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

Chief Justice of India^[3]
Name	Image	Court	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Tenure	Nominated By	Appointed By	Parent High Court
Sanjiv Khanna		Supreme Court of India (list)	11 November 2024 (70 days)	13 May 2025 (−113 days)	184 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud	Droupadi Murmu	Delhi

Chief Justices of High Courts^[4]
Name	Court	Jurisdiction	Date of Appointment in current office	Date of Retirement	Tenure in current office	Nominated By	Appointed By	Parent High Court	All India seniority rank of CJ	Initial appointment as Chief Justice	Previous offices as Chief Justice	Total tenure as Chief Justice
Arun Bhansali	Allahabad High Court	Uttar Pradesh	5 February 2024 (350 days)	14 October 2029 (−4 years, 267 days)	5 years, 252 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud	Droupadi Murmu	Rajasthan	21st Since 20/1/2025	5 February 2024 (350 days)	Nil	5 years, 252 days
Dhiraj Singh Thakur	Andhra Pradesh High Court	Andhra Pradesh	28 July 2023 (1 year, 176 days)	24 April 2026 (−1 year, 94 days)	2 years, 271 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh	23rd Since 20/1/2025	28 July 2023 (1 year, 176 days)	Nil	2 years, 271 days
Alok Aradhe	Bombay High Court (list)	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Maharashtra	21 January 2025 (−1 day)	12 April 2026 (−1 year, 82 days)	1 year, 82 days	Sanjiv Khanna		Madhya Pradesh	6th Since 5/12/2024	23 July 2023 (1 year, 181 days)	6th Chief Justice of Telangana High Court	2 years, 264 days
T. S. Sivagnanam	Calcutta High Court	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal	11 May 2023 (1 year, 254 days)	15 September 2025 (−238 days)	2 years, 128 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Madras	3rd Since 5/12/2024	11 May 2023 (1 year, 254 days)	Nil	2 years, 128 days
Ramesh Sinha	Chhattisgarh High Court	Chhattisgarh	29 March 2023 (1 year, 297 days)	4 September 2026 (−1 year, 227 days)	3 years, 160 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Allahabad	13th Since 16/1/2025	29 March 2023 (1 year, 297 days)	Nil	3 years, 160 days
Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya	Delhi High Court	Delhi	21 January 2025 (−1 day)	15 June 2027 (−2 years, 146 days)	2 years, 146 days	Sanjiv Khanna		Allahabad	15th Since 16/1/2025	29 July 2023 (1 year, 175 days)	47th of Chief Justice of Bombay High Court	3 years, 322 days
Vijay Bishnoi	Gauhati High Court	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland	5 February 2024 (350 days)	25 March 2026 (−1 year, 64 days)	2 years, 49 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Rajasthan	20th Since 20/1/2025	5 February 2024 (350 days)	Nil	2 years, 49 days
Sunita Agarwal	Gujarat High Court (list)	Gujarat	23 July 2023 (1 year, 181 days)	29 April 2028 (−3 years, 100 days)	4 years, 282 days			Allahabad	14th Since 16/1/2025	23 July 2023 (1 year, 181 days)	Nil	4 years, 282 days
Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia	Himachal Pradesh High Court (list)	Himachal Pradesh	29 December 2024 (22 days)	31 October 2027 (−2 years, 284 days)	2 years, 307 days			Punjab and Haryana	12th Since 5/12/2024	29 December 2024 (22 days)	Nil	2 years, 307 days
Tashi Rabstan	Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court	Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh	27 September 2024 (115 days)	9 April 2025 (−79 days)	195 days			Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh	24th Since 20/1/2025	27 September 2024 (115 days)	Nil	195 days
Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao	Jharkhand High Court	Jharkhand	25 September 2024 (117 days)	6 August 2028 (−3 years, 199 days)	3 years, 317 days			Telangana	19th Since 20/1/2025	30 May 2023 (1 year, 235 days)	28th Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court	5 years, 69 days
Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria	Karnataka High Court	Karnataka	25 February 2024 (330 days)	22 March 2027 (−2 years, 61 days)	3 years, 26 days			Gujarat	16th Since 16/1/2025	25 February 2024 (330 days)	Nil	3 years, 26 days
Nitin Madhukar Jamdar	Kerala High Court	Kerala, Lakshadweep	26 September 2024 (116 days)	9 January 2026 (−354 days)	1 year, 106 days			Bombay	17th Since 16/1/2025	26 September 2024 (116 days)	Nil	1 year, 106 days
Suresh Kumar Kait	Madhya Pradesh High Court	Madhya Pradesh	25 September 2024 (117 days)	23 May 2025 (−123 days)	241 days			Delhi	2nd Since 5/12/2024	25 September 2024 (117 days)	Nil	241 days
Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram	Madras High Court	Puducherry, Tamil Nadu	27 September 2024 (115 days)	27 September 2025 (−250 days)	1 year, 1 day			Bombay	32th Since 20/1/2025	27 September 2024 (115 days)	Nil	1 year, 1 day
D. Krishnakumar	Manipur High Court	Manipur	22 November 2024 (59 days)	21 May 2025 (−121 days)	181 days	Sanjiv Khanna		Madras	87th Since 20/1/2025	22 November 2024 (59 days)	Nil	181 days
Indra Prasanna Mukerji	Meghalaya High Court	Meghalaya	3 October 2024 (109 days)	5 September 2025 (−228 days)	338 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Calcutta	4th Since 5/12/2024	3 October 2024 (109 days)	Nil	338 days
Arindam Sinha ^†	Orissa High Court	Odisha	20 January 2025 (0 days)	21 September 2027 (−2 years, 244 days)	2 years, 245 days	Acting		Calcutta	41st Since 20/1/2025	20 January 2025 (0 days)	Nil	2 years, 245 days
Ashutosh Kumar ^†	Patna High Court (list)	Bihar	16 January 2025 (4 days)	30 September 2028 (−3 years, 254 days)	3 years, 259 days	Acting		Patna	59th Since 20/1/2025	16 January 2025 (4 days)	Nil	3 years, 259 days
Sheel Nagu	Punjab and Haryana High Court	Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab	9 July 2024 (195 days)	31 December 2026 (−1 year, 345 days)	2 years, 176 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Madhya Pradesh	9th Since 5/12/2024	9 July 2024 (195 days)	Nil	2 years, 176 days
Manindra Mohan Shrivastava	Rajasthan High Court (list)	Rajasthan	6 February 2024 (349 days)	5 March 2026 (−1 year, 44 days)	2 years, 28 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Chhattisgarh	5th Since 5/12/2024	6 February 2024 (349 days)	Nil	2 years, 28 days
Biswanath Somadder	Sikkim High Court	Sikkim	12 October 2021 (3 years, 100 days)	14 December 2025 (−328 days)	4 years, 64 days	Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana	Ram Nath Kovind	Calcutta	1st Since 27/10/2023	27 April 2020 (4 years, 268 days)	9th Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court	5 years, 232 days
Sujoy Paul ^†	Telangana High Court	Telangana	21 January 2025 (−1 day)	20 June 2026 (−1 year, 151 days)	1 year, 151 days	Acting	Droupadi Murmu	Madhya Pradesh	10th Since 5/12/2024	20 January 2025 (0 days)	Nil	1 year, 152 days
Aparesh Kumar Singh	Tripura High Court	Tripura	17 April 2023 (1 year, 278 days)	6 July 2027 (−2 years, 167 days)	4 years, 81 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Jharkhand	18th Since 16/1/2025	17 April 2023 (1 year, 278 days)	Nil	4 years, 81 days
Guhanathan Narendar	Uttarakhand High Court (list)	Uttarakhand	26 December 2024 (25 days)	9 January 2026 (−354 days)	1 year, 15 days	Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud		Karnataka	69th Since 20/1/2025	26 December 2024 (25 days)	Nil	1 year, 15 days

^† - acting Chief Justice

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.

[1] "Rule of law index 2016". Justice Project. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[2] "Memorandum of procedure of appointment of Supreme Court Judges". Government of India. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[3] "Justice D.Y. Chandrachud sworn in as 50th Chief Justice of India". The Hindu. 9 November 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[4] List of Chief Justice of the High Court (PDF). Government of India (Report). Retrieved 21 November 2016.

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