List of current Indian chief justices

Court Jurisdiction Chief Justice Date of Appointment as CJ/ACJ Date of Retirement Appointed By Ref.[2] Allahabad High Court Uttar Pradesh Pritinker Diwaker 26 March 2023
(26 days) 21 November 2023
(−214 days) Droupadi Murmu [3] Andhra Pradesh High Court Andhra Pradesh Prashant Kumar Mishra 13 October 2021
(1 year, 190 days) 28 August 2026
(−3 years, 129 days) Ram Nath Kovind [4] Bombay High Court
(list) Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Sanjay V. Gangapurwala
(Acting)
12 December 2022
(130 days) 23 May 2024
(−1 year, 32 days) Droupadi Murmu [5] Calcutta High Court Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal T. S. Sivagnanam
(Acting)
31 March 2023
(21 days) 15 September 2025
(−2 years, 147 days) Droupadi Murmu [6] Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh Ramesh Sinha 29 March 2023
(23 days) 4 September 2026
(−3 years, 136 days) Droupadi Murmu [7] Delhi High Court Delhi Satish Chandra Sharma 28 June 2022
(297 days) 29 November 2023
(−222 days) Ram Nath Kovind [8] Gauhati High Court Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Sandeep Mehta 15 February 2023
(65 days) 10 January 2025
(−1 year, 264 days) Droupadi Murmu Gujarat High Court
(list) Gujarat Ashish Jitendra Desai
(Acting)
26 February 2023
(54 days) 4 July 2024
(−1 year, 74 days) Droupadi Murmu [9] Himachal Pradesh High Court
(list) Himachal Pradesh Tarlok Singh Chauhan
(Acting)
20 April 2023
(1 day) 8 January 2026
(−2 years, 263 days) Droupadi Murmu [10] Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh N. Kotiswar Singh 15 February 2023
(65 days) 28 February 2025
(−1 year, 313 days) Droupadi Murmu [11] Jharkhand High Court Jharkhand Sanjaya Kumar Mishra 20 February 2023
(60 days) 28 December 2023
(−251 days) Droupadi Murmu [12] Karnataka High Court Karnataka Prasanna B. Varale 15 October 2022
(188 days) 22 June 2024
(−1 year, 62 days) Droupadi Murmu [13] Kerala High Court Kerala, Lakshadweep S. Manikumar 11 October 2019
(3 years, 192 days) 23 April 2023
(−2 days) Ram Nath Kovind [14] Madhya Pradesh High Court Madhya Pradesh Ravi Malimath 14 October 2021
(1 year, 189 days) 24 May 2024
(−1 year, 33 days) Ram Nath Kovind [15] Madras High Court Puducherry, Tamil Nadu T. Raja
(Acting)
22 September 2022
(211 days) 24 May 2023
(−33 days) Droupadi Murmu [16] Manipur High Court Manipur M. V. Muralidaran
(Acting)
6 February 2023
(74 days) 15 April 2024
(−360 days) Droupadi Murmu [17] Meghalaya High Court Meghalaya Sanjib Banerjee 24 November 2021
(1 year, 148 days) 1 November 2023
(−194 days) Ram Nath Kovind [18] Orissa High Court Odisha S. Muralidhar 4 January 2021
(2 years, 107 days) 7 August 2023
(−108 days) Ram Nath Kovind [19] Patna High Court
(list) Bihar K. Vinod Chandran 29 March 2023
(23 days) 24 April 2025
(−2 years, 3 days) Droupadi Murmu [20] Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Ravi Shankar Jha 6 October 2019
(3 years, 197 days) 13 October 2023
(−175 days) Ram Nath Kovind [21] Rajasthan High Court
(list) Rajasthan Manindra Mohan Shrivastava
(Acting)
6 February 2023
(74 days) 5 March 2026
(−2 years, 318 days) Droupadi Murmu [22] Sikkim High Court Sikkim Biswanath Somadder 12 October 2021
(1 year, 191 days) 14 December 2025
(−2 years, 237 days) Ram Nath Kovind [23] Telangana High Court Telangana Ujjal Bhuyan 28 June 2022
(297 days) 1 August 2026
(−3 years, 102 days) Ram Nath Kovind [24] Tripura High Court Tripura Aparesh Kumar Singh 17 April 2023
(4 days) 6 July 2027
(−4 years, 76 days) Droupadi Murmu [25] Uttarakhand High Court
(list) Uttarakhand Vipin Sanghi 28 June 2022
(297 days) 26 October 2023
(−188 days) Ram Nath Kovind [26]