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Joymalya Bagchi
Joymalya Bagchi (जॉयमाल्या बागची), Indian Supreme Court judge since 17 March 2025, formerly Calcutta High Court judge (2011–2025), argued against the Dwikhondito ban, in line to be Chief Justice of India in May 2031.
K. Chandru
Justice K. Chandru, retired Madras High Court judge and former CPI(M) labour lawyer, disposed of about 96,000 cases, inspired the film Jai Bhim, and led the 2023 Tamil Nadu anti-caste school commission.
K. T. Thomas (judge)
K. T. Thomas (Kallupurackal Thomas Thomas, born 1937), Indian Supreme Court judge 1996-2002 from Kerala, presided over the Rajiv Gandhi assassination death-sentence confirmations, later chaired Kerala's Law Reforms Commission, and received the Padma Bhushan (2007) and Padma Vibhushan (2026).
Lisa Gill
Justice Lisa Gill is an Indian judge, Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 25 April 2026 and its first woman Chief Justice, formerly a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court appointed 31 March 2014.
List of current Indian chief justices
Current Indian chief justices: CJI Surya Kant (sworn in 24 November 2025, retires 9 February 2027) and the Chief Justices of India's 25 High Courts, with the February 2026 Department of Justice list and 2026 appointment changes.
List of former chief justices of the high courts of India
Former chief justices of India's 25 high courts: judges who completed terms as high court heads under Article 217, retiring at 62 or leaving by elevation or transfer, with rosters kept per court.
Mahadev Govind Ranade (महादेव गोविंद रानडे)
Mahadev Govind Ranade (महादेव गोविंद रानडे, 1842–1901), Justice Ranade, Indian judge, economist, and social reformer of Pune; Prarthana Samaj leader, Sarvajanik Sabha head, Indian National Congress founder, mentor of Gokhale, founder of Indian Political Economy.
Manan Kumar Mishra
Manan Kumar Mishra is an Indian Senior Advocate who has chaired the Bar Council of India since 2012 and sits in the Rajya Sabha as a BJP member from Bihar.
N. V. Ramana (నూతలపాటి వెంకట రమణ)
N. V. Ramana (నూతలపాటి వెంకట రమణ), Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, Indian jurist and 48th Chief Justice of India, sworn in 24 April 2021, retired 26 August 2022; formerly Supreme Court judge from 2014 and Delhi High Court Chief Justice.
Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge
Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge (born 1966), Indian judge; 45th Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court sworn in 9 September 2026; formerly Acting Chief Justice and judge of the Bombay High Court from 2013.
S. A. Dharmadhikari
Sushrut Arvind (S.A.) Dharmadhikari (born 1966) is an Indian judge, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court since March 2026; former judge of the Kerala and Madhya Pradesh High Courts.
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma (born 1964), Indian High Court judge on the Rajasthan, Patna, and Punjab and Haryana High Courts; Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan from September 2025 to his retirement on 26 September 2026, amid a 2026 controversy with Supreme Court Justice Sandeep Mehta.
Sanjeev Sachdeva (संजीव सचदेवा)
Sanjeev Sachdeva (संजीव सचदेवा), Indian judge born 1964; Delhi High Court judge 2013-2024, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court from July 2025, elevated to the Supreme Court of India on 2 June 2026.
Sheel Nagu
Sheel Nagu, born 1965, is an Indian jurist on the Supreme Court of India since 2026, after serving as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Shree Chandrashekhar (श्री चंद्रशेखर)
Shree Chandrashekhar (श्री चंद्रशेखर), born 1965 in Ranchi, is a Supreme Court of India judge (since June 2026) formerly Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Jharkhand and Rajasthan High Courts.
V. Mohana
V. Mohana (Venkita Subramanian Mohana, born 1966), Indian Supreme Court judge elevated directly from the Bar on 2 June 2026, twelfth woman judge, second woman directly elevated, after decades as Senior Advocate.
Vibhu Bakhru
Vibhu Bakhru (born Nagpur, 1966), Indian judge; former chartered accountant and Delhi High Court judge (2013-2025), Acting Chief Justice of Delhi; Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court since 19 July 2025.
Vipul Pancholi
Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi, Supreme Court of India judge since 29 August 2025; former Chief Justice of Patna High Court and Gujarat High Court judge; elevated 4:1 over Justice Nagarathna's dissent; in line for CJI in October 2031.
Y. V. Chandrachud (यशवंत विष्णू चंद्रचूड)
Y. V. Chandrachud (यशवंत विष्णू चंद्रचूड), Chief Justice of India 1978–1985 and longest-serving CJI at 7 years 4 months; ADM Jabalpur majority judge, author of the Shah Bano judgment; father of CJI D.Y. Chandrachud.
Yashwant Varma
Justice Yashwant Varma (born 1969), judge of the Allahabad and Delhi High Courts, resigned in April 2026 after a parliamentary committee found all three charges proved in the March 2025 burnt-cash case at his Delhi residence.