Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari | |
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Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
Assumed office 31 August 2021 | |
Nominated by | N. V. Ramana |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
22nd Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court | |
In office 6 January 2021 –30 August 2021 | |
Nominated by | Sharad Arvind Bobde |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Arup Kumar Goswami |
Succeeded by | Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting) Biswanath Somadder |
1st Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court | |
In office 7 October 2019 –5 January 2021 | |
Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Chagari Praveen Kumar (acting) |
Succeeded by | Arup Kumar Goswami |
Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
In office 25 November 2005 –6 October 2019 | |
Nominated by | Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal |
Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Personal details | |
Born | Joura,Madhya Pradesh,India | 29 June 1961
Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari (born 29 June 1961) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Sikkim High Court. Before that,he served as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was born in Joura,Madhya Pradesh. He was a practicing lawyer in Gwalior before he got elevated to the bench.
Justice J.K. Maheshwari was born on June 29,1961 in a small town Joura,District Morena (M.P.). He graduated in Arts in 1982 and passed LL.B. in 1985 and completed LL.M in 1991.
He was enrolled as an Advocate with the State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh on November 22,1985 and practiced in Civil,Criminal,Constitutional,Service and Tax matters. He was the elected member of the M.P. State Bar Council.
He was appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on November 25,2005 and on November 25,2008,appointed as permanent Judge of the Hon’ble Court.
He was a part of various committees,pertaining to betterment of administration of High court of Madhya Pradesh and continued his good offices till October 06,2019. He was transferred as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed office on October 07,2019. He was the First Chief Justice of the newly established Andhra Pradesh High Court.He was transferred as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim on January 06,2021.
He has taken oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 31,2021.
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