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href="/wiki/Sanjiv_Khanna" title="Sanjiv Khanna">Sanjiv Khanna</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_Sanjiv_Khanna-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Justice_Sanjiv_Khanna-2.jpg/99px-Justice_Sanjiv_Khanna-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Justice_Sanjiv_Khanna-2.jpg/149px-Justice_Sanjiv_Khanna-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Justice_Sanjiv_Khanna-2.jpg/199px-Justice_Sanjiv_Khanna-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="308" data-file-height="427" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-11-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">11 November 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-05-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">13 May 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997833000000000000♠"></span>−167 days)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable defaultcenter col1left col2left" style="font-size: 90%"> <caption>Chief Justices of High Courts<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Court </th> <th scope="col">Jurisdiction </th> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Image </th> <th scope="col">Date of Appointment </th> <th scope="col">Date of Retirement </th> <th scope="col">Appointed By </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allahabad_High_Court" title="Allahabad High Court">Allahabad High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Arun_Bhansali" title="Arun Bhansali">Arun Bhansali</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-02-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">5 February 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002296000000000000♠"></span>296 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002029-10-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">14 October 2029</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2996821800000000000♠"></span>−4 years, 321 days)</small> </td> <td rowspan="21"><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_High_Court" title="Andhra Pradesh High Court">Andhra Pradesh High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Dhiraj_Singh_Thakur" title="Dhiraj Singh Thakur">Dhiraj Singh Thakur</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-07-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">28 July 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002488000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 122 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-04-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">24 April 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997487000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 148 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bombay_High_Court" title="Bombay High Court">Bombay High Court</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_the_Bombay_High_Court" title="List of chief justices of the Bombay High Court">list</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu">Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Devendra_Kumar_Upadhyaya" title="Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya">Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-07-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">29 July 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002487000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 121 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002027-06-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">15 June 2027</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997070000000000000♠"></span>−2 years, 200 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Calcutta_High_Court" title="Calcutta High Court">Calcutta High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar" class="mw-redirect" title="Andaman and Nicobar">Andaman and Nicobar</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/T._S._Sivagnanam" title="T. S. Sivagnanam">T. S. Sivagnanam</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-05-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">11 May 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002566000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 200 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-09-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">15 September 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997708000000000000♠"></span>−292 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh_High_Court" title="Chhattisgarh High Court">Chhattisgarh High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Sinha" title="Ramesh Sinha">Ramesh Sinha</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">29 March 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002609000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 243 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-09-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">4 September 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997354000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 281 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi_High_Court" title="Delhi High Court">Delhi High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_(judge)" title="Manmohan (judge)">Manmohan</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">29 September 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001590000000000000♠"></span>59 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-12-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">16 December 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2998810000000000000♠"></span>−19 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gauhati_High_Court" title="Gauhati High Court">Gauhati High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Bishnoi" title="Vijay Bishnoi">Vijay Bishnoi</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-02-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">5 February 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002296000000000000♠"></span>296 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-03-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 March 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997517000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 118 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_High_Court" title="Gujarat High Court">Gujarat High Court</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_the_Gujarat_High_Court" title="List of chief justices of the Gujarat High Court">list</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Agarwal" title="Sunita Agarwal">Sunita Agarwal</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-07-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">23 July 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002493000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 127 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002028-04-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">29 April 2028</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2996875100000000000♠"></span>−3 years, 154 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_High_Court" title="Himachal Pradesh High Court">Himachal Pradesh High Court</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_the_Himachal_Pradesh_High_Court" title="List of chief justices of the Himachal Pradesh High Court">list</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_Chauhan" title="Tarlok Singh Chauhan">Tarlok Singh Chauhan</a> <sup>†</sup> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 October 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001390000000000000♠"></span>39 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-01-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">8 January 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997593000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 42 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir_and_Ladakh" title="High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh">Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Tashi_Rabstan" title="Tashi Rabstan">Tashi Rabstan</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">27 September 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001610000000000000♠"></span>61 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-04-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">9 April 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997867000000000000♠"></span>−133 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_High_Court" title="Jharkhand High Court">Jharkhand High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/M._S._Ramachandra_Rao_(judge)" title="M. S. Ramachandra Rao (judge)">M. S. Ramachandra Rao</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 September 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001630000000000000♠"></span>63 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002028-08-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">6 August 2028</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2996865200000000000♠"></span>−3 years, 253 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_High_Court" title="Karnataka High Court">Karnataka High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nilay_Vipinchandra_Anjaria" title="Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria">Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-02-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 February 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002276000000000000♠"></span>276 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002027-03-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">22 March 2027</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997155000000000000♠"></span>−2 years, 115 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_High_Court" title="Kerala High Court">Kerala High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Madhukar_Jamdar" title="Nitin Madhukar Jamdar">Nitin Madhukar Jamdar</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">26 September 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001620000000000000♠"></span>62 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-01-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">9 January 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997592000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 43 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_High_Court" title="Madhya Pradesh High Court">Madhya Pradesh High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Kumar_Kait" title="Suresh Kumar Kait">Suresh Kumar Kait</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 September 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001630000000000000♠"></span>63 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-05-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">23 May 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997823000000000000♠"></span>−177 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madras_High_Court" title="Madras High Court">Madras High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Kalpathi_Rajendran_Shriram" title="Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram">Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">27 September 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001610000000000000♠"></span>61 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">27 September 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997696000000000000♠"></span>−304 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manipur_High_Court" title="Manipur High Court">Manipur High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/D._Krishnakumar" title="D. Krishnakumar">D. Krishnakumar</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-11-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">22 November 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠"></span>5 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-05-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">21 May 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997825000000000000♠"></span>−175 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_High_Court" title="Meghalaya High Court">Meghalaya High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Indra_Prasanna_Mukerji" title="Indra Prasanna Mukerji">Indra Prasanna Mukerji</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">3 October 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001550000000000000♠"></span>55 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-09-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">5 September 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997718000000000000♠"></span>−282 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Orissa_High_Court" title="Orissa High Court">Orissa High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Chakradhari_Sharan_Singh" title="Chakradhari Sharan Singh">Chakradhari Sharan Singh</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-02-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">7 February 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002294000000000000♠"></span>294 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-01-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">19 January 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2998470000000000000♠"></span>−53 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patna_High_Court" title="Patna High Court">Patna High Court</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_the_Patna_High_Court" title="List of chief justices of the Patna High Court">list</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/K._Vinod_Chandran" title="K. Vinod Chandran">K. Vinod Chandran</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Justice_K._Vinod_Chandran.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Justice_K._Vinod_Chandran.jpg/100px-Justice_K._Vinod_Chandran.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Justice_K._Vinod_Chandran.jpg/150px-Justice_K._Vinod_Chandran.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Justice_K._Vinod_Chandran.jpg/200px-Justice_K._Vinod_Chandran.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1480" data-file-height="2220" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-03-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">29 March 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002609000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 243 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-04-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">24 April 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997852000000000000♠"></span>−148 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab_and_Haryana_High_Court" title="Punjab and Haryana High Court">Punjab and Haryana High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Sheel_Nagu" title="Sheel Nagu">Sheel Nagu</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-07-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">9 July 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002141000000000000♠"></span>141 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-12-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">31 December 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997236000000000000♠"></span>−2 years, 34 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_High_Court" title="Rajasthan High Court">Rajasthan High Court</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_the_Rajasthan_High_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="List of chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court">list</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Manindra_Mohan_Shrivastava" title="Manindra Mohan Shrivastava">Manindra Mohan Shrivastava</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-02-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">6 February 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002295000000000000♠"></span>295 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-03-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">5 March 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997537000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 98 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_High_Court" title="Sikkim High Court">Sikkim High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Biswanath_Somadder" title="Biswanath Somadder">Biswanath Somadder</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pic_of_justice_Biswanath_Somadder.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Pic_of_justice_Biswanath_Somadder.jpg/100px-Pic_of_justice_Biswanath_Somadder.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Pic_of_justice_Biswanath_Somadder.jpg/150px-Pic_of_justice_Biswanath_Somadder.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Pic_of_justice_Biswanath_Somadder.jpg/200px-Pic_of_justice_Biswanath_Somadder.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1329" data-file-height="1757" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-10-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">12 October 2021</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7003114200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 46 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002025-12-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">14 December 2025</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997618000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 17 days)</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Telangana_High_Court" title="Telangana High Court">Telangana High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Alok_Aradhe" title="Alok Aradhe">Alok Aradhe</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-07-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">23 July 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002493000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 127 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002026-04-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">12 April 2026</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997499000000000000♠"></span>−1 year, 136 days)</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripura_High_Court" title="Tripura High Court">Tripura High Court</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Aparesh_Kumar_Singh" title="Aparesh Kumar Singh">Aparesh Kumar Singh</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-04-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">17 April 2023</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7002590000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 224 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002027-07-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">6 July 2027</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2997049000000000000♠"></span>−2 years, 221 days)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_High_Court" title="Uttarakhand High Court">Uttarakhand High Court</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_the_Uttarakhand_High_Court" title="List of chief justices of the Uttarakhand High Court">list</a>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> </td> <th>Manoj Kumar Tiwari <sup>†</sup> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image_available.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/100px-No_image_available.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/150px-No_image_available.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/No_image_available.svg/200px-No_image_available.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">11 October 2024</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="7001470000000000000♠"></span>47 days)</small> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002027-09-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">18 September 2027</span><br /><small>(<span data-sort-value="2996897500000000000♠"></span>−2 years, 295 days)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>†</sup> - acting Chief Justice </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_current_Indian_chief_justices&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_governors" title="List of current Indian governors">List of current Indian governors</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_lieutenant_governors_and_administrators" title="List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators">List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian chief ministers">List of current Indian chief ministers</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_deputy_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian deputy chief ministers">List of current Indian deputy chief ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_legislative_speakers_and_chairpersons" title="List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons">List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_opposition_leaders" title="List of current Indian opposition leaders">List of current Indian opposition leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_India" title="List of chief justices of India">List of chief justices of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sitting_judges_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_India" title="List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India">List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sitting_judges_of_High_Courts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sitting judges of High Courts of India">List of sitting judges of High Courts of India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_current_Indian_chief_justices&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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