The Chief Justice of India (CJI) (ISO:Bhārat kēMukhya Nyāyādhīśa) is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India. The Constitution of India grants power to the President of India to appoint,as recommended by the outgoing chief justice in consultation with other judges as envisaged in Article 124 (2) of the Constitution,the next chief justice,who will serve until they reach the age of 65 or are removed by the constitutional process of impeachment.
R. M. Lodha is a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court,he served as the chief justice of Patna High Court. He has also served as a judge in Rajasthan High Court and Bombay High Court. On 14 July 2015,the Supreme Court committee headed by RM Lodha suspended the owners of Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings from the Indian Premier League cricket tournament for a period of two years for alleged involvement in betting.
Arun Kumar Mishra is former chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India. He is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former chief justice of the Calcutta High Court and Rajasthan High Court. He has also served as acting chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court. He is a former judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Ranjan Gogoi is an Indian former advocate and judge who served as the 46th Chief Justice of India from 2018 to 2019,having previously served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2018. He is currently a Member of the Rajya Sabha,having been nominated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 16 March 2020. Gogoi served as a judge in the Gauhati High Court from 2001 to 2010,and then was transferred as a judge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2010 to 2011 where he later was the Chief Justice from 2011 to 2012. He is also a member of the Committee on External Affairs in the Rajya Sabha.
Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India;he retired on 16 June 2023. He is former chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. Before his appointment as chief justice of the High Court of Uttarakhand on 31 July 2014,he had served as a judge of the Kerala High Court for more than nine years.
Sanjay Kishan Kaul is a former judge and lawyer who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India since 2017 until upon his retirement in 2023. He has served as the first puisne judge,senior-most after the Chief Justice of India. Also,he has been the ex officio executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority.
Navin Sinha is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Sinha was elevated as a judge of the Patna High Court before serving as chief justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court and after that as the chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court before being elevated to the Supreme Court.
Dinesh Maheshwari is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court &High Court of Meghalaya. He took the oath as a Judge of Rajasthan High Court on 2 September 2004. He was transferred to the Allahabad High Court and remained senior Judge at the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court from 2 March 2015. He took oath as Chief Justice of the High Court of Meghalaya on 24 February 2016. On transfer to Karnataka,Justice Maheshwari took oath as 30th Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka on 12 February 2018. He took oath as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18 January 2019.
Deepak Gupta is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Tripura High Court and Chhattisgarh High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court,serving as the head of its green bench.
Narendra Mohan Kasliwal was a justice of the Supreme Court of India.
Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India,former chief justice of the Patna High Court and a former judge of Gujarat High Court.
Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has also served as chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Krishna Murari is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Allahabad High Court till his elevation as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. He is also former Judge of Rajasthan High Court and Gujarat High Court.
Sanjay Karol is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Patna High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as judge and acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
Shripathi Ravindra Bhat is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He has also served as chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court and judge of the Delhi High Court.
Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi is an Indian judge. He is former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court and Tripura High Court. He has also served as Judge of Bombay High Court and Gujarat High Court,of which he has also served as an Acting Chief Justice.
V. Ramasubramanian is a former judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is also former judge of Madras High Court and Telangana High Court. Ramasubramanian retired from the supreme court on 29 June 2023.
Justice Arindam Lodh is an Indian Judge at the High Court of Tripura since May 2018. He is due to retire not earlier than March 2025.
