Ramesh Surajmal Garg

Ramesh Surajmal Garg (born: 18 June 1948), also known as R. S. Garg, is a retired Indian judge and a former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court.

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.) Ramesh Surajmal Garg
32nd Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
In office 17 April 2010 – 18 June 2010
Nominated by	K. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Preceded by	Jasti Chelameswar
Succeeded by	Madan Lokur
Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office 17 September 2007 – 16 April 2010
Nominated by	K. G. Balakrishnan
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Acting Chief Justice
In office 16 November 2009 – 19 December 2009
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Preceded by	Ananga Kumar Patnaik
Succeeded by	Syed Rafat Alam
Judge of Gujarat High Court
In office 28 February 2005 – 16 September 2007
Nominated by	R. C. Lahoti
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Judge of Patna High Court
In office 1 November 2001 – 27 February 2005
Nominated by	A. S. Anand
Appointed by	K. R. Narayanan
Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court
In office 1 November 2000 – 31 October 2001
Appointed by	K. R. Narayanan
Acting Chief Justice
In office 1 November 2000 – 4 December 2000
Appointed by	K. R. Narayanan
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	W. A. Shishak
Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office 15 December 1994 – 31 October 2000
Nominated by	A. M. Ahmadi
Appointed by	S. D. Sharma
Personal details
Born	(1948-06-18) 18 June 1948 (age 77)
Occupation	Lawyer, Judge

Career

Justice Garg was born in 1948. He passed master's degree in economics and law. He started practice in Madhya Pradesh High Court on Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Constitutional and Taxation matters.^[1] He was appointed as Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 15 December 1994 and was made permanent on 19 July 1995.

He became the first acting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court upon its creation in 2000 and remained so till the appointment of first permanent chief justice W. A. Shishak.^[2] He also served as a judge of Patna High Court and Gujarat High Court. Justice Garg was repatriated to Madhya Pradesh High Court in 2007 and was appointed Acting Chief Justice on 16 November 2009 consequent upon the elevation of the then chief justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik to Supreme Court of India. He was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on 17 April 2010 and served brief period of 2 months at the helm before reaching age of superannuation.^[3]

He came again in the news in August 2025 because of robbery in his Indore house despite presence of security personnel.^[4][5]