Vijay Bishnoi

Vijay Bishnoi (born 26 March 1964) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India.^[1] He previously served as the 42nd chief justice of Gauhati High Court from 2024 to 2025.^[2][3] He is a former judge of the Rajasthan High Court.^[4]

Vijay Bishnoi
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 May 2025
Nominated by	B. R. Gavai
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
42nd Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
In office 5 February 2024 – 29 May 2025
Nominated by	D. Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Sandeep Mehta L. Jamir (acting)
Succeeded by	Ashutosh Kumar L. Jamir (acting)
Judge of the Rajasthan High Court
In office 8 January 2013 – 4 February 2024
Nominated by	Altamas Kabir
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-26) 26 March 1964 (age 61) Jodhpur

Early life and career

Bishnoi was born on 26 March 1964 in Jodhpur. He enrolled as an advocate on 8 July 1989. He practiced at the Rajasthan High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal at Jodhpur in wide range of areas such as civil, criminal, Constitutional, service, election cases etc. He served as Additional Central Govt. Standing Counsel during the years 2000 - 2004 ; as counsel for various Departments in the government of Rajasthan.

He was appointed as additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 8 January 2013 and was confirmed as a permanent judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 7 January 2015.

He was appointed as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and took oath as the chief justice of Gauhati High Court on 5 February 2024.

On 26 May 2025, the Supreme Court collegium led by CJI Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai recommended his appointment as judge of Supreme Court of India.^[5][6] This recommendation was cleared by central government and he was sworn in as Judge of Supreme Court on 30 May 2025.^[7][8][9]