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.

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Supreme Court

CourtJurisdiction Chief Justice Date of Appointment as CJIDate of RetirementAppointed ByRef.
Supreme Court of India
(list)		 India Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud 9 November 2022
(1 year, 211 days)		10 November 2024
(−156 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [1]

High Courts

CourtJurisdictionChief JusticeDate of Appointment as CJ/ACJDate of RetirementAppointed ByRef. [2]
Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh Arun Bhansali 5 February 2024
(123 days)		14 October 2029
(−5 years, 129 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [3]
Andhra Pradesh High Court Andhra Pradesh Dhiraj Singh Thakur 28 July 2023
(315 days)		24 April 2026
(−1 year, 321 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [4]
Bombay High Court
(list)		 Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya 29 July 2023
(314 days)		15 June 2027
(−3 years, 8 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [5]
Calcutta High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal T. S. Sivagnanam 11 May 2023
(1 year, 27 days)		15 September 2025
(−1 year, 100 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [6]
Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh Ramesh Sinha 29 March 2023
(1 year, 70 days)		4 September 2026
(−2 years, 89 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [7]
Delhi High Court Delhi Manmohan (Acting)9 November 2023
(211 days)		16 December 2024
(−192 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [8]
Gauhati High Court Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Vijay Bishnoi 5 February 2024
(123 days)		25 March 2026
(−1 year, 291 days)		 Droupadi Murmu
Gujarat High Court
(list)		 Gujarat Sunita Agarwal 23 July 2023
(320 days)		29 April 2028
(−3 years, 327 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [9]
Himachal Pradesh High Court
(list)		 Himachal Pradesh M. S. Ramachandra Rao 30 May 2023
(1 year, 8 days)		6 August 2028
(−4 years, 60 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [10]
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh N. Kotiswar Singh 15 February 2023
(1 year, 113 days)		28 February 2025
(−266 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [11]
Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Shree Chandrashekhar (Acting)29 December 2023
(161 days)		24 May 2027
(−2 years, 351 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [12]
Karnataka High Court Karnataka Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria 25 February 2024
(103 days)		22 March 2027
(−2 years, 288 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [13]
Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep Ashish Jitendra Desai 22 July 2023
(321 days)		4 July 2024
(−27 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [14]
Madhya Pradesh High Court Madhya Pradesh Sheel Nagu (Acting)25 May 2024
(13 days)		31 December 2026
(−2 years, 207 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [15]
Madras High Court Puducherry, Tamil Nadu R. Mahadevan (Acting)24 May 2024
(14 days)		9 June 2025
(−1 year, 2 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [16]
Manipur High Court Manipur Siddharth Mridul 20 October 2023
(231 days)		21 November 2024
(−167 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [17]
Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya S. Vaidyanathan 11 February 2024
(117 days)		16 August 2024
(−70 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [18]
Orissa High Court Odisha Chakradhari Sharan Singh 7 February 2024
(121 days)		19 January 2025
(−226 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [19]
Patna High Court
(list)		 Bihar K. Vinod Chandran 29 March 2023
(1 year, 70 days)		24 April 2025
(−321 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [20]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia (Acting)4 February 2024
(124 days)		31 October 2027
(−3 years, 146 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [21]
Rajasthan High Court
(list)		 Rajasthan Manindra Mohan Shrivastava 6 February 2024
(122 days)		5 March 2026
(−1 year, 271 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [22]
Sikkim High Court Sikkim Biswanath Somadder 12 October 2021
(2 years, 239 days)		14 December 2025
(−1 year, 190 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [23]
Telangana High Court Telangana Alok Aradhe 23 July 2023
(320 days)		12 April 2026
(−1 year, 309 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [24]
Tripura High Court Tripura Aparesh Kumar Singh 17 April 2023
(1 year, 51 days)		6 July 2027
(−3 years, 29 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [25]
Uttarakhand High Court
(list)		 Uttarakhand Ritu Bahri
4 February 2024
(124 days)		10 October 2024
(−125 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [26]

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