.11.2039Addl. Addl.
2519195195Hon'ble Justice Ashok Subhashchandra Kinagi BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar23.09.201931.12.2031
2669776776Hon'ble Justice Hombe Gowda Shanthi Bhushan BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.08.202615.08.2039Addl. Addl.
2720196196Hon'ble Justice Suraj Govindaraj BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar23.09.201913.05.2035
2870821821Hon'ble Justice Smt. Usharani Additional ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService25.09.202617.04.2030Addl.
2921197197Hon'ble Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar23.09.201904.05.2034
3071822822Hon'ble Justice Shri K.S. Bharath Kumar Additional ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService25.09.202603.10.2038Addl.
3123203203Hon'ble Justice Miss Jyoti Mulimani BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar11.11.201914.08.2030
3272823823Hon'ble Justice Smt. Nerale Veerabhadraiah Bhavani Additional ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService25.09.202601.03.2038Addl.
3324204204Hon'ble Justice Rangaswamy Nataraj BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar11.11.201913.03.2032
3426205205Hon'ble Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar11.11.201920.06.2032
3527213213Hon'ble Justice Maheshan Nagaprasanna BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar26.11.201922.03.2033
3628223223Hon'ble Justice Maralur Indrakumar Arun BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar07.01.202023.04.2032
3729224224Hon'ble Justice Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar07.01.202015.04.2034INDIRESH
3830225225Hon'ble Justice Ravi Venkappa Hosmani BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar07.01.202028.07.2033
3931242242Hon'ble Justice Savanur Vishwajith Shetty BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar28.04.202018.05.2029
4012246246Hon'ble Justice Smt. Lalitha Kanneganti BarKarnatakaAndhra PradeshBar02.05.202028.07.2023Joined on [PHC: AP]
4132247247Hon'ble Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService04.05.202019.07.2032
4234248248Hon'ble Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService04.05.202028.03.2028
4335249249Hon'ble Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService04.05.202012.05.2033
4435301301Hon'ble Justice Smt. Perugu Sree Sudha ServiceKarnatakaTelanganaService15.10.202111.06.2025Joined on [PHC: Telangana]
4555264264Hon'ble Justice Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar17.03.202129.06.2033
469297297Hon'ble Justice Dr. (smt.) Chillakur Sumalatha ServiceKarnatakaTelanganaService15.10.202123.11.2023Joined on [PHC: Telangana]
4737334334Hon'ble Justice Dr. K. Manmadha Rao BarKarnatakaAndhra PradeshBar08.12.202102.06.2025Joined on (PHC: AP)
4839327327Hon'ble Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar08.11.202106.03.2033
4940328328Hon'ble Justice Siddaiah Rachaiah BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar08.11.202131.05.2029
5041329329Hon'ble Justice Ms. Kannankuzhyil S. Hemalekha BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar08.11.202127.03.2037
5150374374Hon'ble Justice Ms. Tara Vitasta Ganju BarKarnatakaDelhiBar18.05.202228.10.2025Joined on (PHC: Delhi)
5242396396Hon'ble Justice Cheppudira Monnappa Poonacha BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar13.06.202205.04.2036
5349469469Hon'ble Justice Venkatesh Naik Thavaryanaik ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService24.01.202331.05.2037
5450484484Hon'ble Justice Vijaykumar Adagouda Patil BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.02.202313.10.2037
5551485485Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Rai Kallangala BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar09.02.202331.05.2036
5644426426Hon'ble Justice Gurusiddaiah Basavaraja ServiceKarnatakaKarnatakaService16.08.202202.05.2027
5756539539Hon'ble Justice K.V. Aravind (kurubarahalli BarKarnatakaKarnatakaBar25.10.202311.07.2039VENKATARAMAREDDY ARAVIND) KARNATAKA HIGH COURT CONTD.

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-SPHC-SAISWorking rankJudgeSitting HCParent HCSourceAppointedRetiresRemarks
952148148Hon'ble Justice Krishnan Natarajan ServiceKeralaKarnatakaService03.11.201804.11.2026Joined w.e.f. (PHC: Karnataka)
553206206Hon'ble Justice Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay BarGujaratKarnatakaBar11.11.201914.02.2029Joined on GOWDA (PHC: Karnataka)
3354207207Hon'ble Justice Hemant Chandangoudar BarMadrasKarnatakaBar11.11.201927.09.2031Joined on (PHC: Karnataka)

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (9)

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 Vibhu BakhruDelhi1
Justice Smt. Anu SivaramanKerala7
Justice Jayant BanerjiAllahabad99
Justice Dinesh Kumar SinghAllahabad100
Justice Smt. Lalitha KannegantiAndhra Pradesh12
Justice Smt. Perugu Sree SudhaTelangana35
Justice Dr. (smt.) Chillakur SumalathaTelangana9
Justice Dr. K. Manmadha RaoAndhra Pradesh37
Justice Ms. Tara Vitasta GanjuDelhi50

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

SC seniorityJudgeAppointed to the CourtRetiresRemarks
3Hon'ble Justice Smt. B.V. Nagarathna31.08.202129.10.2027*
11Hon'ble Justice Aravind Kumar13.02.202313.07.2027—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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