Hemant Gupta

Hemant Gupta
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
2 November 2018 – 16 October 2022
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office
18 March 2017 – 1 November 2018
Nominated byJagdish Singh Khehar
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of the Patna High Court
In office
8 February 2016 – 17 March 2017
Nominated byT. S. Thakur
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
In office
2 July 2002 – 7 February 2016
Nominated byBhupinder Nath Kirpal
Appointed byKocheril Raman Narayanan
Personal details
Born (1957-10-17) 17 October 1957 (age 67)

Hemant Gupta (born 17 October 1957) is a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He is also a former chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and judge of the Patna High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired on 16 October 2022.

Career

Gupta enrolled as an advocate in July 1980 and started practice in the District Court of Chandigarh. He entered in the High Court of Punjab and Haryana and worked on civil, labour, company and constitutional matters. In 1997 he was appointed additional advocate general of Punjab and elevated as a judge of High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 2 July 2002. Gupta was transferred to the Patna High Court in February 2016,[1] thereafter took over the charge of acting chief justice of the Patna High Court after the retirement of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari on 29 October 2016.[2] He was appointed the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 March 2017.[3][4][5] On 2 November 2018, he became a judge of the Supreme Court of India.[6] He was retired on 16 October 2022.

References

  1. ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta". Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Hemant Gupta takes oath as chief justice of Madhya Pradesh HC". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ^ "High Court of Madhya Pradesh". mphc.gov.in. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Topic: Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court". Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice sworn in". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Four High Court Chief Justices Elevated As New Supreme Court Judges". NDTV. PTI. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.