Hemant Gupta

Hemant Gupta
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office 2 November 2018 – 16 October 2022
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office 18 March 2017 – 1 November 2018
Nominated by	Jagdish Singh Khehar
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Judge of the Patna High Court
In office 8 February 2016 – 17 March 2017
Nominated by	T. S. Thakur
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
In office 2 July 2002 – 7 February 2016
Nominated by	Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
Appointed by	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-17) 17 October 1957

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, 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. 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 Supreme Court of India. He was retired on 16 October 2022.