| Honorific prefix | Hon'ble Justice |
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| Office | Judge of Supreme Court of India |
| Term start | 29 August 2025 |
| Appointer | Droupadi Murmu |
| Nominator | B. R. Gavai |
| Office 1 | 48th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court |
| Term start 1 | 21 January 2025 |
| Term end 1 | 28 August 2025 |
| Appointer 1 | Droupadi Murmu |
| Nominator 1 | Sanjiv Khanna |
| Predecessor 1 | D. K. Upadhyaya |
| Successor 1 | Shree Chandrashekhar |
| Office 2 | 6th Chief Justice of Telangana High Court |
| Term start 2 | 23 July 2023 |
| Term end 2 | 20 January 2025 |
| Appointer 2 | Droupadi Murmu |
| Nominator 2 | D. Y. Chandrachud |
| Predecessor 2 |
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| Successor 2 |
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| Office 3 | Judge of Karnataka High Court |
| Term start 3 | 17 November 2018 |
| Term end 3 | 22 July 2023 |
| Nominator 3 | Ranjan Gogoi |
| Appointer 3 | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Term start 4 | 3 July 2022 |
| Term end 4 | 14 October 2022 |
| Status 4 | Acting Chief Justice |
| Appointer 4 | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Predecessor 4 | Ritu Raj Awasthi |
| Successor 4 | P. B. Varale |
| Office 5 | Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court |
| Term start 5 | 20 September 2016 |
| Term end 5 | 16 November 2018 |
| Nominator 5 | T. S. Thakur |
| Appointer 5 | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Term start 6 | 11 May 2018 |
| Term end 6 | 10 August 2018 |
| Status 6 | Acting Chief Justice |
| Appointer 6 | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Predecessor 6 |
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| Successor 6 | Gita Mittal |
| Office 7 | Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court |
| Term start 7 | 29 December 2009 |
| Term end 7 | 19 September 2016 |
| Nominator 7 | K. G. Balakrishnan |
| Appointer 7 | Pratibha Patil |
| Birth date | 13 April 1964 (age 62) |
| Birth place | Raipur, Madhya Pradesh (present-day Raipur, Chhattisgarh) |
| Education | B. Sc. and LL. B. |
Alok Aradhe (born 13 April 1964) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is serving as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former Chief Justice of Telangana High Court and Bombay High Court. He has also served as a Judge of Karnataka High Court, Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court and Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Career
Aradhe was born in 1964 at Raipur, the then Madhya Pradesh. He passed B.Sc. and LL.B. and started practice in Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur from 1988. He worked on Civil, Constitutional, Arbitration and Company Matters. Aradhe was designated as Senior Advocate in April 2007. He revised the 5th and 6th editions of the book, Principles of Administrative Law by M. P. Jain and S. N. Jain with Late Hon'ble Chief Justice G. P. Singh. Aradhe was a visiting Faculty in Judicial Officers Training and Research Institute of Madhya Pradesh. On 29 December 2009 he was appointed Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court and was made permanent on 15 February 2011.
He was transferred to Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 16 September 2016. He served as Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy and became the Executive Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority.[1] He took charge as Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High court on 11 May 2018.[2]
He was again transferred to Karnataka High Court and took oath as Judge on 17 November 2018.[3][4] He was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on 3 July 2022 consequent upon the retirement of Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court.
On 23 July 2023, Alok Aradhe was appointed as chief justice of Telangana High Court.[5][6] He was transferred as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 21 January 2025.[7]
On 25 August 2025 Supreme court collegium led by CJI B. R. Gavai recommended him to be appointed as judge of Supreme Court of India along with Patna High Court chief justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi[8][9] and his appointment was cleared by central government on 27 August 2025.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Hon'ble Former Judges of High Court J & K". jkhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Hon'ble Justice Alok Aradhe". Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe". Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ Mandhani, Apoorva (11 November 2018). "Centre Notifies Transfer Of Justices Alok Aradhe, Rajesh Bindal And Vineet Kothari". LiveLaw.in. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Chief Justice Alok Aradhe tells Telangana to have State Litigation Policy" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Telangana HC CJ Alok Aradhe lauded for his services" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 20 January 2025. Archived 22 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "21.01.2025 : Justice Alok Aradhe sworn in as CJ of Bombay HC | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra | India". Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ Bench, Bar & (2025-08-25). "Collegium recommends elevation of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi to Supreme Court". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi To SC - Law Trend". 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ "Centre appoints Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi to Supreme Court 2 days after Collegium recommendation". The Indian Express. 2025-08-27. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
- ^ Bench, Bar & (2025-08-27). "Central government clears elevation of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi to Supreme Court". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 2025-08-27.