Sheel Nagu

Mr. Justice Sheel Nagu (born on 1 January 1965) is an Indian judge, who is currently serving as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from 9 July 2024.^[1] He is a former judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court, where he has also served as the Acting Chief Justice.^[2]

Hon'ble Chief Justice Sheel Nagu
36th Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 July 2024
Nominated by	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Ravi Shankar Jha Ritu Bahri (acting) Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia (acting)
Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court
In office 27 May 2011 – 8 July 2024 Acting CJ: 25 May 2024 – 8 July 2024
Nominated by	S. H. Kapadia
Appointed by	Pratibha Patil
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-01) 1 January 1965 (age 60)

Early life and Career

Justice Sheel Nagu was born on 1st January, 1965.

He enrolled as an advocate on 5th October, 1987. He practised on civil and constitutional sides as advocate in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on 27th May, 2011 and was confirmed as Permanent Judge on 23rd May, 2013. He was senior most puisne judge in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at the time of retirement of the then Chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Ravi Malimath thus he was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on May 25, 2024 succeding Justice Malimath. During his tenure of over 12 years as Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court he has authored more than 499 reported judgments.

On 27 December, 2023 Supreme Court collegium headed by the then CJI Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud nominated him for the post of Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.^[3] Central government notified his appointment on 4th July, 2024 after delay of 6 months.^[4]

Justice Sheel Nagu took oath as the Chief Justice of High Court of Punjab and Haryana on 09th July, 2024.^[5]

He was appointed as member of 3 Judge panel along with Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Karnataka High Court Judge Anu Sivaraman constitued by CJI Sanjiv Khanna on 22 March 2025 to probe into the allegations of cash recovery at residence of Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Verma.^[6]