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 of the Chief Justice	Image	Date of Appointment as Chief Justice	Date of Retirement	Tenure	Nominated By	Appointed By	Date of elevation to Supreme Court	Seniority rank on the date of elevation	Date of Initial Appointment as Judge	Parent High Court
Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai (list)		14 May 2025 (80 days)	23 November 2025 (−113 days)	194 days	Sanjiv Khanna	Droupadi Murmu	24 May 2019 (6 years, 70 days)	8	14 November 2003 (21 years, 261 days)	Bombay

Chief Justices of High Courts^[4]

High Court	Name of the Chief Justice	Date of Appointment as Chief Justice	Date of Retirement	Tenure	Nominated as Chief Justice by	Appointed By	Parent High Court	All India seniority rank	Date of Initial Appointment as Judge	Nominated as Judge of by	Remarks
Allahabad High Court	Arun Bhansali (list)	5 February 2024 (1 year, 178 days)	14 October 2029 (−4 years, 73 days)	5 years, 252 days	D. Y. Chandrachud	Droupadi Murmu	Rajasthan	17 Since 30 May 2025	8 January 2013 (12 years, 206 days)	Altamas Kabir
Andhra Pradesh High Court	Dhiraj Singh Thakur (list)	28 July 2023 (2 years, 5 days)	24 April 2026 (−265 days)	2 years, 271 days			Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh	19 Since 30 May 2025	8 March 2013 (12 years, 147 days)
Bombay High Court	Alok Aradhe (list)	23 July 2023 (2 years, 10 days) Date of appointment in current HC 21 January 2025 (193 days)	12 April 2026 (−253 days)	2 years, 264 days Tenure in current HC 1 year, 82 days	D. Y. Chandrachud Nominated in current HC Sanjiv Khanna		Madhya Pradesh	5 Since 24 May 2025	29 December 2009 (15 years, 216 days)	K. G. Balakrishnan	6th CJ of Telangana From 23 July 2023 – 20 January 2025 (1 year, 182 days)
Calcutta High Court	Tirunelveli Subbiah Sivagnanam (list)	11 May 2023 (2 years, 83 days)	15 September 2025 (−44 days)	2 years, 128 days	D. Y. Chandrachud		Madras	2 Since 24 May 2025	31 March 2009 (16 years, 124 days)
Chhattisgarh High Court	Ramesh Sinha (list)	29 March 2023 (2 years, 126 days)	4 September 2026 (−1 year, 33 days)	3 years, 160 days			Allahabad	11 Since 24 May 2025	21 November 2011 (13 years, 254 days)	S. H. Kapadia
Delhi High Court	Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya (list)	29 July 2023 (2 years, 4 days) Date of appointment in current HC 21 January 2025 (193 days)	15 June 2027 (−1 year, 317 days)	3 years, 322 days Tenure in current HC 2 years, 146 days	D. Y. Chandrachud Nominated in current HC Sanjiv Khanna		Allahabad	13 Since 24 May 2025	21 November 2011 (13 years, 254 days)		47th CJ of Bombay From 29 July 2023 – 20 January 2025 (1 year, 176 days)
Gauhati High Court	Ashutosh Kumar (list)	21 July 2025 (12 days)	30 September 2028 (−3 years, 59 days)	3 years, 72 days	B. R. Gavai		Patna	50 Since 3 August 2025	15 May 2014 (11 years, 79 days)	R. M. Lodha
Gujarat High Court	Sunita Agarwal (list)	23 July 2023 (2 years, 10 days)	29 April 2028 (−2 years, 271 days)	4 years, 282 days	D. Y. Chandrachud		Allahabad	12 Since 24 May 2025	21 November 2011 (13 years, 254 days)	S. H. Kapadia
Himachal Pradesh High Court	Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia (list)	29 December 2024 (216 days)	31 October 2027 (−2 years, 90 days)	2 years, 307 days			Punjab and Haryana	10 Since 24 May 2025	30 September 2011 (13 years, 306 days)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court	Arun Palli (list)	16 April 2025 (108 days)	17 September 2026 (−1 year, 46 days)	1 year, 155 days	Sanjiv Khanna		Punjab and Haryana	37 Since 30 May 2025	28 December 2013 (11 years, 217 days)	P. Sathasivam
Jharkhand High Court	Tarlok Singh Chauhan (list)	23 July 2025 (10 days)	8 January 2026 (−159 days)	170 days	B. R. Gavai		Himachal Pradesh	48 Since 3 August 2025	23 February 2014 (11 years, 160 days)
Karnataka High Court	Vibhu Bakhru (list)	19 July 2025 (14 days)	1 November 2028 (−3 years, 91 days)	3 years, 106 days			Delhi	22 Since 30 May 2025	17 April 2013 (12 years, 107 days)	Altamas Kabir
Kerala High Court	Nitin Madhukar Jamdar (list)	26 September 2024 (310 days)	9 January 2026 (−160 days)	1 year, 106 days	D. Y. Chandrachud		Bombay	14 Since 30 May 2025	23 January 2012 (13 years, 191 days)	S. H. Kapadia
Madhya Pradesh High Court	Sanjeev Sachdeva (list)	17 July 2025 (16 days)	25 December 2026 (−1 year, 145 days)	1 year, 162 days	B. R. Gavai		Delhi	21 Since 30 May 2025	17 April 2013 (12 years, 107 days)	Altamas Kabir
Madras High Court	Manindra Mohan Shrivastava (list)	6 February 2024 (1 year, 177 days) Date of appointment in current HC 21 July 2025 (12 days)	5 March 2026 (−215 days)	2 years, 28 days Tenure in current HC 228 days	D. Y. Chandrachud Nominated in current HC B. R. Gavai		Chhattisgarh	4 Since 24 May 2025	10 December 2009 (15 years, 235 days)	K. G. Balakrishnan	42nd CJ of Rajasthan From 6 February 2024 – 20 July 2025 (1 year, 165 days)
Manipur High Court	Kempaiah Somashekar (list)	22 May 2025 (72 days)	14 September 2025 (−43 days)	116 days	B. R. Gavai		Karnataka	96 Since 3 August 2025	14 November 2016 (8 years, 261 days)	T. S. Thakur
Meghalaya High Court	Indra Prasanna Mukerji (list)	3 October 2024 (303 days)	5 September 2025 (−34 days)	338 days	D. Y. Chandrachud		Calcutta	3 Since 24 May 2025	18 May 2009 (16 years, 76 days)	K. G. Balakrishnan
Orissa High Court	Harish Tandon (list)	26 March 2025 (129 days)	15 November 2026 (−1 year, 105 days)	1 year, 235 days	Sanjiv Khanna		Calcutta	6 Since 24 May 2025	13 April 2010 (15 years, 111 days)	S. H. Kapadia
Patna High Court	Vipul Manubhai Pancholi (list)	21 July 2025 (12 days)	27 May 2030 (−4 years, 298 days)	4 years, 311 days	B. R. Gavai		Gujarat	57 Since 3 August 2025	1 October 2014 (10 years, 305 days)	R. M. Lodha
Punjab and Haryana High Court	Sheel Nagu (list)	9 July 2024 (1 year, 24 days)	31 December 2026 (−1 year, 151 days)	2 years, 176 days	D. Y. Chandrachud		Madhya Pradesh	8 Since 24 May 2025	27 May 2011 (14 years, 67 days)	S. H. Kapadia
Rajasthan High Court	Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram (list)	27 September 2024 (309 days) Date of appointment in current HC 21 July 2025 (12 days)	27 September 2025 (−56 days)	1 year, 1 day Tenure in current HC 69 days	D. Y. Chandrachud Nominated in current HC B. R. Gavai		Bombay	26 Since 30 May 2025	21 June 2013 (12 years, 42 days)	Altamas Kabir	45th CJ of Madras From 27 September 2024 – 20 July 2025 (297 days)
Sikkim High Court	Biswanath Somadder (list)	27 April 2020 (5 years, 97 days) Date of appointment in current HC 12 October 2021 (3 years, 294 days)	14 December 2025 (−134 days)	5 years, 232 days Tenure in current HC 4 years, 64 days	S. A. Bobde Nominated in current HC N. V. Ramana	Ram Nath Kovind	Calcutta	1 Since 27 October 2023	22 June 2006 (19 years, 41 days)	Y. K. Sabharwal	9th CJ of Meghalaya From 27 April 2020 – 11 October 2021 (1 year, 168 days)
Telangana High Court	Aparesh Kumar Singh (list)	17 April 2023 (2 years, 107 days) Date of appointment in current HC 19 July 2025 (14 days)	6 July 2027 (−1 year, 338 days)	4 years, 81 days Tenure in current HC 1 year, 353 days	D. Y. Chandrachud Nominated in current HC B. R. Gavai	Droupadi Murmu	Jharkhand	15 Since 30 May 2025	24 January 2012 (13 years, 190 days)	S. H. Kapadia	8th CJ of Tripura From 17 April 2023 – 18 July 2025 (2 years, 93 days)
Tripura High Court	Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao (list)	30 May 2023 (2 years, 64 days) Date of appointment in current HC 22 July 2025 (11 days)	6 August 2028 (−3 years, 4 days)	5 years, 69 days Tenure in current HC 3 years, 16 days	D. Y. Chandrachud Nominated in current HC B. R. Gavai		Telangana	16 Since 30 May 2025	29 June 2012 (13 years, 34 days)		28th CJ of Himachal Pradesh From 30 May 2023 – 24 September 2024 (1 year, 118 days) 16th CJ of Jharkhand From 25 September 2024 – 21 July 2025 (300 days)
Uttarakhand High Court	Guhanathan Narendar (list)	26 December 2024 (219 days)	9 January 2026 (−160 days)	1 year, 15 days	D. Y. Chandrachud		Karnataka	59 Since 3 August 2025	2 January 2015 (10 years, 212 days)	H. L. Dattu

^† - Acting Chief Justice

Dates of Changes in Seniority Rank (S.R.):

27 October 2023 - Retirement of Vipin Sanghi (CJ of Uttarakhand) on 26 October 2023 (S.R. 1)

24 May 2025 - Retirement of S. K. Kait (CJ of Madhya Pradesh) on 23 May 2025 (S.R. 2)

30 May 2025 - Elevation of N. V. Anjaria (CJ of Karnataka) to Supreme Court on 30 May 2025 (S.R. 14)

3 August 2025 - Retirement of Attau Rahman Masoodi (Judge of Allahabad) on 2 August 2025 (S.R. 46)

See also

• List of current Indian governors
• List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
• List of current Indian chief ministers
• List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
• List of current Indian opposition leaders
• List of female chief justices in India
• List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
• List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India
• List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India
• List of sitting judges of the high courts of India
• List of former chief justices of the high courts of India