Chief Justices of High Courts of India (As on December 2019)
This is a list of Chief Justices of High Courts of India, the highest court in every State of Republic of India. There are currently 25 High Courts in the country with some having multiple jurisdictions. High Court has jurisdiction over a state, a union territory or a group of states and union territories.
Sr. No. | Court | Jurisdiction | Chief Justice | Date of Appointment as CJ/ACJ |
1 | Allahabad High Court | Uttar Pradesh | Govind Mathur | 14 November 2018
(1 year, 13 days) |
2 | Andhra Pradesh High Court | Andhra Pradesh | J. K. Maheshwari | 7 October 2019
(51 days) |
3 | Bombay High Court
(list) | Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Maharashtra | Pradeep Nandrajog | 7 April 2019
(234 days) |
4 | Calcutta High Court | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal | T. B. Radhakrishnan | 4 April 2019
(237 days) |
5 | Chhattisgarh High Court | Chhattisgarh | P. R. Ramachandra Menon | 6 May 2019
(205 days) |
6 | Delhi High Court | National Capital Territory of Delhi | Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel | 7 June 2019
(173 days) |
7 | Gauhati High Court | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland | Ajai Lamba | 7 October 2019
(51 days) |
8 | Gujarat High Court
(list) | Gujarat | Vikram Nath | 10 September 2019
(78 days) |
9 | Himachal Pradesh High Court | Himachal Pradesh | Lingappa Narayana Swamy | 6 October 2019
(52 days) |
10 | Jammu and Kashmir High Court | Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh | Gita Mittal | 11 August 2018
(1 year, 108 days) |
11 | Jharkhand High Court | Jharkhand | Ravi Ranjan | 17 November 2019
(10 days) |
12 | Karnataka High Court | Karnataka | Abhay Shreeniwas Oka | 10 May 2019
(201 days) |
13 | Kerala High Court | Kerala, Lakshadweep | S. Manikumar | 11 October 2019
(47 days) |
14 | Madhya Pradesh High Court | Madhya Pradesh | Ajay Kumar Mittal | 3 November 2019
(24 days) |
15 | Madras High Court | Puducherry, Tamil Nadu | Amreshwar Pratap Sahi | 11 November 2019
(16 days) |
16 | Manipur High Court | Manipur | Ramalingam Sudhakar | 18 May 2018
(1 year, 193 days) |
17 | Meghalaya High Court | Meghalaya | Mohammad Rafiq | 13 November 2019
(14 days) |
18 | Orissa High Court | Odisha | Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri | 12 August 2018
(1 year, 107 days) |
19 | Patna High Court | Bihar | Sanjay Karol | 11 November 2019
(16 days) |
20 | Punjab and Haryana High Court | Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab | Ravi Shankar Jha | 6 October 2019
(52 days) |
21 | Rajasthan High Court | Rajasthan | Indrajit Mahanty | 6 October 2019
(52 days) |
22 | Sikkim High Court | Sikkim | Arup Kumar Goswami | 15 October 2019
(43 days) |
23 | Telangana High Court | Telangana | Raghvendra Singh Chauhan | 22 June 2019
(158 days) |
24 | Tripura High Court | Tripura | Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi | 16 November 2019
(11 days) |
25 | Uttarakhand High Court | Uttarakhand | Ramesh Ranganathan | 2 November 2018
(1 year, 25 days) |
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