{{short description|Judge of the Supreme Court of India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Justice | name = Alok Aradhe | office = Judge of Supreme Court of India | term_start = 29 August 2025 | term_end = | appointer = Droupadi Murmu | nominator = B. R. Gavai | office1 = 48th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court | term_start1 = 21 January 2025 | term_end1 = 28 August 2025 | appointer1 = Droupadi Murmu | nominator1 = Sanjiv Khanna | predecessor1 = D. K. Upadhyaya | successor1 = Shree Chandrashekhar | office2 = 6th Chief Justice of Telangana High Court | term_start2 = 23 July 2023 | term_end2 = 20 January 2025 | appointer2 = Droupadi Murmu | nominator2 = D. Y. Chandrachud | predecessor2 = {{ubl|Ujjal Bhuyan|P. N. Rao ''(acting)''|A. K. Shavili ''(acting)''}} | successor2 = {{ubl|A. K. Singh|Sujoy Paul ''(acting)''|P. S. Koshy ''(acting)''}} | office3 = Judge of Karnataka High Court | term_start3 = 17 November 2018 | term_end3 = 22 July 2023 | nominator3 = Ranjan Gogoi | appointer3 = Ram Nath Kovind | term_start4 = 3 July 2022 | term_end4 = 14 October 2022 | status4 = Acting Chief Justice | appointer4 = Ram Nath Kovind | predecessor4 = Ritu Raj Awasthi | successor4 = P. B. Varale | office5 = Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court | term_start5 = 20 September 2016 | term_end5 = 16 November 2018 | nominator5 = T. S. Thakur | appointer5 = Pranab Mukherjee | term_start6 = 11 May 2018 | term_end6 = 10 August 2018 | status6 = Acting Chief Justice | appointer6 = Ram Nath Kovind | predecessor6 = {{ubl|B. D. Ahmed|R. Sudhakar (acting)}} | successor6 = Gita Mittal | office7 = Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court | term_start7 = 29 December 2009 | term_end7 = 19 September 2016 | nominator7 = K. G. Balakrishnan | appointer7 = Pratibha Patil | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|4|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Raipur, Madhya Pradesh (present-day Raipur, Chhattisgarh) | education = B. Sc. and LL. B. | image = alt|250px }} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/formerJudges.php|title=Hon'ble Former Judges of High Court J & K|website=jkhighcourt.nic.in|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref> He took charge as Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High court on 11 May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawyersupdate.co.in/know-your-judges/honble-justice-alok-aradhe/|title=Hon'ble Justice Alok Aradhe|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref>
He was again transferred to Karnataka High Court and took oath as Judge on 17 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/bio_data/sitting_judges/aaj.htm|title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livelaw.in/centre-notifies-transfer-of-justices-alok-aradhe-rajesh-bindal-and-vineet-kothari-read-notifications/|title=Centre Notifies Transfer Of Justices Alok Aradhe, Rajesh Bindal And Vineet Kothari|last=Mandhani|first=Apoorva|date=11 November 2018|publisher=LiveLaw.in|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chief Justice Alok Aradhe tells Telangana to have State Litigation Policy |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/chief-justice-alok-aradhe-tells-telangana-to-have-state-litigation-policy/article67126805.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=27 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Telangana HC CJ Alok Aradhe lauded for his services">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Telangana HC CJ Alok Aradhe lauded for his services |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-hc-cj-alok-aradhe-lauded-for-his-services/article69118971.ece |access-date=22 January 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=20 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122080152/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-hc-cj-alok-aradhe-lauded-for-his-services/article69118971.ece |archive-date=22 January 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He was transferred as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 21 January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=21.01.2025 : Justice Alok Aradhe sworn in as CJ of Bombay HC {{!}} Raj Bhavan Maharashtra {{!}} India |url=https://rajbhavan-maharashtra.gov.in/en/21-01-2025-justice-alok-aradhe-sworn-in-as-cj-of-bombay-hc/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |language=en}}</ref>
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<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bench |first=Bar & |date=2025-08-25 |title=Collegium recommends elevation of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi to Supreme Court |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/collegium-recommends-elevation-of-justices-alok-aradhe-and-vipul-pancholi-to-supreme-court |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi To SC - Law Trend |url=https://lawtrend.in/sc-court-collegium-recommends-elevation-of-two-high-court-chief-justices-to-supreme-court/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> and his appointment was cleared by central government on 27 August 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-27 |title=Centre appoints Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi to Supreme Court 2 days after Collegium recommendation |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-appoints-justices-alok-aradhe-and-vipul-pancholi-supreme-court-10214422/ |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bench |first=Bar & |date=2025-08-27 |title=Central government clears elevation of Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Pancholi to Supreme Court |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/central-government-clears-elevation-of-justices-alok-aradhe-and-vipul-pancholi-to-supreme-court |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref>
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