Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari | |
Office: | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
Termstart: | 31 August 2021 |
Nominator: | N. V. Ramana |
Appointer: | Ram Nath Kovind |
Office1: | Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court |
Termstart1: | 6 January 2021 |
Termend1: | 30 August 2021 |
Appointer1: | Ram Nath Kovind |
Nominator1: | Sharad Arvind Bobde |
Predecessor1: | Arup Kumar Goswami |
Successor1: | Meenakshi Madan Rai (acting) |
Office2: | 1st Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court |
Termstart2: | 7 October 2019 |
Termend2: | 5 January 2021 |
Appointer2: | Ram Nath Kovind |
Nominator2: | Ranjan Gogoi |
Predecessor2: | Chagari Praveen Kumar (acting) |
Successor2: | Arup Kumar Goswami |
Office3: | Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court |
Termstart3: | 25 November 2005 |
Termend3: | 6 October 2019 |
Appointer3: | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Nominator3: | Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1961 |
Birth Place: | Joura, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari (born 29 June 1961) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Sikkim High Court. Before that, he served as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was born in Joura, Madhya Pradesh. He was a practicing lawyer in Gwalior before he got elevated to the bench.