List of current Indian chief justices
The Indian judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of India, which is the highest court in the country and the constituent courts. The Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India and consists of 33 judges headed by the Chief Justice of India.[1] The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts. There are 25 High Courts in the country with seven of them having multiple jurisdictions. The High Courts manage a system of sub-ordinate courts headed by the various District and Session Courts in their respective jurisdictions. As per the Constitution of India, the Chief Justice, the other judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts are appointed by the President of India.[2]
List of chief justices
| Court | Name | Image | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement | Tenure | Nominated By | Appointed By | Parent High Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court of India (list) |
Sanjiv Khanna | 
|
11 November 2024 (56 days) |
13 May 2025 (−127 days) |
183 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Droupadi Murmu | Delhi |
| Court | Jurisdiction | Name | Image | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement | Tenure | Nominated By | Appointed By | Parent High Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allahabad High Court | Uttar Pradesh | Arun Bhansali | 
|
5 February 2024 (336 days) |
14 October 2029 (−4 years, 281 days) |
5 years, 251 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Droupadi Murmu | Rajasthan |
| Andhra Pradesh High Court | Andhra Pradesh | Dhiraj Singh Thakur |
|
28 July 2023 (1 year, 162 days) |
24 April 2026 (−1 year, 108 days) |
2 years, 270 days | Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | ||
| Bombay High Court (list) |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra | Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya |
|
29 July 2023 (1 year, 161 days) |
15 June 2027 (−2 years, 160 days) |
3 years, 321 days | Allahabad | ||
| Calcutta High Court | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal | T. S. Sivagnanam |
|
11 May 2023 (1 year, 240 days) |
15 September 2025 (−252 days) |
2 years, 127 days | Madras | ||
| Chhattisgarh High Court | Chhattisgarh | Ramesh Sinha |
|
29 March 2023 (1 year, 283 days) |
4 September 2026 (−1 year, 241 days) |
3 years, 159 days | Allahabad | ||
| Delhi High Court | Delhi | Vibhu Bakhru † |
|
5 December 2024 (32 days) |
1 November 2028 (−3 years, 300 days) |
3 years, 332 days | Acting | Delhi | |
| Gauhati High Court | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland | Vijay Bishnoi |
|
5 February 2024 (336 days) |
25 March 2026 (−1 year, 78 days) |
2 years, 48 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Rajasthan | |
| Gujarat High Court (list) |
Gujarat | Sunita Agarwal |
|
23 July 2023 (1 year, 167 days) |
29 April 2028 (−3 years, 114 days) |
4 years, 281 days | Allahabad | ||
| Himachal Pradesh High Court (list) |
Himachal Pradesh | Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia |
|
29 December 2024 (8 days) |
31 October 2027 (−2 years, 298 days) |
2 years, 306 days | Punjab and Haryana | ||
| Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court | Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh | Tashi Rabstan |
|
27 September 2024 (101 days) |
9 April 2025 (−93 days) |
194 days | Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | ||
| Jharkhand High Court | Jharkhand | M. S. Ramachandra Rao |
|
25 September 2024 (103 days) |
6 August 2028 (−3 years, 213 days) |
3 years, 316 days | Telangana | ||
| Karnataka High Court | Karnataka | Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria |
|
25 February 2024 (316 days) |
22 March 2027 (−2 years, 75 days) |
3 years, 25 days | Gujarat | ||
| Kerala High Court | Kerala, Lakshadweep | Nitin Madhukar Jamdar |
|
26 September 2024 (102 days) |
9 January 2026 (−1 year, 3 days) |
1 year, 105 days | Bombay | ||
| Madhya Pradesh High Court | Madhya Pradesh | Suresh Kumar Kait |
|
25 September 2024 (103 days) |
23 May 2025 (−137 days) |
240 days | Delhi | ||
| Madras High Court | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu | Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram |
|
27 September 2024 (101 days) |
27 September 2025 (−264 days) |
1 year, 0 days | Bombay | ||
| Manipur High Court | Manipur | D. Krishnakumar |
|
22 November 2024 (45 days) |
21 May 2025 (−135 days) |
180 days | Sanjiv Khanna | Madras | |
| Meghalaya High Court | Meghalaya | Indra Prasanna Mukerji |
|
3 October 2024 (95 days) |
5 September 2025 (−242 days) |
337 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Calcutta | |
| Orissa High Court | Odisha | Chakradhari Sharan Singh |
|
7 February 2024 (334 days) |
19 January 2025 (−13 days) |
347 days | Patna | ||
| Patna High Court (list) |
Bihar | K. Vinod Chandran | 
|
29 March 2023 (1 year, 283 days) |
24 April 2025 (−108 days) |
2 years, 26 days | Kerala | ||
| Punjab and Haryana High Court | Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab | Sheel Nagu |
|
9 July 2024 (181 days) |
31 December 2026 (−1 year, 359 days) |
2 years, 175 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Rajasthan High Court (list) |
Rajasthan | Manindra Mohan Shrivastava |
|
6 February 2024 (335 days) |
5 March 2026 (−1 year, 58 days) |
2 years, 27 days | Chhattisgarh | ||
| Sikkim High Court | Sikkim | Biswanath Somadder | 
|
12 October 2021 (3 years, 86 days) |
14 December 2025 (−342 days) |
4 years, 63 days | N. V. Ramana | Ram Nath Kovind | Calcutta |
| Telangana High Court | Telangana | Alok Aradhe |
|
23 July 2023 (1 year, 167 days) |
12 April 2026 (−1 year, 96 days) |
2 years, 263 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Droupadi Murmu | Madhya Pradesh |
| Tripura High Court | Tripura | Aparesh Kumar Singh |
|
17 April 2023 (1 year, 264 days) |
6 July 2027 (−2 years, 181 days) |
4 years, 80 days | Jharkhand | ||
| Uttarakhand High Court (list) |
Uttarakhand | Guhanathan Narendar |
|
26 December 2024 (11 days) |
9 January 2026 (−1 year, 3 days) |
1 year, 14 days | Karnataka |
† - acting Chief Justice
See also
- List of current Indian governors, List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
- List of current Indian chief ministers, List of current Indian deputy 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
- ^ "Rule of law index 2016". Justice Project. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Memorandum of procedure of appointment of Supreme Court Judges". Government of India. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Justice D.Y. Chandrachud sworn in as 50th Chief Justice of India". The Hindu. 9 November 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ List of Chief Justice of the High Court (PDF). Government of India (Report). Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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