General Knowledge / Chief Justice Of High Court

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the head of the judiciary of India and the Supreme Court of India. The CJI also heads their administrative functions.

As head of the supreme court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966, the Chief Justice allocates all work to the other judges who are bound to refer the matter back to him or her (for re-allocation) in any case where they require it to be looked into by a larger bench of more judges.

On the administrative side, the Chief Justice carries out the following functions: maintenance of the roster; appointment of court officials and general and miscellaneous matters relating to the supervision and functioning of the Supreme Court.

Court Chief Justice Jurisdiction Principal seat Bench(es)
Allahabad High Court Govind Mathur Uttar Pradesh Allahabad Lucknow
Andhra Pradesh High Court Chagari Praveen Kumar
(acting) 		Andhra Pradesh Amaravati —
Bombay High Court Pradeep Nandrajog Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Maharashtra Mumbai Aurangabad, Nagpur, Panaji
Calcutta High Court Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal Kolkata Port Blair
Jalpaiguri
Madras High Court Vijaya Tahilramani Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Chennai Madurai
Chhattisgarh High Court P. R. Ramachandra Menon Chhattisgarh Bilaspur —
Delhi High Court Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel National Capital Territory of Delhi New Delhi —
Gauhati High Court Arup Kumar Goswami ( acting ) Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland Guwahati Aizawl, Itanagar,Kohima
Gujarat High Court Anantkumar Surendraray Dave
(acting) 		Gujarat Ahmedabad —
Himachal Pradesh High Court Dharam Chand Chaudhary (acting) Himachal Pradesh Shimla —
Jammu and Kashmir High Court Gita Mittal Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar/Jammu —
Jharkhand High Court Prashant Kumar (acting ) Jharkhand Ranchi —
Karnataka High Court Abhay Shreeniwas Oka Karnataka Bangalore Dharwad, Gulbarga
Kerala High Court Hrishikesh Roy Kerala, Lakshadweep Kochi —
Madhya Pradesh High Court Sanjay Kumar Seth Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur Gwalior, Indore
Manipur High Court Ramalingam Sudhakar Manipur Imphal —
Meghalaya High Court Ajay Kumar Mittal Meghalaya Shillong —
Orissa High Court Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri Odisha Cuttack —
Patna High Court Amreshwar Pratap Sahi Bihar Patna —
Punjab and Haryana High Court Krishna Murari Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab Chandigarh —
Rajasthan High Court Shripathi Ravindra Bhat Rajasthan Jodhpur Jaipur
Sikkim High Court Vijay Kumar Bist Sikkim Gangtok —
Telangana High Court Raghvendra Singh Chauhan(acting) Telangana Hyderabad —
Tripura High Court Sanjay Karol Tripura Agartala —


High courts by states/union territories

state		 Court Principal seat Bench(es) Chief Justice
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Calcutta High Court — Port Blair Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan
Arunachal Pradesh Gauhati High Court — Itanagar Arup Kumar Goswami(acting)
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh High Court Amaravati — Chagari Praveen Kumar(acting)
Assam Gauhati High Court Guwahati — Arup Kumar Goswami(acting)
Bihar Patna High Court Patna — Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
Chandigarh Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh — Krishna Murari
Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur — P. R. Ramachandra Menon
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Bombay High Court Mumbai — Pradeep Nandrajog
Daman and Diu Bombay High Court Mumbai — Pradeep Nandrajog
National Capital Territory of Delhi Delhi High Court New Delhi — Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel
Goa Bombay High Court — Panaji Pradeep Nandrajog
Gujarat Gujarat High Court Ahmedabad — Anantkumar Surendraray Dave
Haryana Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh — Krishna Murari
Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh High Court Shimla — Dharam Chand Chaudhary(acting)
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir High Court Srinagar/Jammu — Gita Mittal
Jharkhand Jharkhand High Court Ranchi — Prashant Kumar
Karnataka Karnataka High Court Bangalore Dharwad and Gulbarga Abhay Shreeniwas Oka
Kerala Kerala High Court Kochi — Hrishikesh Roy
Lakshadweep Kerala High Court Kochi —
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh High Court Jabalpur Gwalior and Indore
Maharashtra Bombay High Court Mumbai Aurangabad and Nagpur
Manipur Manipur High Court Imphal — Ramalingam Sudhakar
Meghalaya Meghalaya High Court Shillong —
Mizoram Gauhati High Court — Aizawl
Nagaland Gauhati High Court — Kohima
Odisha Orissa High Court Cuttack —
Puducherry Madras High Court Chennai —
Punjab Punjab and Haryana High Court Chandigarh —
Rajasthan Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur Jaipur
Sikkim Sikkim High Court Gangtok —
Tamil Nadu Madras High Court Chennai Madurai
Telangana Telangana High Court Hyderabad —
Tripura Tripura High Court Agartala —
Uttar Pradesh Allahabad High Court Allahabad Lucknow
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand High Court Nainital —


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