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, 283 days)		10 November 2024
(−84 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
(195 days)		14 October 2029
(−5 years, 57 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [3]
Andhra Pradesh High Court Andhra Pradesh Dhiraj Singh Thakur 28 July 2023
(1 year, 21 days)		24 April 2026
(−1 year, 249 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [4]
Bombay High Court
(list)		 Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya 29 July 2023
(1 year, 20 days)		15 June 2027
(−2 years, 301 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [5]
Calcutta High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal T. S. Sivagnanam 11 May 2023
(1 year, 99 days)		15 September 2025
(−1 year, 28 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [6]
Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh Ramesh Sinha 29 March 2023
(1 year, 142 days)		4 September 2026
(−2 years, 17 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [7]
Delhi High Court Delhi Manmohan (Acting)9 November 2023
(283 days)		16 December 2024
(−120 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [8]
Gauhati High Court Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Vijay Bishnoi 5 February 2024
(195 days)		25 March 2026
(−1 year, 219 days)		 Droupadi Murmu
Gujarat High Court
(list)		 Gujarat Sunita Agarwal 23 July 2023
(1 year, 26 days)		29 April 2028
(−3 years, 255 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [9]
Himachal Pradesh High Court
(list)		 Himachal Pradesh M. S. Ramachandra Rao 30 May 2023
(1 year, 80 days)		6 August 2028
(−3 years, 354 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [10]
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Tashi Rabstan (Acting)18 July 2024
(31 days)		9 April 2025
(−234 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [11]
Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Sujit Narayan Prasad
(Acting)		20 July 2024
(29 days)		19 June 2029
(−4 years, 305 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [12]
Karnataka High Court Karnataka Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria 25 February 2024
(175 days)		22 March 2027
(−2 years, 216 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [13]
Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep Muhamed Mustaque Ayumantakath (Acting)5 July 2024
(44 days)		31 May 2029
(−4 years, 286 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [14]
Madhya Pradesh High Court Madhya Pradesh Sanjeev Sachdeva
(Acting)		9 July 2024
(40 days)		25 December 2026
(−2 years, 129 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [15]
Madras High Court Puducherry, Tamil Nadu D. Krishnakumar (Acting)18 July 2024
(31 days)		21 May 2025
(−276 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [16]
Manipur High Court Manipur Siddharth Mridul 20 October 2023
(303 days)		21 November 2024
(−95 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [17]
Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew

(Acting)

17 August 2024
(1 day)		23 December 2028
(−4 years, 127 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [18]
Orissa High Court Odisha Chakradhari Sharan Singh 7 February 2024
(193 days)		19 January 2025
(−154 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [19]
Patna High Court
(list)		 Bihar K. Vinod Chandran 29 March 2023
(1 year, 142 days)		24 April 2025
(−249 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [20]
Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Sheel Nagu 9 July 2024
(40 days)		31 December 2026
(−2 years, 135 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [21]
Rajasthan High Court
(list)		 Rajasthan Manindra Mohan Shrivastava 6 February 2024
(194 days)		5 March 2026
(−1 year, 199 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [22]
Sikkim High Court Sikkim Biswanath Somadder 12 October 2021
(2 years, 311 days)		14 December 2025
(−1 year, 118 days)		 Ram Nath Kovind [23]
Telangana High Court Telangana Alok Aradhe 23 July 2023
(1 year, 26 days)		12 April 2026
(−1 year, 237 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [24]
Tripura High Court Tripura Aparesh Kumar Singh 17 April 2023
(1 year, 123 days)		6 July 2027
(−2 years, 322 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [25]
Uttarakhand High Court
(list)		 Uttarakhand Ritu Bahri
4 February 2024
(196 days)		10 October 2024
(−53 days)		 Droupadi Murmu [26]

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