List of current Indian chief justices

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

Court	Jurisdiction	Chief Justice	Date of Appointment as CJI	Date of Retirement	Appointed By	Ref.
Supreme Court of India (list)	India	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud	9 November 2022 (114 days)	10 November 2024 (−1 year, 252 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[1]

High Courts

Court	Jurisdiction	Chief Justice	Date of Appointment as CJ/ACJ	Date of Retirement	Appointed By	Ref.^[2]
Allahabad High Court	Uttar Pradesh	Pritinker Diwaker (Acting)	13 February 2023 (18 days)	21 November 2023 (−263 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[3]
Andhra Pradesh High Court	Andhra Pradesh	Prashant Kumar Mishra	13 October 2021 (1 year, 141 days)	28 August 2026 (−3 years, 178 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[4]
Bombay High Court (list)	Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra	Sanjay V. Gangapurwala (Acting)	12 December 2022 (81 days)	23 May 2024 (−1 year, 81 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[5]
Calcutta High Court	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal	Prakash Shrivastava	11 October 2021 (1 year, 143 days)	30 March 2023 (−27 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[6]
Chhattisgarh High Court	Chhattisgarh	Arup Kumar Goswami	12 October 2021 (1 year, 142 days)	10 March 2023 (−7 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[7]
Delhi High Court	Delhi	Satish Chandra Sharma	28 June 2022 (248 days)	29 November 2023 (−271 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[8]
Gauhati High Court	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland	Sandeep Mehta	15 February 2023 (16 days)	10 January 2025 (−1 year, 313 days)	Droupadi Murmu
Gujarat High Court (list)	Gujarat	Ashish Jitendra Desai (Acting)	26 February 2023 (5 days)	4 July 2024 (−1 year, 123 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[9]
Himachal Pradesh High Court (list)	Himachal Pradesh	Sabina (Acting)	21 January 2023 (41 days)	19 April 2023 (−47 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[10]
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court	Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh	N. Kotiswar Singh	15 February 2023 (16 days)	28 February 2025 (−1 year, 362 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[11]
Jharkhand High Court	Jharkhand	Sanjaya Kumar Mishra	20 February 2023 (11 days)	28 December 2023 (−300 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[12]
Karnataka High Court	Karnataka	Prasanna B. Varale	15 October 2022 (139 days)	22 June 2024 (−1 year, 111 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[13]
Kerala High Court	Kerala, Lakshadweep	S. Manikumar	11 October 2019 (3 years, 143 days)	23 April 2023 (−51 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[14]
Madhya Pradesh High Court	Madhya Pradesh	Ravi Malimath	14 October 2021 (1 year, 140 days)	24 May 2024 (−1 year, 82 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[15]
Madras High Court	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu	T. Raja (Acting)	22 September 2022 (162 days)	24 May 2023 (−82 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[16]
Manipur High Court	Manipur	M. V. Muralidaran (Acting)	6 February 2023 (25 days)	15 April 2024 (−1 year, 43 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[17]
Meghalaya High Court	Meghalaya	Sanjib Banerjee	24 November 2021 (1 year, 99 days)	1 November 2023 (−243 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[18]
Orissa High Court	Odisha	S. Muralidhar	4 January 2021 (2 years, 58 days)	7 August 2023 (−157 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[19]
Patna High Court (list)	Bihar	Chakradhari Sharan Singh (Acting)	6 February 2023 (25 days)	19 January 2025 (−1 year, 322 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[20]
Punjab and Haryana High Court	Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab	Ravi Shanker Jha	6 October 2019 (3 years, 148 days)	13 October 2023 (−224 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[21]
Rajasthan High Court (list)	Rajasthan	Manindra Mohan Shrivastava (Acting)	6 February 2023 (25 days)	5 March 2026 (−3 years, 2 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[22]
Sikkim High Court	Sikkim	Biswanath Somadder	12 October 2021 (1 year, 142 days)	14 December 2025 (−2 years, 286 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[23]
Telangana High Court	Telangana	Ujjal Bhuyan	28 June 2022 (248 days)	1 August 2026 (−3 years, 151 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[24]
Tripura High Court	Tripura	T. Amarnath Goud (Acting)	23 February 2023 (8 days)	28 February 2027 (−3 years, 362 days)	Droupadi Murmu	^[25]
Uttarakhand High Court (list)	Uttarakhand	Vipin Sanghi	28 June 2022 (248 days)	26 October 2023 (−237 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	^[26]

See also

• 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

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