List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India is the highest court in the country. The Court's maximum sanctioned strength is 38, comprising the Chief Justice and 37 judges. According to the Constitution of India, the judges of the Supreme Court must retire at the age of 65. There are currently 37 judges (including the Chief Justice) in the Supreme Court of India.

President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the supreme court (numbers of judges) Amendment Act 2026, which increases sanctioned strength of supreme court judges from 34 to 38 this figure includes the chief justice of India. approved on August 11 2026.

At present, the Chief Justice of India is Surya Kant. He was sworn in as the 53rd CJI on 24 November 2025. B. V. Nagarathna is the only female member of the collegium. The Supreme Court at present has 3 female judges: B. V. Nagarathna, V. Mohana and Sunita Agarwal.

List of judges ordered by seniority Sr. No. Image Name Date of AppointmentBecomes CJI on Date of Retirement Tenure Length Parent High CourtAppointed byDate of appointment as High Court JudgeSeniority rank on the date of elevation 1Surya Kant(Chief Justice of India)()Appointed as CJI on()()Tenure length as CJIPunjab and HaryanaRam Nath KovindAppointed as CJI byDroupadi Murmu()11 2Vikram Nath()()AllahabadRam Nath Kovind()4 3Bengaluru Venkataramiah Nagarathna()Karnataka()29 4M. M. Sundresh -()Madras()46 5Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha()Bar CouncilN/AN/A 6Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala()()Gujarat()49 7Dipankar Datta() -()CalcuttaDroupadi Murmu()6 8Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar() -()Telangana()20 9Ahsanuddin Amanullah -()Patna()42 10Manoj Misra -()Allahabad()52 11Aravind Kumar() -()Karnataka()23 12Prashant Kumar Mishra() -()Chhattisgarh()21 13Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan ()Bar CouncilN/AN/A 14Ujjal Bhuyan() -()Gauhati()31 15Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti -()Andhra Pradesh()49 16Satish Chandra Sharma() -()Madhya Pradesh()2 17 Augustine George Masih -()Punjab and Haryana()7 18 Sandeep Mehta -()Rajasthan()23 19Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale() -()Bombay()6 20Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh() -()Manipur()17 21R. Mahadevan -()Madras()51 22Manmohan() -()Delhi()2 23Krishnan Vinod Chandran() -()Kerala()13 24Joymalya Bagchi()()Calcutta()11 25Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria() -()Gujarat()14 26Vijay Bishnoi -()Rajasthan()18 27Atul Sharachchandra Chandurkar -()Bombay()29 28Alok Aradhe() -()Madhya Pradesh()5 29Vipul Manubhai Pancholi()Gujarat()57 30Sheel Nagu() -()Madhya Pradesh()3 31Shree Chandrashekhar -()Jharkhand()12 32Sanjeev Sachdeva -()Delhi()14 33Arun Palli()Punjab and Haryana()28 34Venkita Subramani Mohana -()Bar CouncilN/AN/A 35Sunita Agarwal() -()Allahabad()436Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya -()Allahabad()537Aparesh Kumar Singh -()Jharkhand()6

Members of the Collegium Sr. No.MemberSinceFor Appointment in Supreme CourtFor Appointment in High Courts1Surya Kant (CJI)()JoRAjay Rastogi()JoRD. Y. Chandrachud (CJI)2Vikram Nath()JoRHrishikesh Roy()JoRA. S. Oka3Bengaluru Venkataramiah Nagarathna()JoRA. S. Oka()JoRJ. K. Maheshwari4M. M. Sundresh()JoRB. R. Gavai (CJI)Not a member5Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha()JoRJ. K. MaheshwariNot a member JoR - Joined on retirement of

Additional Information about the Sitting Judges CJ - Chief Justice

HC - High Court Sr. No.NameImageNominated by the Collegium (led by CJI)Office at the time of elevation(Period)Other previous offices(Period)As Judge of Supreme CourtAs Judge of High Court 1Surya Kant(Chief Justice of India)46th CJI Ranjan Gogoi33rd CJI Vishweshwar Nath Khare23rd CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC ()Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC ()Advocate General of Haryana () 2Vikram Nath48th CJI Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana35th CJI Ramesh Chandra Lahoti25th CJ of Gujarat HC ()Judge of Allahabad HC () 3Bengaluru Venkataramiah Nagarathna37th CJI Konakuppakatil Gopinathan BalakrishnanJudge of Karnataka HC () 4M. M. SundreshJudge of Madras HC () 5Pamidighantam Sri NarasimhaN/A -- Additional Solicitor General of India () 6Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala38th CJI Sarosh Homi KapadiaJudge of Gujarat HC () 7Dipankar Datta49th CJI Uday Umesh Lalit36th CJI Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal45th CJ of Bombay HC ()Judge of Calcutta HC () 8Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar50th CJI Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud37th CJI Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan6th CJ of Manipur HC ()Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC ()Judge of Telangana HC () 9Ahsanuddin Amanullah38th CJI Sarosh Homi KapadiaJudge of Patna HC () Also from () Judge of Andhra Pradesh HC () 10Manoj MisraJudge of Allahabad HC () 11Aravind Kumar37th CJI Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan26th CJ of Gujarat HC ()Judge of Karnataka HC () 12Prashant Kumar Mishra3rd CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC ()Judge of Chhattisgarh HC ()Advocate General of Chhattisgarh () 13Kalpathy Venkataraman ViswanathanN/A -- Additional Solicitor General of India () 14Ujjal Bhuyan38th CJI Sarosh Homi Kapadia5th CJ of Telangana HC ()Judge of Telangana HC ()Judge of Bombay HC ()Judge of Gauhati HC () 15Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti39th CJI Altamas Kabir37th CJ of Kerala HC ()Judge of Kerala HC ()Judge of Andhra Pradesh HC () 16Satish Chandra Sharma37th CJI Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan32nd CJ of Delhi HC ()4th CJ of Telangana HC ()Judge of Karnataka HC ()Judge of Madhya Pradesh HC () 17Augustine George Masih41st CJ of Rajasthan HC ()Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC () 18Sandeep Mehta38th CJI Sarosh Homi Kapadia41st CJ of Gauhati HC ()Judge of Rajasthan HC () 19Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale37th CJI Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan32nd CJ of Karnataka HC ()Judge of Bombay HC () 20Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh38th CJI Sarosh Homi Kapadia36th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC ()Judge of Gauhati HC () Also from ()Judge of Manipur HC ()Advocate General of Manipur () 21R. Mahadevan40th CJI Palanisamy SathasivamActing CJ of Madras HC () Judge of Madras HC () 22Manmohan51st CJI Sanjiv Khanna37th CJI Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan33rd CJ of Delhi HC ()Judge of Delhi HC () 23Krishnan Vinod Chandran38th CJI Sarosh Homi Kapadia44th CJ of Patna HC ()Judge of Kerala HC () 24Joymalya BagchiJudge of Calcutta HC () Also from () Judge of Andhra Pradesh HC () 25Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria52nd CJI Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai34th CJ of Karnataka HC ()Judge of Gujarat HC () 26Vijay Bishnoi39th CJI Altamas Kabir42nd CJ of Gauhati HC ()Judge of Rajasthan HC ()27Atul Sharachchandra ChandurkarJudge of Bombay HC ()28Alok Aradhe37th CJI Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan48th CJ of Bombay HC ()6th CJ of Telangana HC ()Judge of Karnataka HC ()Judge of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC ()Judge of Madhya Pradesh HC ()29Vipul Manubhai Pancholi41st CJI Rajendra Mal Lodha45th CJ of Patna HC ()Judge of Patna HC ()Judge of Gujarat HC () 30 Sheel Nagu 53rd CJI Surya Kant 38th CJI Sarosh Homi Kapadia 36th CJ of Punjab and Haryana HC () Judge of Madhya Pradesh HC () 31Shree Chandrashekhar39th CJI Altamas Kabir49th CJ of Bombay HC ()Judge of Bombay HC ()Judge of Rajasthan HC ()Judge of Jharkhand HC () 32Sanjeev Sachdeva29th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC ()Judge of Madhya Pradesh HC ()Judge of Delhi HC () 33Arun Palli40th CJI Palanisamy Sathasivam38th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC ()Judge of Punjab and Haryana HC () 34Venkita Subramani MohanaN/A -- --35Sunita Agarwal38th CJI Sarosh Homi Kapadia28th CJ of Gujarat HC ()Judge of Allahabad HC ()36Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya34th CJ of Delhi HC ()47th CJ of Bombay HC ()Judge of Allahabad HC ()37Aparesh Kumar Singh39th CJI Altamas Kabir7th CJ of Telangana HC ()8th CJ of Tripura HC ()Judge of Jharkhand HC ()

See also List of chief justices of India List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India List of sitting judges of the high courts of India

References

External links Tenure Timeline of the sitting Judges of the Supreme Court of India List of Judges of the Supreme Court of India