The Hon'ble Guardian Judges for the Year 2025-26

This notice lists the Hon'ble Guardian Judges for the year 2025-26, effective from 16.02.2026.

Bombay and Western Maharashtra Region and Ex-Cadre Officers in the State

Sr. No.	District	Name of the Hon'ble Guardian Judges
1	City Civil & Sessions Court, Mumbai	Hon'ble Shri Justice Suman Shyam** & Hon'ble Dr. Justice Neela Gokhale
2	Small Causes Court, Mumbai	Hon'ble Shri Justice M.S. Karnik & Hon'ble Shri Justice K. R. Khata
3	Pune	Hon'ble Smt. Justice Bharati Dangre** & Hon'ble Shri Justice Arif S. Doctor
4	Family Courts, Maharashtra	Hon'ble Smt. Justice Bharati Dangre (Bombay & Western Maharashtra Region), Hon'ble Smt. Justice V. V. Kankanwadi (Aurangabad Region) & Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar (Nagpur Region)
5	Nashik	Hon'ble Shri Justice S. V. Kotwal, Hon'ble Shri Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain & Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashwin Damodar Bhobe
6	Thane / Palghar	Hon'ble Shri Justice R. I. Chagla**, Hon'ble Shri Justice Manish Pitale** & Hon'ble Smt. Justice Manjusha Ajay Deshpande
7	Other ex-cadre Officers in the State including Charity Commissioner excluding Prin. Secretary, L. & J.D. and High Court Registry	Hon'ble Shri Justice S. M. Modak** & Hon'ble Shri Justice Amit S. Jamsandekar**
8	Solapur	Hon'ble Shri Justice N. J. Jamadar & Hon'ble Shri Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla
9	Industrial / Labour Courts, Maharashtra	Hon'ble Shri Justice R. G. Avachat (Aurangabad Region), Hon'ble Shri Justice A. S. Kilor (Nagpur Region) & Hon'ble Shri Justice M. N. Jadhav (Bombay & Western Maharashtra Region)
10	Sangli	Hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. Borkar** & Hon'ble Shri Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan
11	Ratnagiri	Hon'ble Shri Justice Madhav J. Jamdar & Hon'ble Shri Justice Hiten S. Venegavkar**
12	Judicial Magistrate Courts, Mumbai	Hon'ble Shri Justice Amit Borkar & Hon'ble Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh
13	Kolhapur	Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay Ahuja & Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam Ashwin Ankhad*
14	School Tribunals	Hon'ble Shri Justice R. N. Laddha & Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandeep V. Marne**
15	M.A.C.T., Maharashtra	Hon'ble Shri Justice Shivkumar Dige** & Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandesh Dadasaheb Patil**
16	Co-operative Tribunals & Co-operative Courts	Hon'ble Ms. Justice Gauri Godse & Hon'ble Ms. Justice Aarti Arun Sathe**
17	Satara	Hon'ble Shri Justice Rajesh S. Patil & Hon'ble Shri Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale**
18	Raigad	Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Sathaye & Hon'ble Shri Justice Advait M. Sethna**
19	Sindhudurg	Hon'ble Shri Justice Shyam C. Chandak** & Hon'ble Shri Justice Farhan Parvez Dubash**

Annexure II – Nagpur Bench

Sr. No.	District	Name of the Hon'ble Guardian Judges
1	Nagpur	Hon'ble Shri Justice A. S. Kilor* & Hon'ble Shri Justice Raj D. Wakode**
2	Amravati	Hon'ble Smt. Justice M. S. Jawalkar** & Hon'ble Shri Justice Pravin S. Patil
3	Chandrapur	Hon'ble Shri Justice A. L. Pansare & Hon'ble Shri Justice Rajnish R. Vyas**
4	Akola	Hon'ble Smt. Justice U.S. Joshi-Phalke
5	Gondia	Hon'ble Shri Justice M. W. Chandwani
6	Yavatmal	Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Vrushali V. Joshi & Hon'ble Shri Justice Nandesh S. Deshpande**
7	Wardha	Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nivedita P. Mehta**
8	Bhandara	Hon'ble Shri Justice Prafulla S. Khubalkar**
9	Gadchiroli	Hon'ble Shri Justice R. W. Joshi**
10	Buldhana	Hon'ble Shri Justice M. M. Nerlikar*
11	Washim	Hon'ble Shri Justice Siddheshwar S. Thombre**

Annexure III – Aurangabad Bench

Sr. No.	District	Name of the Hon'ble Guardian Judges
1	Ahmednagar	Hon'ble Smt. Justice V. V. Kankanwadi & Hon'ble Shri Justice Mehroz K. Pathan**
2	Aurangabad	Hon'ble Shri Justice R. G. Avachat* & Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay S. Waghwase
3	Jalgaon	Hon'ble Shri Justice N. B. Suryawanshi* & Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin S. Deshmukh*
4	Parbhani	Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandipkumar C. More & Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay A. Deshmukh
5	Nanded	Hon'ble Shri Justice Sandipkumar C. More & Hon'ble Shri Justice Neeraj P. Dhote
6	Nandurbar	Hon'ble Shri Justice Kishore C. Sant & Hon'ble Shri Justice Y. G. Khobragade
7	Beed	Hon'ble Shri Justice Kishore C. Sant* & Hon'ble Shri Justice Abhay J. Mantri**
8	Jalna	Hon'ble Shri Justice Arun R. Pedneker & Hon'ble Justice Sushil M. Ghodeswar**
9	Hingoli	Hon'ble Shri Justice R. M. Joshi & Hon'ble Shri Justice Abasaheb Dharmaji Shinde**
10	Dhule	Hon'ble Shri Justice S.G. Chapalgaonkar** & Hon'ble Shri Justice Ajit B. Kadethankar**
11	Latur	Hon'ble Shri Justice S.G. Chapalgaonkar & Hon'ble Smt. Justice Vaishali Patil-Jadhav**
12	Osmanabad	Hon'ble Shri Justice Shailesh P. Brahme

Annexure IV – High Court of Bombay at Goa

Sr. No.	District	Name of the Hon'ble Guardian Judges
1	Diu, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli at Silvasa	Hon'ble Shri Justice N. J. Jamadar**
2	North Goa & South Goa	Hon'ble Shri Justice Valmiki Menezes & Hon'ble Shri Justice Ashish S. Chavan**
3	Other ex-cadre Officers in Goa Judiciary excluding High Court Registry at Goa	Hon'ble Shri Justice Valmiki Menezes & Hon'ble Shri Justice Shreeram V. Shirsat**

Note:

• * Modified as per order dated 22nd July, 2025 of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice.
• ** Modified as per order dated 12th February, 2026 of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice.