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Supreme Court of India

Data as on 01.11.2026. Source: LawInC analysis of Department of Justice data.

Sitting judges in Court seniority, with Parent High Court (or Bar) and date of retirement. The Chief Justice of India succession below is a LawInC projection from sitting seniority and retirement dates; it is not a notification of appointment. Judges who will retire before they could take office as Chief Justice are omitted from the timeline, as in the master workbook.

37
Sitting judges
38
Sanctioned strength
1
Vacancies
Justice Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India

Supreme Court Collegium

As on 01.11.2026.

RoleJudgeRetires
Chief Justice of IndiaJustice Surya Kant09.02.2027
MemberJustice Vikram Nath23.09.2027
MemberJustice Smt. B.V. Nagarathna29.10.2027
MemberJustice M.M. Sundresh20.07.2027
MemberJustice P.S. Narasimha02.05.2028

Next change: Justice Surya Kant retires on 09.02.2027; Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala joins the collegium.

Upcoming collegium changes

Projected from sitting seniority and retirement dates, through 01.11.2027. A later appointment, transfer, resignation or change of convention would alter this.

DateChange
09.02.2027Justice Surya Kant retires; Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala joins the collegium.
20.07.2027Justice M.M. Sundresh retires; Justice Dipankar Datta joins the collegium.
23.09.2027Justice Vikram Nath retires; Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar joins the collegium.
29.10.2027Justice Smt. B.V. Nagarathna retires; Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah joins the collegium.

Sitting judges

Sl.JudgeParent High CourtAppointed to the CourtRetiresTenureRemarks
1Hon'ble Justice Surya Kant CJIPunjab and Haryana24.05.201909.02.20277y, 8m, 16d*
2Hon'ble Justice Vikram NathAllahabad31.08.202123.09.20276y, 0m, 23d*
3Hon'ble Justice Smt. B.V. NagarathnaKarnataka31.08.202129.10.20276y, 1m, 28d*
4Hon'ble Justice M.M. SundreshMadras31.08.202120.07.20275y, 10m, 19d—
5Hon'ble Justice P.S. NarasimhaBar31.08.202102.05.20286y, 8m, 1d*
6Hon'ble Justice Jamshed Burjor PardiwalaGujarat09.05.202211.08.20308y, 3m, 2d*
7Hon'ble Justice Dipankar DattaCalcutta12.12.202208.02.20307y, 1m, 27d—
8Hon'ble Justice P.V. Sanjay KumarTelangana06.02.202313.08.20285y, 6m, 7d—
9Hon'ble Justice Ahsanuddin AmanullahPatna06.02.202310.05.20285y, 3m, 4d—
10Hon'ble Justice Manoj MisraAllahabad06.02.202301.06.20307y, 3m, 26d—
11Hon'ble Justice Aravind KumarKarnataka13.02.202313.07.20274y, 5m, 0d—
12Hon'ble Justice Prashant Kumar MishraChhattisgarh19.05.202328.08.20296y, 3m, 9d—
13Hon'ble Justice K.V. ViswanathanBar19.05.202325.05.20318y, 0m, 6d*
14Hon'ble Justice Ujjal BhuyanGauhati14.07.202301.08.20296y, 0m, 18d—
15Hon'ble Justice Sarasa Venkatanaryana BhattiAndhra Pradesh14.07.202305.05.20273y, 9m, 21d—
16Hon'ble Justice Satish Chandra SharmaMadhya Pradesh09.11.202329.11.20263y, 0m, 20d—
17Hon'ble Justice Augustine George MasihPunjab and Haryana09.11.202311.03.20284y, 4m, 2d—
18Hon'ble Justice Sandeep MehtaRajasthan09.11.202310.01.20284y, 2m, 1d—
19Hon'ble Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra VaraleBombay25.01.202422.06.20273y, 4m, 28d—
20Hon'ble Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar SinghManipur18.07.202428.02.20283y, 7m, 10d—
21Hon'ble Justice R. MahadevanMadras18.07.202406.06.20283y, 10m, 19d—
22Hon'ble Justice ManmohanDelhi05.12.202416.12.20273y, 0m, 11d—
23Hon'ble Justice Krishnan Vinod ChandranKerala16.01.202524.04.20283y, 3m, 8d—
24Hon'ble Justice Joymalya BagchiCalcutta17.03.202502.10.20316y, 6m, 15d*
25Hon'ble Justice Nilay Vipinchandra AnjariaGujarat30.05.202522.03.20304y, 9m, 20d—
26Hon'ble Justice Vijay BishnoiRajasthan30.05.202525.03.20293y, 9m, 23d—
27Hon'ble Justice Atul Sharachchandra ChandurkarBombay30.05.202506.04.20304y, 10m, 7d—
28Hon'ble Justice Alok AradheMadhya Pradesh29.08.202512.04.20293y, 7m, 14d—
29Hon'ble Justice Vipul Manubhai PancholiGujarat29.08.202527.05.20337y, 8m, 28d*
30Hon'ble Justice Sheel NaguMadhya Pradesh02.06.202631.12.20293y, 6m, 29d—
31Hon'ble Justice Shree ChandrashekharJharkhand02.06.202624.05.20303y, 11m, 22d—
32Hon'ble Justice Sanjeev SachdevaDelhi02.06.202625.12.20293y, 6m, 23d—
33Hon'ble Justice Arun PalliPunjab and Haryana02.06.202617.09.20293y, 3m, 15d—
34Hon'ble Justice Smt. Venkita Subramani MohanaBar02.06.202626.06.20315y, 0m, 24d—
35Hon'ble Justice Smt. Sunita AgarwalAllahabad06.10.202629.04.20314y, 6m, 23d—
36Hon'ble Justice Devendra Kumar UpadhyayaAllahabad06.10.202615.06.20303y, 8m, 9d—
37Hon'ble Justice Aparesh Kumar SinghJharkhand06.10.202606.07.20303y, 9m, 0d—

* Likely to be CJI as per seniority

Projected Chief Justice of India succession

Figures marked with an asterisk are projections from the seniority and retirement dates in the LawInC workbook. A later appointment, resignation or change of convention would alter the timeline.

  1. CJI 53* · now in office
    Hon'ble Justice Surya Kant
    24.11.2025 – 09.02.2027 · 1y, 2m, 16d
    Parent High Court: Punjab and Haryana · retires 09.02.2027
  2. CJI 54* · projection
    Hon'ble Justice Vikram Nath
    10.02.2027 – 23.09.2027 · 0y, 7m, 13d
    Parent High Court: Allahabad · retires 23.09.2027
  3. CJI 55* · projection
    Hon'ble Justice Smt. B.V. Nagarathna
    24.09.2027 – 29.10.2027 · 0y, 1m, 5d
    Parent High Court: Karnataka · retires 29.10.2027
  4. CJI 56* · projection
    Hon'ble Justice P.S. Narasimha
    30.10.2027 – 02.05.2028 · 0y, 6m, 2d
    Parent High Court: Bar · retires 02.05.2028
  5. CJI 57* · projection
    Hon'ble Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala
    03.05.2028 – 11.08.2030 · 2y, 3m, 8d
    Parent High Court: Gujarat · retires 11.08.2030
  6. CJI 58* · projection
    Hon'ble Justice K.V. Viswanathan
    11.08.2030 – 25.05.2031 · 0y, 9m, 14d
    Parent High Court: Bar · retires 25.05.2031
  7. CJI 59* · projection
    Hon'ble Justice Joymalya Bagchi
    25.05.2031 – 02.10.2031 · 0y, 4m, 7d
    Parent High Court: Calcutta · retires 02.10.2031
  8. CJI 60* · projection
    Hon'ble Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi
    02.10.2031 – 27.05.2033 · 1y, 7m, 25d
    Parent High Court: Gujarat · retires 27.05.2033

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