List of chief justices of the Bombay High Court

This is a list of chief justices of the Bombay High Court, in India. See List of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay for previous chief justices.

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
Incumbent Alok Aradhe since 21 January 2025
Bombay High Court
Abbreviation	CJ Bombay
Seat	Bombay
Nominator	Collegium of the Supreme Court of India
Appointer	President of India
Term length	till the age of 62 yrs[1]
Constituting instrument	Constitution of India (under Article 124)
Formation	1862; 163 years ago (1862)
First holder	Justice Matthew Richard Sausse (1862-1866)
Salary	₹250,000 (US$3,000) (per month)[2]
Website	http://www.bombayhighcourt.nic.in/

List

Bombay High Court was established on 14 August 1862 under Indian High Courts Act 1861 and had 47 Chief Justices till date excluding Acting Chief Justices and current Chief Justice Alok Aradhe who is serving from 21 January 2025.

Sr. No.	Name	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Tenure	Remarks
Pre Independence
1	Matthew Richard Sausse	14 August 1862[3]	1866
2	Richard Couch	1866	1870		Transferred to Calcutta as CJ
3	Michael Roberts Westropp	1870	1882
4	Charles Sargent	1882	1895
5	Charles Frederick Farran	1895	9 September 1898
6	Louis Addin Kershaw	1898	1899
7	Lawrence Hugh Jenkins	1899	1908		Transferred to Calcutta as CJ
8	Basil Scott	1908	1919
9	Norman Cranstoun Macleod	1919	1926
10	Amberson Barrington Marten	1926	1930
11	John William Fisher Beaumont	1930	29 September 1943		Longest serving CJ of Bombay
12	Leonard Stone	30 September 1943	1948		During his tenure India got Independence
Post Independence
13	Mahommedali Currim Chagla	1948	26 October 1958
14	Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani	27 October 1958	1965
15	Yeshwant Shripad Tambe	5 February 1966	31 July 1966	177 days
16	Sohrab Peshotan Kotval	1 August 1966	27 September 1972	6 years, 58 days
17	K. Kalyandas Desai	28 September 1972	27 October 1972	30 days
18	Ramanlal Maneklal Kantawala	28 October 1972	5 October 1978	5 years, 343 days
19	B. N. Deshmukh	6 October 1978	19 November 1980	2 years, 45 days
20	Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande	12 January 1981	11 August 1982	1 year, 212 days
21	Dinshah Pirosha Madon	31 August 1982	14 March 1983	196 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
22	Madhukar Narhar Chandurkar	15 March 1983	2 April 1984	1 year, 19 days	Transferred to Madras as CJ
23	Konda Madhava Reddy	8 April 1984	21 October 1985	1 year, 197 days
24	Madhukar Hiralal Kania	23 June 1986	30 April 1987	312 days	Later served as 23rd Chief Justice of India
25	Chittatosh Mookerjee	2 November 1987	1 January 1991	3 years, 61 days
26	Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai	7 January 1991	14 December 1992	1 year, 343 days
27	Manoj Kumar Mukherjee	9 January 1993	14 December 1993	340 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
28	Sujata Manohar	15 January 1994	20 April 1994	96 days	First Female CJ of Bombay Transferred to Kerala as CJ Later elevated to Supreme Court of India
29	Anandamoy Bhattacharjee	21 April 1994	1 April 1995	346 days
30	Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah	2 August 1995	9 December 1998	3 years, 130 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
31	Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal	3 February 1999	28 January 2000	360 days	Later served as 36th Chief Justice of India
32	Bisheshwar Prasad Singh	31 March 2000	14 December 2001	1 year, 259 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
33	Chunilal Karsandas Thakker	31 December 2001	7 June 2004	2 years, 160 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
34	Dalveer Bhandari	25 July 2004	27 October 2005	1 year, 95 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India Later elected to International Court of Justice
35	Kshitij R. Vyas	25 February 2006	18 July 2006	144 days
36	Harjit Singh Bedi	3 October 2006	12 January 2007	102 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
37	Swatanter Kumar	31 March 2007	30 December 2009	2 years, 275 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
38	Anil Ramesh Dave	11 February 2010	29 April 2010	78 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India
39	Mohit Shantilal Shah	26 June 2010	8 September 2015	5 years, 75 days
40	Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela	15 February 2016	10 August 2016	178 days
41	Manjula Chellur	22 August 2016	4 December 2017	1 year, 105 days
42	Naresh Harishchandra Patil	29 October 2018	6 April 2019	160 days
43	Pradeep Nandrajog	7 April 2019	23 February 2020	323 days
44	Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari	20 March 2020	27 April 2020	39 days
45	Dipankar Datta[4]	28 April 2020	11 December 2022	2 years, 228 days	Elevated to Supreme Court of India[5]
46	Ramesh Deokinandan Dhanuka[6]	28 May 2023	30 May 2023	3 days	Shortest serving CJ of Bombay
47	Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya	29 July 2023	20 January 2025	1 year, 176 days	Transferred to Delhi as CJ[7]