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
(3 years, 313 days)
26 August 2022
(2 years, 189 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
(3 years, 143 days)
15 April 2023
(1 year, 322 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [3]
Andhra Pradesh High Court Andhra Pradesh Prashant Kumar Mishra Male 13 October 2021
(3 years, 141 days)
28 August 2026
(−1 year, 178 days)
[4]
Bombay High Court
(list)
Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Dipankar Datta Male 28 April 2020
(4 years, 309 days)
8 February 2027
(−1 year, 342 days)
[5]
Calcutta High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal Prakash Shrivastava Male 11 October 2021
(3 years, 143 days)
30 March 2023
(1 year, 338 days)
[6]
Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh Arup Kumar Goswami Male 12 October 2021
(3 years, 142 days)
10 March 2023
(1 year, 358 days)
[7]
Delhi High Court Delhi Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel Male 7 June 2019
(5 years, 269 days)
12 March 2022
(2 years, 356 days)
[8]
Gauhati High Court Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Sudhanshu Dhulia Male 10 January 2021
(4 years, 52 days)
9 August 2022
(2 years, 206 days)
[9]
Gujarat High Court
(list)
Gujarat Aravind Kumar Male 13 October 2021
(3 years, 141 days)
13 July 2024
(233 days)
[10]
High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Pankaj Mithal Male 4 January 2021
(4 years, 58 days)
16 June 2023
(1 year, 260 days)
[11]
Himachal Pradesh High Court
(list)
Himachal Pradesh Mohammad Rafiq Male 14 October 2021
(3 years, 140 days)
24 May 2022
(2 years, 283 days)
[12]
Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Ravi Ranjan Male 17 November 2019
(5 years, 106 days)
19 December 2022
(2 years, 74 days)
[13]
Karnataka High Court Karnataka Ritu Raj Awasthi Male 11 October 2021
(3 years, 143 days)
2 July 2022
(2 years, 244 days)
[14]
Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep S. Manikumar Male 11 October 2019
(5 years, 143 days)
23 April 2023
(1 year, 314 days)
[15]
Madhya Pradesh High Court Madhya Pradesh Ravi Malimath Male 14 October 2021
(3 years, 140 days)
24 May 2024
(283 days)
[16]
Madras High Court Puducherry, Tamil Nadu Sanjib Banerjee Male 4 January 2021
(4 years, 58 days)
1 November 2023
(1 year, 122 days)
[17]
Manipur High Court Manipur P. V. Sanjay Kumar Male 14 February 2021
(4 years, 17 days)
13 August 2025
(−163 days)
[18]
Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew
(acting)
Male 4 November 2021
(3 years, 119 days)
23 December 2028
(−3 years, 295 days)
[19]
Orissa High Court Odisha S. Muralidhar Male 4 January 2021
(4 years, 58 days)
7 August 2023
(1 year, 208 days)
[20]
Patna High Court
(list)
Bihar Sanjay Karol Male 11 November 2019
(5 years, 112 days)
22 August 2023
(1 year, 193 days)
[21]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Ravi Shanker Jha Male 6 October 2019
(5 years, 148 days)
13 October 2023
(1 year, 141 days)
[22]
Rajasthan High Court
(list)
Rajasthan Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi Male 12 October 2021
(3 years, 142 days)
6 March 2022
(2 years, 362 days)
[23]
Sikkim High Court Sikkim Biswanath Somadder Male 12 October 2021
(3 years, 142 days)
14 December 2025
(−286 days)
[24]
Telangana High Court Telangana Satish Chandra Sharma Male 11 October 2021
(3 years, 143 days)
29 November 2023
(1 year, 94 days)
[25]
Tripura High Court Tripura Indrajit Mahanty Male 12 October 2021
(3 years, 142 days)
10 November 2022
(2 years, 113 days)
[26]
Uttarakhand High Court
(list)
Uttarakhand Raghvendra Singh Chauhan Male 7 January 2021
(4 years, 55 days)
23 December 2021
(3 years, 70 days)
[27]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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