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.

List Bombay High Court was established on 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 . Sr. No.NameDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureRemarksPre Independence1Matthew Richard Sausse2Richard CouchTransferred to Calcutta as CJ3Michael Roberts Westropp4Charles Sargent5Charles Frederick Farran6Louis Addin Kershaw7Lawrence Hugh JenkinsTransferred to Calcutta as CJ8Basil Scott9Norman Cranstoun Macleod10Amberson Barrington Marten11John William Fisher BeaumontLongest serving CJ of Bombay 12Leonard StoneDuring his tenure India got IndependencePost Independence13Mahommedali Currim Chagla194814Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani196515Yeshwant Shripad Tambe16Sohrab Peshotan Kotval17K. Kalyandas Desai18Ramanlal Maneklal Kantawala19B. N. Deshmukh20Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande21Dinshah Pirosha MadonElevated to Supreme Court of India22Madhukar Narhar ChandurkarTransferred to Madras as CJ23Konda Madhava Reddy24Madhukar Hiralal KaniaLater served as 23rd Chief Justice of India25Chittatosh Mookerjee26Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai27Manoj Kumar MukherjeeElevated to Supreme Court of India28Sujata ManoharFirst Female CJ of Bombay Transferred to Kerala as CJ Later elevated to Supreme Court of India29Anandamoy Bhattacharjee30Manharlal Bhikhalal ShahElevated to Supreme Court of India31Yogesh Kumar SabharwalLater served as 36th Chief Justice of India32Bisheshwar Prasad SinghElevated to Supreme Court of India33Chunilal Karsandas ThakkerElevated to Supreme Court of India34Dalveer BhandariElevated to Supreme Court of India Later elected to International Court of Justice35Kshitij R. Vyas36Harjit Singh BediElevated to Supreme Court of India37Swatanter KumarElevated to Supreme Court of India38Anil Ramesh DaveElevated to Supreme Court of India39Mohit Shantilal Shah40Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela41Manjula Chellur42Naresh Harishchandra Patil43Pradeep Nandrajog44Bhushan Pradyumna Dharmadhikari45Dipankar DattaElevated to Supreme Court of India46Ramesh Deokinandan DhanukaShortest serving CJ of Bombay47Devendra Kumar UpadhyayaTransferred to Delhi as CJ References