Centre notifies appointment of Justice Lisa Gill as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Central government on Wednesday notified the appointment of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Lisa Gill as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The Ministry of Law & Justice in a notification said,

"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Smt. Justice Lisa Gill, Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, to be Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court with effect from 25.04.2026."

Justice Gill was appointed as a puisne judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court last month and now will take over as its Chief Justice upon the retirement of incumbent Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur on April 24.

Justice Gill was transferred early to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in line with a new policy recently announced by the Supreme Court Collegium.

Under the new policy, a judge proposed to take over as Chief Justice of a High Court may be transferred well in advance—preferably two months before the vacancy arises—so that the incoming Chief Justice becomes familiar with the functioning and administrative affairs of the High Court before formally assuming charge.

The decision to first transfer and then elevate Justice Gill was taken by the Collegium at a meeting held on February 26.

"The Collegium has resolved to recommend transfer of Ms. Justice Lisa Gill, Judge, High Court of Punjab and Haryana to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and for her appointment as the Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from the date the vacancy would arise," the top court said in a recent statement.

Justice Gill is an alumna of the Department of Laws, Panjab University, having pursued BA LLB (three years) and LLM from there.

She enrolled as an advocate in the year 1990 and practiced at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. She dealt with cases of various kinds, including criminal, civil, service, revenue and constitutional matters.

She represented the Union Territory of Chandigarh for a number of years as well as some of the Boards and Corporations.

She was appointed as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on March 31, 2014.

[Read Notification]