Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari

Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari (born 29 June 1961) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was formerly chief justice of the Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh high courts 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.

Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
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	Biswanath Somadder Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting)
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	Position established 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	(1961-06-29) 29 June 1961 (age 64) Joura, Madhya Pradesh, India

Early life and education

Maheshwari was born on 29 June 1961 in a small town named Joura of Morena District, Madhya Pradesh. He graduated in Arts in 1982 and passed LL.B. in 1985 and completed LL.M in 1991.

Career

He enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh on 22 November 1985. He 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 25 November 2005 and was confirmed as permanent judge on 25 November 2008.

He was a part of various committees, pertaining to betterment of administration of Madhya Pradesh High court and continued till 06 October 2019. He was elevated as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed office on 07 October 2019.^[1] He was the first Chief Justice of the newly established Andhra Pradesh High Court. In January 2021 the Supreme Court collegium swapped the chief justices of Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim high courts.^[2] Subsequently, Justice Maheshwari was transferred as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim on January 06, 2021.^[3]

In August 2021, the Supreme Court collegium led CJI N. V. Ramana has recommended his name along with 8 other high court judges to be appointed to Supreme Court of India.^[4] He has taken oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 31, 2021.^[5]

He is currently member of Five member supreme court collegium since 14 May 2025 after retirement of CJI Sanjiv Khanna.^[6]