This Article is a consolidated list of former chief justices of all high courts of India. This list includes only permanent Chief Justices.
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad established on has have the maximum number of chief justices totalling 51 while Andhra Pradesh High Court established on has have least number of chief justices totaling 5 only as of .
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Chief Justices elevated to Supreme Court of India includes those who were elevated to supreme court at any point of their career.
Date of initial appointment - Date of first appointment as High court judge
CJ - Chief Justice
Allahabad High Court The Allahabad High Court was established on under Indian High Courts Act 1861 and has had 50 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial AppointmentRef.1Walter MorganCalcutta2Robert StuartBar --3William Comer PetheramBar --4John EdgeBar --5Louis Addin KershawBar --6Arthur StracheyBombay7John StanleyCalcutta8Henry George RichardsAllahabad9Edward Grimwood MearsBar --10Shah Muhammad SulaimanAllahabad11John Gibb ThomBar --12Iqbal AhmadAllahabad13Kamalkanta VermaAllahabad14Bidhu Bhushan MalikAllahabad15Orby Howell MoothamAllahabad16Manulal Chunilal DesaiAllahabad17Vashishtha BhargavaAllahabad18Mirza Nasirullah BegAllahabadhttps://www.indianculture.gov.in/archives/short-notice-question-no-7-sshri-nrm-swamy-and-shri-nand-kishore-bhatt-regarding19Vidyadhar Govind OakAllahabad20Shashi Kanta VermaAllahabad21Dhatri Saran MathurAllahabad22Kunwar Bahadur AsthanaAllahabad23Deshmudre Mallappa ChandrashekharKarnataka24Satish ChandraAllahabad25Mahesh Narain ShuklaAllahabad26Hridai Narain SethAllahabad27Kalmanje Jagannatha ShettyKarnataka28Dwarka Nath JhaAllahabad29Amitav BanerjiAllahabad30Brahma Nath KatjuAllahabad31Benjaram Pranaya Jeevan ReddyAndhra Pradesh32Manoj Kumar MukherjeeCalcutta33Sarvinder Singh SodhiPunjab & Haryana34Ambati Lakshman RaoAndhra Pradesh35Deba Priya MohapatraOrissa36Nirendra Krishna MitraCalcutta37Shyamal Kumar SenCalcutta38Tarun ChatterjeeCalcutta39Ajoy Nath RayCalcutta40Hemant Laxman GokhaleBombay41Chandramauli Kumar PrasadPatna42Ferdino Inacio RebelloBombay43Syed Rafat AlamPatna44Shiva Kirti SinghPatna45Dhananjaya Yeshwant ChandrachudBombay46Dilip Babasaheb BhosaleBombay47Govind MathurRajasthan48Sanjay YadavMadhya Pradesh49Rajesh BindalPunjab & Haryana50Pritinker DiwakerChhattisgarh
Andhra Pradesh High Court The Andhra Pradesh High Court was established on under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and has had 4 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial Appointment1Jitendra Kumar MaheshwariMadhya Pradesh2Arup Kumar GoswamiGauhati3Prashant Kumar MishraChhattisgarh4Dhiraj Singh ThakurJammu & Kashmir
Bombay High Court The Bombay High Court was established on under the Indian High Courts Act 1861 and has had 49 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial AppointmentRef.1Matthew Richard SausseBar --2Richard CouchBombay3Michael Roberts WestroppBombay4Charles SargentBombay5Charles Frederick FarranBombay6Louis Addin KershawBar --7Lawrence Hugh JenkinsCalcutta8Basil ScottBar --9Norman Cranstoun MacleodBombay10Amberson Barrington MartenBombay11John William Fisher BeaumontBar --12Leonard StoneBar --13Mahommedali Currim ChaglaBombay14Hashmatrai Khubchand ChainaniBombay15Yeshwant Shripad TambeNagpur16Sohrab Peshotan KotvalNagpur17Kapil Kalyandas DesaiBombay18Ramanlal Maneklal KantawalaBombay19Balkrishna Narhar DeshmukhBombay20Venkat Shrinivas DeshpandeBombay21Dinshah Pirosha MadonBombay22Madhukar Narhar ChandurkarBombay23Konda Madhava ReddyAndhra Pradesh24Madhukar Hiralal KaniaBombay25Chittatosh MookerjeeCalcutta26Prabodh Dinkarrao DesaiGujarat27Manoj Kumar MukherjeeCalcutta28Sujata ManoharBombay29Anandamoy BhattacharjeeSikkim30Manharlal Bhikhalal ShahGujarat31Yogesh Kumar SabharwalDelhi32Bisheshwar Prasad SinghPatna33Chunilal Karsandas ThakkerGujarat34Dalveer BhandariDelhi35Kshitij Rameshbhai VyasGujarat36Harjit Singh BediPunjab & Haryana37Swatanter KumarDelhi38Anil Ramesh DaveGujarat39Mohit Shantilal ShahGujarat40Dhirendra Hiralal WaghelaGujarat41Manjula ChellurKarnataka42Naresh Harishchandra PatilBombay43Pradeep NandrajogDelhi44Bhushan Pradyumna DharmadhikariBombay45Dipankar DattaCalcutta46Ramesh Deokinandan DhanukaBombay47Devendra Kumar UpadhyayaAllahabad48Alok AradheMadhya Pradesh49Shree ChandrashekharJharkhand
Calcutta High Court The Calcutta High Court was established on under the Indian High Courts Act 1861 and has had 44 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial AppointmentRef.1Barnes PeacockBar --2Richard CouchBombay3Richard GarthBar --4William Comer PetheramBar --5Francis William MacleanBar --6Lawrence Hugh JenkinsCalcutta7Lancelot SandersonBar --8George Claus RankinCalcutta9Harold DerbyshireBar --10Arthur Trevor HarriesAllahabad11Phani Bhusan ChakravarttiCalcutta12Kulada Charan Das GuptaCalcutta13Surajit Chandra LahiriCalcutta14Himansu Kumar BoseCalcutta15Deep Narayan SinhaCalcutta16Prasanta Bihari MukharjiCalcutta17Sankar Prasad MitraCalcutta18Amarendra Nath SenCalcutta19Sambhu Chandra GhoseCalcutta20Samarendra Chandra DebCalcutta21Satish ChandraAllahabad22Anil Kumar SenCalcutta23Chittatosh MookerjeeCalcutta24Debi Singh TewatiaPunjab & Haryana25Prabodh Dinkarrao DesaiGujarat26Nagendra Prasad SinghPatna27Anandamoy BhattacharjeeSikkim28Krishna Chandra AgarwalAllahabad29Vishweshwar Nath KhareAllahabad30Prabha Shankar MishraPatna31Ashok Kumar MathurRajasthan32Vikas Sridhar SirpurkarBombay33Surinder Singh NijjarPunjab & Haryana34Mohit Shantilal ShahGujarat35Jai Narayan PatelBombay36Arun MishraMadhya Pradesh37Manjula ChellurKarnataka38Girish Chandra GuptaCalcutta39Jyotirmay BhattacharyaCalcutta40Debasish Kar GuptaCalcutta41Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair RadhakrishnanKerala42Prakash ShrivastavaMadhya Pradesh43Tirunelveli Subbiah SivagnanamMadras44Sujoy PaulMadhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh High Court The Chhattisgarh High Court was established on under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 and has had 15 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial Appointment1Wungazan Awungshi ShishakGauhati2Korategere Hanumanthayya Narasimha KurangaKarnataka3Ayyampalayam Somasundaram Venkatachala MoorthyMadras 4Ananga Kumar PatnaikOrissa5Subray Rama NayakKarnataka 6Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy DattuKarnataka7Rajeev GuptaMadhya Pradesh 8Yatindra SinghAllahabad9Navin SinhaPatna10Deepak GuptaHimachal Pradesh11Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair RadhakrishnanKerala 12Ajay Kumar TripathiPatna13Parappillil Ramakrishnan Nair Ramachandra MenonKerala 14Arup Kumar GoswamiGauhati15Ramesh SinhaAllahabad
Delhi High Court The Delhi High Court was established on under Delhi High Court Act, 1966 and has had 34 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial Appointment1Kowdoor Sadananda HegdeKarnataka2Inder Dev DuaPunjab & Haryana3Hans Raj KhannaPunjab & Haryana4Hardayal HardyDelhi 5Narain AndleyDelhi6Tirumala Venkata Ranga TatachariDelhi7Vasant Shamrao DeshpandeDelhi8Prakash NarainDelhi9Rajinder SacharDelhi 10Dalip Kumar KapurDelhi11Tejinder Pal Singh ChawlaDelhi 12Rajendra Nath AggarwalDelhi13Yogeshwar DayalDelhi14Rabindranath PyneCalcutta15Milap Chand JainRajasthan16Gokal Chand MittalPunjab & Haryana 17Mamidanna Jagannadha RaoAndhra Pradesh18Ajay Prakash MisraAllahabad19Sam Nariman VariavaBombay20Arijit PasayatOrissa21Satyabrata SinhaPatna22Babulal Chandulal PatelGujarat23Markandey KatjuAllahabad24Mukundakam SharmaGauhati25Ajit Prakash ShahBombay26Dipak MisraOrissa27Darmar MurugesanMadras28Nuthalapati Venkata RamanaAndhra Pradesh29Gorla RohiniAndhra Pradesh30Rajendra MenonMadhya Pradesh31Dhirubhai Naranbhai PatelGujarat32Satish Chandra SharmaMadhya Pradesh33ManmohanDelhi34Devendra Kumar UpadhyayaAllahabad
Gauhati High Court The Gauhati High Court was established on under the Government of India Act 1935 and has had 42 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial Appointment1Ronald Francis LodgeCalcutta2Thakurdas Vasanmal ThadaniGauhati3Sarjoo PrasadPatna 4Chandreswar Prasad SinhaPatna5Holiram DekaGauhati6Gopalji MehrotraAllahabad7Canakapalli Sanjeevrow NayuduAndhra Pradesh 8Sarat Kumar DuttaGauhati9Parbati Kumar GoswamiGauhati10Mahendra Chandra PathakGauhati11Mahadevayya Sadanand SwamiKarnataka12Chand Mal LodhaRajasthan13Baharul IslamGauhati14Dambarudhar PathakGauhati15Tribeni Sahai MisraAllahabad16Palem Chennakesava ReddyAndhra Pradesh17Kiranmoy LahiriGauhati18Khagendra Nath SaikiaGauhati19Guman Mal LodhaRajasthan20Anisetti RaghuvirAndhra Pradesh21Ullal Lakshminarayana BhatKerala22Rajkumar Manisana SinghGauhati23Viney Krishna KhannaAllahabad24Muniyallapa RamakrishnaKarnataka25Brijesh KumarAllahabad26Naresh Chandra JainPunjab & Haryana27Ravinder Singh MongiaPunjab & Haryana28Prakash Prabhakar NaolekarMadhya Pradesh29Binod Kumar RoyPatna30Buchireddy Sudershan ReddyAndhra Pradesh31Jasti ChelameswarAndhra Pradesh32Ramesh Surajmal GargMadhya Pradesh33Madan LokurDelhi34Adarsh Kumar GoelPunjab & Haryana35Abhay Manohar SapreMadhya Pradesh36Ajit SinghMadhya Pradesh37Ajjikuttira Somaiah BopannaKarnataka38Ajai LambaPunjab & Haryana39Sudhanshu DhuliaUttarakhand40Rashmin Manharbhai ChhayaGujarat41Sandeep MehtaRajasthan42Vijay BishnoiRajasthan
Gujarat High Court The Gujarat High Court was established on under the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960 and has had 28 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices
#NamePortraitDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureParent High CourtDate of initial Appointment1Sunderlal Trikamlal DesaiBombay2Kantilal Thakoredas DesaiBombay 3Jaishanker Manilal ShelatBombay4Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai MiabhoyBombay 5Prafullachandra Natwarlal BhagwatiGujarat6Bipinchandra Jivanlal DiwanGujarat7Seshareddi Obul ReddyAndhra Pradesh8Manharlal Pranlal ThakkarGujarat9Padmanabham Subramanian PotiKerala 10Puliyangudi Ramaiyapillai GokulakrishnanMadras11Ganendra Narayan RayCalcutta12Sundaram Nainar SundaramMadras13Bhupinder Nath KirpalDelhi14Gurudas Datta KamatBombay15Kumaran SreedharanKerala16Konakuppakattil Gopinathan BalakrishnanKerala17Devdatta Madhav DharmadhikariMadhya Pradesh18Daya Saran SinhaAllahabad19Bhawani SinghHimachal Pradesh20Yad Ram MeenaRajasthan21Kalavamkodath Sivasankara Panicker RadhakrishnanKerala22Sudhanshu Joshi MukhopadhayaPatna23Bhaskar BhattacharyaCalcutta24Ramayyagari Subhash ReddyAndhra Pradesh25Vikram NathAllahabad26Aravind KumarKarnataka27Sonia Giridhar GokaniGujarat28Sunita AgarwalAllahabad
Himachal Pradesh High Court The Himachal Pradesh High Court was established on under the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970 and has had 29 Chief Justices excluding Acting Chief Justices.
For Acting chief justices