Patna 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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Vacancies

Of this PHC, serving elsewhere

Of other PHCs, serving here

Now in the Supreme Court

Principal seat. Patna
Official website. https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/
Chief Justice: Hon'ble Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao (Parent High Court: Delhi)

Collegium of the Patna High Court

As on 01.11.2026.

Role	Judge	Retires
Chief Justice	Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao	06.08.2027
Member	Justice Rana Vikram Singh	15.08.2035
Member	Justice Sudhir Singh	10.12.2027

Next change: Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao retires on 06.08.2027; Justice Vikash Kumar joins the collegium.

Sitting at this High Court (43)

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	2	6	6	Hon'ble Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao Chief Justice Bar	Patna	Delhi	Bar	17.04.2013	06.08.2027	CJ.Patna
2	44	753	753	Hon'ble Justice Rana Vikram Singh Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.06.2026	15.08.2035	Addl. Addl.
3	33	37	37	Hon'ble Justice Sudhir Singh ACJ Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.04.2015	10.12.2027	ACJ.Patna
4	45	754	754	Hon'ble Justice Vikash Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.06.2026	19.10.2032	Addl. Addl.
5	6	79	79	Hon'ble Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	22.05.2017	04.09.2028
6	46	755	755	Hon'ble Justice Girijish Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.06.2026	24.08.2037	Addl. Addl.
7	8	81	81	Hon'ble Justice Mohit Kumar Shah Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	22.05.2017	25.04.2031
8	47	756	756	Hon'ble Justice Alok Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.06.2026	14.04.2037	Addl. Addl.
9	11	151	151	Hon'ble Justice Nani Tagia Bar	Patna	Gauhati	Bar	19.11.2018	15.05.2031	Joined on (PHC: Gauhati)
10	102	170	170	Hon'ble Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh Bar	Patna	Allahabad	Bar	22.11.2018	20.01.2031	Joined on (PHC: Allahabad)
11	10	181	181	Hon'ble Justice Anil Kumar Sinha Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	17.04.2019	18.06.2027
12	11	182	182	Hon'ble Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	17.04.2019	01.01.2029
13	12	183	183	Hon'ble Justice Partha Sarthy Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	17.04.2019	21.10.2031
14	14	192	192	Hon'ble Justice Annireddy Abhishek Reddy Bar	Patna	Telangana	Bar	26.08.2019	15.05.2023	Joined on (PHC: Telangana)
15	16	311	311	Hon'ble Justice Sandeep Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	20.10.2021	22.01.2029
16	17	312	312	Hon'ble Justice Purnendu Singh Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	20.10.2021	03.02.2029
17	18	313	313	Hon'ble Justice Satyavrat Verma Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	20.10.2021	05.12.2030
18	19	314	314	Hon'ble Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	20.10.2021	11.12.2031
19	21	353	353	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Gunnu Anupama Service	Patna	Telangana	Service	24.03.2022	01.11.2023	Joined on CHAKRAVARTHY (PHC: Telangana)
20	20	360	360	Hon'ble Justice Rajiv Roy Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	29.03.2022	31.10.2027
21	34	361	361	Hon'ble Justice Harish Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	29.03.2022	09.01.2037
22	21	379	379	Hon'ble Justice Shailendra Singh Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.06.2022	03.06.2034
23	22	380	380	Hon'ble Justice Arun Kumar Jha Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.06.2022	16.10.2033
24	23	381	381	Hon'ble Justice Jitendra Kumar Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.06.2022	01.11.2031
25	24	382	382	Hon'ble Justice Alok Kumar Pandey Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.06.2022	31.08.2033
26	25	383	383	Hon'ble Justice Sunil Dutta Mishra Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.06.2022	19.12.2029
27	27	384	384	Hon'ble Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.06.2022	31.12.2030
28	28	385	385	Hon'ble Justice Khatim Reza Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	05.06.2022	04.12.2028
29	29	386	386	Hon'ble Justice Dr. Anshuman Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	05.06.2022	10.06.2031
30	30	542	542	Hon'ble Justice Rudra Prakash Mishra Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.11.2023	14.02.2034
31	31	543	543	Hon'ble Justice Ramesh Chand Malviya Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.11.2023	30.06.2027
32	35	570	570	Hon'ble Justice Shashi Bhushan Prasad Singh Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.10.2024	15.01.2027
33	36	571	571	Hon'ble Justice Ashok Kumar Pandey Service	Patna	Patna	Service	04.10.2024	16.09.2028
34	37	611	611	Hon'ble Justice Alok Kumar Sinha Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	08.03.2025	07.09.2032
35	38	612	612	Hon'ble Justice Sourendra Pandey Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	08.03.2025	10.12.2032
36	39	613	613	Hon'ble Justice Smt. Soni Shrivastava Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	08.03.2025	11.08.2036
37	40	671	671	Hon'ble Justice Ajit Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	04.08.2025	21.11.2036
38	41	743	743	Hon'ble Justice Ritesh Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	08.01.2026	01.07.2033
39	42	744	744	Hon'ble Justice Praveen Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	08.01.2026	20.10.2039
40	43	747	747	Hon'ble Justice Anshul @ Anshul Raj Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	27.01.2026	11.07.2033
41	48	757	757	Hon'ble Justice Ranjan Kumar Jha Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.06.2026	14.11.2033
42	49	758	758	Hon'ble Justice Kumar Manish Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.06.2026	22.05.2034
43	50	759	759	Hon'ble Justice Raj Kumar Bar	Patna	Patna	Bar	15.06.2026	24.03.2033

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-S	PHC-S	AIS	Working rank	Judge	Sitting HC	Parent HC	Source	Appointed	Retires	Remarks
9	7	80	80	Hon'ble Justice Madhuresh Prasad Bar	Calcutta	Patna	Bar	22.05.2017	01.10.2030	Joined on (PHC: Patna)
1	32	28	28	Hon'ble Justice Ashutosh Kumar Chief Justice Bar	Gauhati	Patna	Bar	15.05.2014	30.09.2028	CJ.Gauhati

Judges of other Parent High Courts serving here (5)

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 Valluri Kameswar Rao	Delhi	2
Justice Nani Tagia	Gauhati	11
Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh	Allahabad	102
Justice Annireddy Abhishek Reddy	Telangana	14
Justice Smt. Gunnu Anupama	Telangana	21

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

SC seniority	Judge	Appointed to the Court	Retires	Remarks
9	Hon'ble Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah	06.02.2023	10.05.2028	—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

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