| Sanjay Karol is a Judge in the Supreme Court of India. |
| He is the former Chief Justice of Patna High Court and Tripura High Court. |
| He has also served as Judge and Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. |
| In 1986, he was enrolled as an advocate and started practicing in different courts including the Supreme Court of India. |
| He practiced in Constitutional, Taxation, Corporate, Criminal, and Civil matters. |
| He participated in the Inter-State water Dispute (BBMB Project) as a counsel in the Supreme Court of India. |
| He started doing constitutional duties as the Advocate General of Himachal Pradesh in 1998 and did it till 2003. |
| In 1999, he was the Senior Advocate at Himachal Pradesh High Court and was part of the Senior Panel for the Central Government, Supreme Court of India. |
| On 8 March 2007, he was appointed as the Himachal Pradesh High Court Judge. |
| On 25 April 2017, he became the Acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. |
| He was also the chairman of the H.P. High Court Legal Services Committee. |
| He held discharged statutory duties as Executive Chairman of H.P. State Legal Services Authority and was a member of the Board of Governors, Himachal Pradesh Judicial Academy. |
| He gave a judgment on a case concerning disabled students' admissions under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. |
| In 2017, his judgement about constructing public toilets on National Highways was highly appreciated. |
| His judgments focused on removing discrimination against married women, checking illegal mining, and protecting rivers from the illegal running of dams. |
| On 14 November 2018, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court. |
| He was the Patron-in-Chief of the Tripura State Legal Services Authority and Chairman of the Tripura Judicial Academy. |
| In an action appreciated by many, he went for patrolling at 3 am during his tenure as Acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. |
| On 11 November 2019, he became the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. |
| He also held positions like Patron-in-Chief of Bihar State Legal Services Authority and Chancellor of Chanakya National Law University, Patna. |
| He took initiatives to save the environment during his service in the Patna High Court. |
| He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 6 February 2023. |
| He established legal clinics at the Panchayat level to help poor litigants. |
| Sanjay Karol is known for his down-to-earth behavior. |
| Once he helped a milkman who fainted in the Lakkar Bazaar of Shimla. |
| He mentioned being mentored by Arun Jaitley in an interview. |
