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Kerala 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.

36
Sitting
47
Sanctioned
11
Vacancies
2
Of this PHC, serving elsewhere
3
Of other PHCs, serving here
1
Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Ernakulam (Kochi)
Official website. https://hckerala.gov.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Soumen Sen (Parent High Court: Calcutta)

Collegium of the Kerala High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief JusticeJustice Soumen Sen10.01.2026
MemberJustice Smt. Preeta Aravindan Krishnamma11.03.2036
MemberJustice Ala Kunnil Jayasankaran Nambiar26.01.2028

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

Sitting at this High Court (36)

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
1111Hon'ble Justice Soumen Sen Chief Justice BarKeralaCalcuttaBar13.04.201110.01.2026CJ.Kerala
251749749Hon'ble Justice Smt. Preeta Aravindan Krishnamma BarKeralaKeralaBar27.04.202611.03.2036KERALA HIGH COURT CONTD. Addl.
332222Hon'ble Justice Ala Kunnil Jayasankaran Nambiar BarKeralaKeralaBar23.01.201426.01.2028
442323Hon'ble Justice Anil Kalavampara Narendran BarKeralaKeralaBar23.01.201404.05.2029
573636Hon'ble Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan Valsala BarKeralaKeralaBar10.04.201527.05.2029
6686060Hon'ble Justice Smt. J. Nisha Banu BarKeralaMadrasBar05.10.201619.12.2025Joined on (PHC: Madras)
785252Hon'ble Justice Sathish Ninan BarKeralaKeralaBar05.10.201631.03.2030
895353Hon'ble Justice Devan Ramachandran BarKeralaKeralaBar05.10.201618.03.2030
952148148Hon'ble Justice Krishnan Natarajan ServiceKeralaKarnatakaService03.11.201804.11.2026Joined w.e.f. (PHC: Karnataka)
1013209209Hon'ble Justice Conrad Stansilaus Dias BarKeralaKeralaBar18.11.201918.11.2031
1114232232Hon'ble Justice Pulleri Vadhyarillath BarKeralaKeralaBar13.02.202021.05.2029KUNHIKRISHNAN
1215236236Hon'ble Justice Thirumuppath Raghavan Ravi BarKeralaKeralaBar06.03.202001.03.2027
1316237237Hon'ble Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas BarKeralaKeralaBar06.03.202004.12.2030
1417238238Hon'ble Justice Gopinath Puzhankara BarKeralaKeralaBar06.03.202012.11.2034
1518261261Hon'ble Justice Murali Purushothaman BarKeralaKeralaBar25.02.202130.07.2029
1619262262Hon'ble Justice Ziyad Rahman Alevakkatt Abdul BarKeralaKeralaBar25.02.202111.05.2034RAHIMAN
1721263263Hon'ble Justice Dr. Kauser Edappagath ServiceKeralaKeralaService25.02.202124.05.2030
1822269269Hon'ble Justice Abdul Rahim Musaliar Badharudeen ServiceKeralaKeralaService25.06.202128.05.2030
1923271271Hon'ble Justice Viju Abraham BarKeralaKeralaBar13.08.202110.09.2034
2024272272Hon'ble Justice Mohammed Nias C. Puthiyapurayil BarKeralaKeralaBar13.08.202115.04.2032
2125277277Hon'ble Justice Basant Balaji BarKeralaKeralaBar08.10.202127.05.2034
2226315315Hon'ble Justice C. Jayachandran ServiceKeralaKeralaService20.10.202127.05.2034
2330363363Hon'ble Justice Smt. Shoba Annamma Eapen BarKeralaKeralaBar18.05.202218.01.2029
2431537537Hon'ble Justice Johnson John ServiceKeralaKeralaService25.10.202328.04.2027
2532538538Hon'ble Justice G. Girish ServiceKeralaKeralaService25.10.202316.05.2029
2647563563Hon'ble Justice Mullappally Abdul Aziz Abdul BarKeralaKeralaBar22.03.202407.05.2031HAKHIM
2735558558Hon'ble Justice Syam Kumar Vadakke Mudavakkat BarKeralaKeralaBar22.03.202431.12.2034
2836559559Hon'ble Justice Harisankar Vijayan Menon BarKeralaKeralaBar22.03.202403.04.2036
2937560560Hon'ble Justice Manu Sreedharan Nair BarKeralaKeralaBar22.03.202426.05.2036
3038561561Hon'ble Justice Easwaran Subramani BarKeralaKeralaBar22.03.202429.09.2036
3139562562Hon'ble Justice Manoj Pulamby Madhavan BarKeralaKeralaBar22.03.202403.05.2034
3248585585Hon'ble Justice Parameswara Panicker Krishna ServiceKeralaKeralaService30.10.202424.05.2037KUMAR
3349586586Hon'ble Justice Kodassery Veliyath Madom ServiceKeralaKeralaService30.10.202420.05.2035JAYAKUMAR
3443583583Hon'ble Justice Muralee Krishna Shankaramoole ServiceKeralaKeralaService30.10.202423.05.2038Addl. Addl.
3544584584Hon'ble Justice Jobin Sebastian ServiceKeralaKeralaService30.10.202426.04.2037Addl. Addl.
3650587587Hon'ble Justice Pandikkaran Varadaraja Iyer ServiceKeralaKeralaService30.10.202422.03.2037BALAKRISHNAN

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
373535Hon'ble Justice Smt. Anu Sivaraman BarKarnatakaKeralaBar10.04.201524.05.2028Joined on 21.03.24 (PHC: Kerala)
1462424Hon'ble Justice Muhamed Mustaque Ayumantakath Chief Justice BarSikkimKeralaBar23.01.201431.05.2029CJ.Sikkim

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (3)

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 Soumen SenCalcutta1
Justice Smt. J. Nisha BanuMadras68
Justice Krishnan NatarajanKarnataka52

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

SC seniorityJudgeAppointed to the CourtRetiresRemarks
23Hon'ble Justice Krishnan Vinod Chandran16.01.202524.04.2028—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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