[1] Gupta was born into a family of lawyers hailing from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

He started practicing in the Himachal Pradesh High court in 1978 after completing a Bachelor of Laws.

[3][4] He took oath as the first chief justice of the newly formed Tripura High Court on 23 March 2013, in the process becoming the first judge from Himachal Pradesh to be directly appointed the chief justice of another state.

He was transferred to the Chhattisgarh High Court and was sworn in as the chief justice on 16 May 2016.

On 5 June 2017, he heard and disposed of 33 cases on a single day; he held the court alone as his colleague Mohan Shantanagoudar, who was to head the bench reported unwell.