{{Short description|Judge of the Supreme Court of India}} {{about||the Indian politician|Satish Chandra Sharma (politician)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Satish Chandra Sharma | image = Justice Satish Chandra Sharma.jpg | office = Judge of Supreme Court of India | term_start = 9 November 2023 | term_end = | appointer = Droupadi Murmu | nominator = D. Y. Chandrachud | office1 = 32nd Chief Justice of Delhi High Court | predecessor1 = {{ubl|D. N. Patel|Vipin Sanghi ''(acting)''}} | term_start1 = 28 June 2022 | term_end1 = 8 November 2023 | nominator1 = N. V. Ramana | appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind | successor1 = Manmohan | office2 = 4th Chief Justice of Telangana High Court | term_start2 = 11 October 2021 | term_end2 = 27 June 2022 | predecessor2 = {{ubl|Hima Kohli|M. S. R. Rao ''(acting)''}} | successor2 = Ujjal Bhuyan | appointer2 = Ram Nath Kovind | nominator2 = N. V. Ramana | office3 = Judge of Karnataka High Court | term_start3 = 4 January 2021 | term_end3 = 10 October 2021 | appointer3 = Ram Nath Kovind | nominator3 = S. A. Bobde | term_start4 = 31 August 2021 | term_end4 = 10 October 2021 | appointer4 = Ram Nath Kovind | successor4 = Ritu Raj Awasthi | predecessor4 = A. S. Oka | office5 = Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court | term_start5 = 18 January 2008 | term_end5 = 3 January 2021 | appointer5 = Pratibha Patil | nominator5 = K. G. Balakrishnan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India | website = [https://api.sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges/ Supreme Court of India] | alma_mater = Dr. Hari Singh Gour University | education = B.Sc and LL.B | status4 = Acting Chief Justice }} '''Satish Chandra Sharma''' (born 30 November 1961) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Satish Chandra Sharma {{!}} Supreme Court of India {{!}} India |url=https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-satish-chandra-sharma/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250907084102/https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-satish-chandra-sharma/ |archive-date=2025-09-07 |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=www.sci.gov.in |language=en-US}}</ref> He is a former chief justice of the Delhi High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as the acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court and judge of the Karnataka High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://117.239.39.52/?q=node/70|title = Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page: It works}}</ref><ref name="mphc">{{cite web|url=http://www.mphc.gov.in/honble-judges|title=Hon'ble Judges | High Court of Madhya Pradesh|publisher=mphc.gov.in|accessdate=2016-06-26}}</ref>
==Career== Sharma enrolled as an advocate on 1 September 1984 and became one of the leading lawyers of Madhya Pradesh. In 2003, he was designated as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at the young age of 42 being one of the youngest senior advocates of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He practiced in constitutional, service, civil and criminal matters in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh.<ref name="239a">{{cite web|url=http://117.239.39.52/?q=node/70|title=HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, B.Sc., LL.B. | High Court Of Madhya Pradesh|publisher=117.239.39.52|accessdate=2016-06-26}}</ref>
He was elevated as an additional judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 January 2008 and permanent on 15 January 2010. He was transferred as judge of the Karnataka High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 4 January 2021. Sharma was later appointed acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court on 31 August 2021 consequent upon the appointment of A. S. Oka as a judge of Supreme Court of India. He was elevated as chief justice of the Telangana High Court on 11 October 2021. He was transferred as chief justice of the Delhi High Court on 28 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Satish Chandra Sharma {{!}} Welcome To Delhi High Court |url=https://www.delhihighcourt.nic.in/web/Judges/justice-satish-chandra-sharma |access-date=2026-01-15 |website=www.delhihighcourt.nic.in}}</ref>
==Education== Sharma graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981 with distinction in three subjects. He was awarded National Merit Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies. He enrolled as a student of law in Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar in 1981. Graduated on top of the class and obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1984 with three university Gold Medals.<ref name="mphc"/>
==Family== His father, Dr. B N Sharma apart from being an agriculturalist, was also an eminent academic who served as a professor of Jabalpur University and as the Vice Chancellor of Barkatullah University. His mother, Shrimati Shanti Sharma was a principal at Maharani Lakshmibai Higher Secondary school and also worked as district education officer at Jabalpur before retirement.<ref name="239a"/>
==Further information== Sharma is on the advisory board of Law Journal published by National Law Institute University, Bhopal.<ref name="mphc"/><ref name="239a"/>
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