List of current Indian chief justices
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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[edit]
| Court | Jurisdiction | 48th Chief Justice | Gender | Date of Appointment as CJI | Date of Retirement | Appointed By | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court of India (list) |
India | N. V. Ramana | Male | 24 April 2021 (1 year, 23 days) |
26 August 2022 (−101 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [1] |
High Courts[edit]
| Court | Jurisdiction | Chief Justice | Gender | Date of Appointment as CJ | Date of Retirement | Appointed By | Ref.[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allahabad High Court | Uttar Pradesh | Rajesh Bindal | Male | 11 October 2021 (218 days) |
15 April 2023 (−333 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [3] |
| Andhra Pradesh High Court | Andhra Pradesh | Prashant Kumar Mishra | Male | 13 October 2021 (216 days) |
28 August 2026 (−4 years, 103 days) |
[4] | |
| Bombay High Court (list) |
Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra | Dipankar Datta | Male | 28 April 2020 (2 years, 19 days) |
8 February 2027 (−4 years, 267 days) |
[5] | |
| Calcutta High Court | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal | Prakash Shrivastava | Male | 11 October 2021 (218 days) |
30 March 2023 (−317 days) |
[6] | |
| Chhattisgarh High Court | Chhattisgarh | Arup Kumar Goswami | Male | 12 October 2021 (217 days) |
10 March 2023 (−297 days) |
[7] | |
| Delhi High Court | Delhi | Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel | Male | 7 June 2019 (2 years, 344 days) |
12 March 2022 (66 days) |
[8] | |
| Gauhati High Court | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland | Sudhanshu Dhulia | Male | 10 January 2021 (1 year, 127 days) |
9 August 2022 (−84 days) |
[9] | |
| Gujarat High Court (list) |
Gujarat | Aravind Kumar | Male | 13 October 2021 (216 days) |
13 July 2024 (−2 years, 57 days) |
[10] | |
| High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh | Pankaj Mithal | Male | 4 January 2021 (1 year, 133 days) |
16 June 2023 (−1 year, 30 days) |
[11] | |
| Himachal Pradesh High Court (list) |
Himachal Pradesh | Mohammad Rafiq | Male | 14 October 2021 (215 days) |
24 May 2022 (−7 days) |
[12] | |
| Jharkhand High Court | Jharkhand | Ravi Ranjan | Male | 17 November 2019 (2 years, 181 days) |
19 December 2022 (−216 days) |
[13] | |
| Karnataka High Court | Karnataka | Ritu Raj Awasthi | Male | 11 October 2021 (218 days) |
2 July 2022 (−46 days) |
[14] | |
| Kerala High Court | Kerala, Lakshadweep | S. Manikumar | Male | 11 October 2019 (2 years, 218 days) |
23 April 2023 (−341 days) |
[15] | |
| Madhya Pradesh High Court | Madhya Pradesh | Ravi Malimath | Male | 14 October 2021 (215 days) |
24 May 2024 (−2 years, 7 days) |
[16] | |
| Madras High Court | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu | Sanjib Banerjee | Male | 4 January 2021 (1 year, 133 days) |
1 November 2023 (−1 year, 168 days) |
[17] | |
| Manipur High Court | Manipur | P. V. Sanjay Kumar | Male | 14 February 2021 (1 year, 92 days) |
13 August 2025 (−3 years, 88 days) |
[18] | |
| Meghalaya High Court | Meghalaya | Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew (acting) |
Male | 4 November 2021 (194 days) |
23 December 2028 (−6 years, 220 days) |
[19] | |
| Orissa High Court | Odisha | S. Muralidhar | Male | 4 January 2021 (1 year, 133 days) |
7 August 2023 (−1 year, 82 days) |
[20] | |
| Patna High Court (list) |
Bihar | Sanjay Karol | Male | 11 November 2019 (2 years, 187 days) |
22 August 2023 (−1 year, 97 days) |
[21] | |
| Punjab and Haryana High Court | Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab | Ravi Shanker Jha | Male | 6 October 2019 (2 years, 223 days) |
13 October 2023 (−1 year, 149 days) |
[22] | |
| Rajasthan High Court (list) |
Rajasthan | Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi | Male | 12 October 2021 (217 days) |
6 March 2022 (72 days) |
[23] | |
| Sikkim High Court | Sikkim | Biswanath Somadder | Male | 12 October 2021 (217 days) |
14 December 2025 (−3 years, 211 days) |
[24] | |
| Telangana High Court | Telangana | Satish Chandra Sharma | Male | 11 October 2021 (218 days) |
29 November 2023 (−1 year, 196 days) |
[25] | |
| Tripura High Court | Tripura | Indrajit Mahanty | Male | 12 October 2021 (217 days) |
10 November 2022 (−177 days) |
[26] | |
| Uttarakhand High Court (list) |
Uttarakhand | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan | Male | 7 January 2021 (1 year, 130 days) |
23 December 2021 (145 days) |
[27] |
See also[edit]
- List of current Indian governors
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
- List of current Indian opposition leaders
- List of chief justices of India
- List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
- List of sitting judges of High Courts of India
References[edit]
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- ↑ "List of Chief Justice of the High Court | MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE". doj.gov.in. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ "Chief Justice and Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and its Bench at Lucknow". www.allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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- ↑ "Hon'ble Justices". High Court of Bombay. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ NIC-WBSC, Sankalpa Roy. "Calcutta High Court - Judges". calcuttahighcourt.gov.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "Chhattisgarh Highcourt - Sitting Judges". highcourt.cg.gov.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "CJ And Sitting Judges". delhihighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "Gauhati High Court - Judges". www.ghconline.gov.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "High Court of Gujarat". gujarathighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ Court., NIC J&K High. "Jammu & Kashmir High Court". www.jkhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ Court, Himachal Pradesh High. "Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justices". Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ "SITTING JUDGES OF HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND | High Court of Jharkhand, India". jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "High Court of Karnataka Official Web Site". karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "Present Judges of High Court". highcourtofkerala.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ Court, Madhya High. "Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justices". Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ Court, Madras High. "Madras High Court - Profile of Chief Justice". www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ unit, nic manipur state. "Welcome to High Court of Manipur Imphal - court rules". hcmimphal.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ Court, Meghalaya High. "Meghalaya High Court Chief Justices". Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ "Orissa High Court, Cuttack". www.orissahighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ 1, Amit Kumar. "The High Court of Judicature at Patna". patnahighcourt.gov.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ↑ "Hon'ble Chief Justice and Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana". www.highcourtchd.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ Ltd., Celeste Online Solutions Pvt. "Rajasthan High Court". 164.100.222.238. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "Judges Profile | High Court of Sikkim". highcourtofsikkim.nic.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "HON'BLE JUDGES PROFILE". hc.tap.nic.in. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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- ↑ Dehradun, NIC, Uttarakhand State Unit. "Hon'ble the Chief Justice: Hon'ble the Chief Justice". highcourtofuttarakhand.gov.in. Retrieved 4 November 2018.