{{Short description|Judge of the Supreme Court of India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ujjal Bhuyan | image = Justice Ujjal Bhuyan.jpg | office = Judge of Supreme Court of India | nominator = D. Y. Chandrachud | appointer = Droupadi Murmu | term_start = 14 July 2023 | term_end = | office1 = 5th Chief Justice of Telangana High Court | appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind | nominator1 = N. V. Ramana | term_start1 = 28 June 2022 | term_end1 = 13 July 2023 | predecessor1 = Satish Chandra Sharma | successor1 = {{ubl|Alok Aradhe|P. Naveen Rao ''(acting)''|Abhinand Kumar Shavili ''(acting)''}} | office2 = Judge of Telangana High Court | term_start2 = 22 October 2021 | term_end2 = 27 June 2022 | appointer2 = Ram Nath Kovind | nominator2 = N. V. Ramana | office3 = Judge of Bombay High Court | term_end3 = 21 October 2021 | term_start3 = 3 October 2019 | appointer3 = Ram Nath Kovind | nominator3 = Ranjan Gogoi | office4 = Judge of Gauhati High Court | term_start4 = 17 October 2011 | term_end4 = 2 October 2019 | appointer4 = Pratibha Patil | nominator4 = S. H. Kapadia | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|8|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Guwahati | alma_mater = Don Bosco High School, Cotton College, Guwahati, Gauhati University | parents = Suchendra Nath Bhuyan }}
'''Ujjal Bhuyan''' (born 2 August 1964) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice Ujjal Bhuyan {{!}} Supreme Court of India {{!}} India |url=https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-ujjal-bhuyan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128074858/https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-ujjal-bhuyan/ |archive-date=28 January 2024 |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=www.sci.gov.in |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a former chief justice of the Telangana High Court. He has also served as judge of the Telangana High Court, Bombay High Court and Gauhati High Court.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Santosh |date=2025-08-02 |title=Know Thy Judge {{!}} Supreme Court of India: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's illustrious career and notable judgments |url=https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/08/02/know-thy-judge-justice-ujjal-bhuyan-judge-of-supreme-court-career-notable-judgments/blog-5-10/ |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=SCC Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Justice Bhuyan was born on 2 August 1964 at Guwahati. He is the son of Suchendra Nath Bhuyan, former Advocate General of Assam. He did his schooling in Don Bosco High School, Guwahati, and studied in Cotton College, Guwahati. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Kirori Mal College. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Government Law College in Guwahati and his Master of Laws degree from Gauhati University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon'ble Chief Justices and Judges of the Gauhati High Court Appointed/ Transferred as Chief Justices of Other High Courts – THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT |url=https://ghconline.gov.in/index.php/honourable-chief-justices-and-judges-of-the-gauhati-high-court-appointed-or-transferred-as-chief-justices-of-other-high-court/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517125253/https://ghconline.gov.in/index.php/honourable-chief-justices-and-judges-of-the-gauhati-high-court-appointed-or-transferred-as-chief-justices-of-other-high-court/ |archive-date=17 May 2025 |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=ghconline.gov.in |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Career == He was enrolled with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh on 20 March 1991. On 6 September 2010, he was designated as senior advocate by Gauhati High Court. He was appointed as additional advocate general, Assam on 21 July 2011. He was elevated as an additional judge of the Gauhati High Court on 17 October 2011 and made a permanent judge on 20 March 2013. He was transferred as a judge of the Bombay High Court on 3 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krishnan |first=Murali |date=2019-09-01 |title=Collegium recommends transfer of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan from Gauhati High Court to Bombay High Court |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/collegium-recommends-transfer-of-justice-ujjal-bhuyan-from-gauhati-high-court-to-bombay-high-court |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref> He was transferred as a judge of the Telangana High Court on 22 October 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Upadhyay |first=Sparsh |date=17 May 2022 |title=Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan As Telangana High Court's Chief Justice |work=Live Law.in |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/supreme-court-collegium-recommends-elevation-of-justice-ujjal-bhuyan-as-telangana-high-courts-chief-justice-199308 |access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref> He was elevated as chief justice of the Telangana High Court on 28 June 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-17 |title=Justice Ujjal Bhuyan to be the new Chief Justice of Telangana |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/justice-ujjal-bhuyan-to-be-the-new-chief-justice-of-telangana/article65428640.ece |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref> and appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 14 July 2023.<ref name="Supreme Court gets two new judges">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |title=Supreme Court gets two new judges |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-gets-two-new-judges/article67073152.ece |access-date=14 July 2023 |date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714035931/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-gets-two-new-judges/article67073152.ece |archive-date=14 July 2023 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sucheta |date=2023-07-14 |title=Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice S. Venkatanarayana Bhatti take oath as Judges of Supreme Court of India |url=https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/07/14/justice-ujjal-bhuyan-justice-sv-bhatti-take-oath-supreme-court-judges-legal-news/ |access-date=2026-02-22 |website=SCC Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{Sitting Judges of the Supreme Court of India}}
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