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
(4 years, 190 days)
26 August 2022
(3 years, 66 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
(4 years, 20 days)
15 April 2023
(2 years, 199 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [3]
Andhra Pradesh High Court Andhra Pradesh Prashant Kumar Mishra Male 13 October 2021
(4 years, 18 days)
28 August 2026
(−301 days)
[4]
Bombay High Court
(list)
Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Dipankar Datta Male 28 April 2020
(5 years, 186 days)
8 February 2027
(−1 year, 100 days)
[5]
Calcutta High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal Prakash Shrivastava Male 11 October 2021
(4 years, 20 days)
30 March 2023
(2 years, 215 days)
[6]
Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh Arup Kumar Goswami Male 12 October 2021
(4 years, 19 days)
10 March 2023
(2 years, 235 days)
[7]
Delhi High Court Delhi Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel Male 7 June 2019
(6 years, 146 days)
12 March 2022
(3 years, 233 days)
[8]
Gauhati High Court Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Sudhanshu Dhulia Male 10 January 2021
(4 years, 294 days)
9 August 2022
(3 years, 83 days)
[9]
Gujarat High Court
(list)
Gujarat Aravind Kumar Male 13 October 2021
(4 years, 18 days)
13 July 2024
(1 year, 110 days)
[10]
High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Pankaj Mithal Male 4 January 2021
(4 years, 300 days)
16 June 2023
(2 years, 137 days)
[11]
Himachal Pradesh High Court
(list)
Himachal Pradesh Mohammad Rafiq Male 14 October 2021
(4 years, 17 days)
24 May 2022
(3 years, 160 days)
[12]
Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Ravi Ranjan Male 17 November 2019
(5 years, 348 days)
19 December 2022
(2 years, 316 days)
[13]
Karnataka High Court Karnataka Ritu Raj Awasthi Male 11 October 2021
(4 years, 20 days)
2 July 2022
(3 years, 121 days)
[14]
Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep S. Manikumar Male 11 October 2019
(6 years, 20 days)
23 April 2023
(2 years, 191 days)
[15]
Madhya Pradesh High Court Madhya Pradesh Ravi Malimath Male 14 October 2021
(4 years, 17 days)
24 May 2024
(1 year, 160 days)
[16]
Madras High Court Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Sanjib Banerjee Male 4 January 2021
(4 years, 300 days)
1 November 2023
(1 year, 364 days)
[17]
Manipur High Court Manipur P. V. Sanjay Kumar Male 14 February 2021
(4 years, 259 days)
13 August 2025
(79 days)
[18]
Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew
(acting)
Male 4 November 2021
(3 years, 361 days)
23 December 2028
(−3 years, 53 days)
[19]
Orissa High Court Odisha S. Muralidhar Male 4 January 2021
(4 years, 300 days)
7 August 2023
(2 years, 85 days)
[20]
Patna High Court
(list)
Bihar Sanjay Karol Male 11 November 2019
(5 years, 354 days)
22 August 2023
(2 years, 70 days)
[21]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Ravi Shanker Jha Male 6 October 2019
(6 years, 25 days)
13 October 2023
(2 years, 18 days)
[22]
Rajasthan High Court
(list)
Rajasthan Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi Male 12 October 2021
(4 years, 19 days)
6 March 2022
(3 years, 239 days)
[23]
Sikkim High Court Sikkim Biswanath Somadder Male 12 October 2021
(4 years, 19 days)
14 December 2025
(−44 days)
[24]
Telangana High Court Telangana Satish Chandra Sharma Male 11 October 2021
(4 years, 20 days)
29 November 2023
(1 year, 336 days)
[25]
Tripura High Court Tripura Indrajit Mahanty Male 12 October 2021
(4 years, 19 days)
10 November 2022
(2 years, 355 days)
[26]
Uttarakhand High Court
(list)
Uttarakhand Raghvendra Singh Chauhan Male 7 January 2021
(4 years, 297 days)
23 December 2021
(3 years, 312 days)
[27]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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