Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari

Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari (born 29 June 1961) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. He also served as the chief justice of the Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh high courts and judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court.

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, all from the Jiwaji University at Gwalior.

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 a practicing lawyer in Gwalior before he got elevated to the bench.

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 6 October 2019. He was elevated as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed office on 7 October 2019.

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. Subsequently, Justice Maheshwari was transferred as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim on January 6, 2021. He became the first chief justice in the history of Sikkim High Court to be elevated as judge of Supreme Court of India.

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. He has taken oath as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 31, 2021.

He was a member of Five member supreme court collegium from 14 May 2025 after retirement of CJI Sanjiv Khanna till his retirement. He retired from Supreme Court of India on 28 June 2026 after serving tenure of nearly five years.