
Hon’ble J. Hemant Gupta
Justice Hemant Gupta enrolled as an advocate in July 1980 and began practicing in the Chandigarh District Court before shifting his practice to the Punjab & Haryana High Court. As an advocate, he primarily argued in Civil cases. He was appointed as Additional Advocate General, Punjab in 1997 and served until 1999.
Shortly thereafter on July 2nd, 2002, he was appointed as a Judge of Punjab & Haryana HC.
Justice Gupta was the Executive Chairman of the State Legal Services Committee, Chandigarh between July 2012 and January 2016. On February 8th 2016, he was transferred to the Patna HC. He was later appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Patna HC on October 29th, 2016. He was transferred once again on March 18th, 2017, to the Madhya Pradesh HC to serve as Chief Justice.
Justice Gupta was elevated to the Supreme Court on November 2nd, 2018. He is set to retire on October 16th, 2022 after serving a tenure of nearly four years.
On December 22nd, 2022, Justice Gupta was appointed as the chairperson of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre by the Union government.