List of current Indian chief justices
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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
[edit]| 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 (50 days) |
13 May 2025 (−133 days) |
184 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Droupadi Murmu | Delhi |
| Court | Jurisdiction | Name | All India seniority rank of CJ | Image | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement | Tenure | Nominated By | Appointed By | Parent High Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allahabad High Court | Uttar Pradesh | Arun Bhansali | 23 | 
|
5 February 2024 (330 days) |
14 October 2029 (−4 years, 287 days) |
5 years, 252 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Droupadi Murmu | Rajasthan |
| Andhra Pradesh High Court | Andhra Pradesh | Dhiraj Singh Thakur | 25 |
|
28 July 2023 (1 year, 156 days) |
24 April 2026 (−1 year, 114 days) |
2 years, 271 days | Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | ||
| Bombay High Court (list) |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra | Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya | 16 |
|
29 July 2023 (1 year, 155 days) |
15 June 2027 (−2 years, 166 days) |
3 years, 322 days | Allahabad | ||
| Calcutta High Court | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal | T. S. Sivagnanam | 3 |
|
11 May 2023 (1 year, 234 days) |
15 September 2025 (−258 days) |
2 years, 128 days | Madras | ||
| Chhattisgarh High Court | Chhattisgarh | Ramesh Sinha | 14 |
|
29 March 2023 (1 year, 277 days) |
4 September 2026 (−1 year, 247 days) |
3 years, 160 days | Allahabad | ||
| Delhi High Court | Delhi | Vibhu Bakhru † | 30 |
|
5 December 2024 (26 days) |
1 November 2028 (−3 years, 306 days) |
3 years, 333 days | Acting | Delhi | |
| Gauhati High Court | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland | Vijay Bishnoi | 22 |
|
5 February 2024 (330 days) |
25 March 2026 (−1 year, 84 days) |
2 years, 49 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Rajasthan | |
| Gujarat High Court (list) |
Gujarat | Sunita Agarwal | 15 |
|
23 July 2023 (1 year, 161 days) |
29 April 2028 (−3 years, 120 days) |
4 years, 282 days | Allahabad | ||
| Himachal Pradesh High Court (list) |
Himachal Pradesh | Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia | 12 |
|
29 December 2024 (2 days) |
31 October 2027 (−2 years, 304 days) |
2 years, 307 days | Punjab and Haryana | ||
| Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court | Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh | Tashi Rabstan | 26 |
|
27 September 2024 (95 days) |
9 April 2025 (−99 days) |
195 days | Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh | ||
| Jharkhand High Court | Jharkhand | M. S. Ramachandra Rao | 21 |
|
25 September 2024 (97 days) |
6 August 2028 (−3 years, 219 days) |
3 years, 317 days | Telangana | ||
| Karnataka High Court | Karnataka | Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria | 17 |
|
25 February 2024 (310 days) |
22 March 2027 (−2 years, 81 days) |
3 years, 26 days | Gujarat | ||
| Kerala High Court | Kerala, Lakshadweep | Nitin Madhukar Jamdar | 18 |
|
26 September 2024 (96 days) |
9 January 2026 (−1 year, 9 days) |
1 year, 106 days | Bombay | ||
| Madhya Pradesh High Court | Madhya Pradesh | Suresh Kumar Kait | 2 |
|
25 September 2024 (97 days) |
23 May 2025 (−143 days) |
241 days | Delhi | ||
| Madras High Court | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu | Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram | 34 |
|
27 September 2024 (95 days) |
27 September 2025 (−270 days) |
1 year, 1 day | Bombay | ||
| Manipur High Court | Manipur | D. Krishnakumar | 89 |
|
22 November 2024 (39 days) |
21 May 2025 (−141 days) |
181 days | Sanjiv Khanna | Madras | |
| Meghalaya High Court | Meghalaya | Indra Prasanna Mukerji | 4 |
|
3 October 2024 (89 days) |
5 September 2025 (−248 days) |
338 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Calcutta | |
| Orissa High Court | Odisha | Chakradhari Sharan Singh | 20 |
|
7 February 2024 (328 days) |
19 January 2025 (−19 days) |
348 days | Patna | ||
| Patna High Court (list) |
Bihar | K. Vinod Chandran | 13 | 
|
29 March 2023 (1 year, 277 days) |
24 April 2025 (−114 days) |
2 years, 27 days | Kerala | ||
| Punjab and Haryana High Court | Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab | Sheel Nagu | 9 |
|
9 July 2024 (175 days) |
31 December 2026 (−2 years, 0 days) |
2 years, 176 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Rajasthan High Court (list) |
Rajasthan | Manindra Mohan Shrivastava | 5 |
|
6 February 2024 (329 days) |
5 March 2026 (−1 year, 64 days) |
2 years, 28 days | Chhattisgarh | ||
| Sikkim High Court | Sikkim | Biswanath Somadder | 1 | 
|
12 October 2021 (3 years, 80 days) |
14 December 2025 (−348 days) |
4 years, 64 days | N. V. Ramana | Ram Nath Kovind | Calcutta |
| Telangana High Court | Telangana | Alok Aradhe | 6 |
|
23 July 2023 (1 year, 161 days) |
12 April 2026 (−1 year, 102 days) |
2 years, 264 days | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Droupadi Murmu | Madhya Pradesh |
| Tripura High Court | Tripura | Aparesh Kumar Singh | 19 |
|
17 April 2023 (1 year, 258 days) |
6 July 2027 (−2 years, 187 days) |
4 years, 81 days | Jharkhand | ||
| Uttarakhand High Court (list) |
Uttarakhand | Guhanathan Narendar | 71 |
|
26 December 2024 (5 days) |
9 January 2026 (−1 year, 9 days) |
1 year, 15 days | Karnataka |
† - acting Chief Justice
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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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