List of current Indian chief justices

This is a list of current chief justices of the Supreme Court and high courts of India, the highest court in every state of the Republic of India. There are currently 25 high courts in the country with seven of them having multiple jurisdictions.

Supreme Court
Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice Date of Appointment as CJI Date of Retirement Appointed By Ref.
Supreme Court of India
(list)		 India Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud 9 November 2022
(344 days)		 10 November 2024
(−1 year, 22 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [1]

High Courts

Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice Date of Appointment as CJ/ACJ Date of Retirement Appointed By Ref.[2]
Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh Pritinker Diwaker 26 March 2023
(207 days)		 21 November 2023
(−33 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [3]
Andhra Pradesh High Court Andhra Pradesh Dhiraj Singh Thakur 28 July 2023
(83 days)		 24 April 2026
(−2 years, 187 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [4]
Bombay High Court
(list)		 Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya 29 July 2023
(82 days)		 15 June 2027
(−3 years, 239 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [5]
Calcutta High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal T. S. Sivagnanam 11 May 2023
(161 days)		 15 September 2025
(−1 year, 331 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [6]
Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh Ramesh Sinha 29 March 2023
(204 days)		 4 September 2026
(−2 years, 320 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [7]
Delhi High Court Delhi Satish Chandra Sharma 28 June 2022
(1 year, 113 days)		 29 November 2023
(−41 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [8]
Gauhati High Court Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Sandeep Mehta 15 February 2023
(246 days)		 10 January 2025
(−1 year, 83 days)		 Droupadi Murmu
Gujarat High Court
(list)		 Gujarat Sunita Agarwal 23 July 2023
(88 days)		 29 April 2028
(−4 years, 193 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [9]
Himachal Pradesh High Court
(list)		 Himachal Pradesh M. S. Ramachandra Rao 30 May 2023
(142 days)		 6 August 2028
(−4 years, 292 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [10]
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh N. Kotiswar Singh 15 February 2023
(246 days)		 28 February 2025
(−1 year, 132 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [11]
Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Sanjaya Kumar Mishra 20 February 2023
(241 days)		 28 December 2023
(−70 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [12]
Karnataka High Court Karnataka Prasanna B. Varale 15 October 2022
(1 year, 4 days)		 22 June 2024
(−247 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [13]
Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep Ashish Jitendra Desai 22 July 2023
(89 days)		 4 July 2024
(−259 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [14]
Madhya Pradesh High Court Madhya Pradesh Ravi Malimath 14 October 2021
(2 years, 5 days)		 24 May 2024
(−218 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [15]
Madras High Court Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Sanjay V. Gangapurwala 28 May 2023
(144 days)		 23 May 2024
(−217 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [16]
Manipur High Court Manipur Siddharth Mridul 20 October 2023
(−1 day)		 21 November 2024
(−1 year, 33 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [17]
Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya Sanjib Banerjee 24 November 2021
(1 year, 329 days)		 1 November 2023
(−13 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [18]
Orissa High Court Odisha Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi
(Acting)		 4 October 2023
(15 days)		 19 July 2024
(−274 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [19]
Patna High Court
(list)		 Bihar K. Vinod Chandran 29 March 2023
(204 days)		 24 April 2025
(−1 year, 187 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [20]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Ritu Bahri
(Acting)		 14 October 2023
(5 days)		 10 October 2024
(−357 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [21]
Rajasthan High Court
(list)		 Rajasthan Augustine George Masih 30 May 2023
(142 days)		 11 March 2025
(−1 year, 143 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [22]
Sikkim High Court Sikkim Biswanath Somadder 12 October 2021
(2 years, 7 days)		 14 December 2025
(−2 years, 56 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [23]
Telangana High Court Telangana Alok Aradhe 23 July 2023
(88 days)		 12 April 2026
(−2 years, 175 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [24]
Tripura High Court Tripura Aparesh Kumar Singh 17 April 2023
(185 days)		 6 July 2027
(−3 years, 260 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [25]
Uttarakhand High Court
(list)		 Uttarakhand Vipin Sanghi 28 June 2022
(1 year, 113 days)		 26 October 2023
(−7 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [26]

See also

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