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
(191 days)		 10 November 2024
(−1 year, 175 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
(54 days)		 21 November 2023
(−186 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [3]
Andhra Pradesh High Court Andhra Pradesh Akula Venkata Sesha Sai
(Acting)		 19 May 2023
(0 days)		 2 June 2024
(−1 year, 14 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [4]
Bombay High Court
(list)		 Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Sanjay V. Gangapurwala
(Acting)		 12 December 2022
(158 days)		 23 May 2024
(−1 year, 4 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [5]
Calcutta High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal T. S. Sivagnanam 11 May 2023
(8 days)		 15 September 2025
(−2 years, 119 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [6]
Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh Ramesh Sinha 29 March 2023
(51 days)		 4 September 2026
(−3 years, 108 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [7]
Delhi High Court Delhi Satish Chandra Sharma 28 June 2022
(325 days)		 29 November 2023
(−194 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [8]
Gauhati High Court Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Sandeep Mehta 15 February 2023
(93 days)		 10 January 2025
(−1 year, 236 days)		 Droupadi Murmu
Gujarat High Court
(list)		 Gujarat Ashish Jitendra Desai
(Acting)		 26 February 2023
(82 days)		 4 July 2024
(−1 year, 46 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [9]
Himachal Pradesh High Court
(list)		 Himachal Pradesh Tarlok Singh Chauhan
(Acting)		 20 April 2023
(29 days)		 8 January 2026
(−2 years, 235 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [10]
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh N. Kotiswar Singh 15 February 2023
(93 days)		 28 February 2025
(−1 year, 285 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [11]
Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Sanjaya Kumar Mishra 20 February 2023
(88 days)		 28 December 2023
(−223 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [12]
Karnataka High Court Karnataka Prasanna B. Varale 15 October 2022
(216 days)		 22 June 2024
(−1 year, 34 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [13]
Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
(Acting)		 24 April 2023
(25 days)		 5 May 2024
(−352 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [14]
Madhya Pradesh High Court Madhya Pradesh Ravi Malimath 14 October 2021
(1 year, 217 days)		 24 May 2024
(−1 year, 5 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [15]
Madras High Court Puducherry, Tamil Nadu T. Raja
(Acting)		 22 September 2022
(239 days)		 24 May 2023
(−5 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [16]
Manipur High Court Manipur M. V. Muralidaran
(Acting)		 6 February 2023
(102 days)		 15 April 2024
(−332 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [17]
Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya Sanjib Banerjee 24 November 2021
(1 year, 176 days)		 1 November 2023
(−166 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [18]
Orissa High Court Odisha S. Muralidhar 4 January 2021
(2 years, 135 days)		 7 August 2023
(−80 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [19]
Patna High Court
(list)		 Bihar K. Vinod Chandran 29 March 2023
(51 days)		 24 April 2025
(−1 year, 340 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [20]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Ravi Shankar Jha 6 October 2019
(3 years, 225 days)		 13 October 2023
(−147 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [21]
Rajasthan High Court
(list)		 Rajasthan Manindra Mohan Shrivastava
(Acting)		 6 February 2023
(102 days)		 5 March 2026
(−2 years, 290 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [22]
Sikkim High Court Sikkim Biswanath Somadder 12 October 2021
(1 year, 219 days)		 14 December 2025
(−2 years, 209 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [23]
Telangana High Court Telangana Ujjal Bhuyan 28 June 2022
(325 days)		 1 August 2026
(−3 years, 74 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [24]
Tripura High Court Tripura Aparesh Kumar Singh 17 April 2023
(32 days)		 6 July 2027
(−4 years, 48 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [25]
Uttarakhand High Court
(list)		 Uttarakhand Vipin Sanghi 28 June 2022
(325 days)		 26 October 2023
(−160 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [26]

See also

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