Hemant Gupta (born 17 October 1957) is a former judge of

Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judiciary of India, judicial authority and the supreme court, highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final Appellate court, court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India. It also ...

. He is also a former chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and judge of the

Patna High Court The Patna High Court of Judicature at Patna (commonly known as Patna High Court) is the High Courts of India, High Court of the Indian state, state of Bihar. It was established on 3 February 1916 by British colonial government and was later aff ...

and

Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Pe ...

. He retired on 16 October 2022.

Career

Gupta enrolled as an advocate in July 1980 and started practice in the District Court of

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

. 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 Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

and elevated as a judge of High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 2 July 2002. Gupta was transferred to the

in February 2016, thereafter took over the charge of acting chief justice of the

after the retirement of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari on 29 October 2016. He was appointed the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 March 2017. On 2 November 2018, he became a judge of the

. He was retired on 16 October 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Hemant 1957 births Living people 20th-century Indian judges 21st-century Indian judges Chief justices of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Judges of the Patna High Court Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justices of the Supreme Court of India