Ujjal Bhuyan

Ujjal Bhuyan (Assamese: উজ্জ্বল ভূঞা; born 2 August 1964) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. 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.

Ujjal Bhuyan
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2023
Nominated by	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court
In office 28 June 2022 – 13 July 2023
Nominated by	N. V. Ramana
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Satish Chandra Sharma
Judge of the Telangana High Court
In office 22 October 2021 – 27 June 2022
Nominated by	N. V. Ramana
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Judge of the Bombay High Court
In office 3 October 2019 – 21 October 2021
Nominated by	Ranjan Gogoi
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Judge of the Gauhati High Court
In office 17 October 2011 – 2 October 2019
Nominated by	S. H. Kapadia
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Personal details
Born	(1964-08-02) 2 August 1964 Guwahati
Alma mater	Gauhati University

Career

Bhuyan was born on 2 August 1964 at Guwahati. He did his schooling in Don Bosco High School, Guwahati, and studied in Cotton College, Guwahati. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Government Law College in Guwahati and his Master of Laws degree from Gauhati University. On 20 March 1991, he was enrolled with the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. 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. He was transferred as a judge of the Telangana High Court on 22 October 2021. He was elevated as chief justice of the Telangana High Court on 28 June 2022. He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 14 July 2023.