List of chief justices of the Bombay High Court

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
since 29 July 2023
Bombay High Court
AbbreviationCJ Bombay
SeatBombay
NominatorCollegium of the Supreme Court of India
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthtill the age of 62 yrs[1]
Constituting instrumentConstitution of India (under Article 124)
Formation1862; 162 years ago (1862)
First holderJustice Matthew Richard Sausse (1862-1866)
Salary₹250,000 (US$3,000) (per month)[2]
Websitehttp://www.bombayhighcourt.nic.in/

This is a list of chief justices of the Bombay High Court. See List of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay for previous chief justices.

List of chief justices

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# Chief Justice Tenure Governor

(Oathed by)

Start Finish
1 Sir Mathew Richard Sausse 1862 1866
2 Sir Richard Couch 1866 1870
3 Sir Michael Roberts Westropp 1870 1882
4 Sir Charles Sargent 1882 1895
5 Sir Charles Frederick Farran 1895 1898
6 Sir Louis Addin Kershaw 1898 1899
7 Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins 1899 1908
8 Sir Basil Scott 1908 1919
9 Sir Norman Cranstoun Macleod 1919 1926
10 Sir Amberson Barrington Marten 1926 1930
11 Sir John William Fisher Beaumont 1930 1943
12 Sir Leonard Stone 1943 1947 John Colville
After Independence
12 Sir Leonard Stone 1947 1948 John Colville
13 Mahommedali Currim Chagla 1948 1958 Raja Sir Maharaj Singh
14 Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani 1958 1965 Sri Prakasa
15 Yeshwant Shripad Tambe 1965 4 February 1966
5 February 1966 31 July 1966 Dr P V Cherian
16 Sohrab Peshotan Kotval 1 August 1966 26 September 1972
17 K. Kalyandas Desai 27 September 1972 26 October 1972
18 Ramanlal Maneklal Kantawala 27 October 1972 5 October 1978 Ali Yavar Jung
19 B. N. Deshmukh 6 October 1978 18 November 1980 Sri Sadiq Ali
20 Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande 19 November 1980 11 January 1981 -
12 January 1981 11 August 1982 O P Mehra
21 Dinshah Pirosha Madon 12 August 1982 30 August 1982 -
31 August 1982 14 March 1983 Idris Hasan Latif
22 Madhukar Narhar Chandurkar 15 March 1983 14 March 1984
23 Konda Madhava Reddy 8 April 1984 21 October 1985
24 Madhukar Hiralal Kania 23 June 1986 1 May 1987 Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
25 Chittatosh Mookerjee 2 November 1987 31 December 1990
25 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai 7 January 1991 13 December 1992 Dr. C Subramaniam
26 Manoj Kumar Mukherjee 9 January 1993 14 December 1993
27 Sujata Manohar 15 January 1994 7 November 1994 Dr. P.C. Alexander
28 Anandamoy Bhattacharjee 21 April 1994 1 April 1995
29 Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah 2 August 1995 9 December 1998
30 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 3 February 1999 28 January 2000
31 Bisheshwar Prasad Singh 31 March 2000 14 December 2001
32 Chunilal Karsandas Thakker 31 December 2001 7 June 2004
33 Dalveer Bhandari 25 July 2004 27 October 2005 Mohammed Fazal
34 Kshitij R. Vyas 25 February 2006 18 July 2006 S.M. Krishna
35 Harjit Singh Bedi 3 October 2006 12 January 2007
36 Swatanter Kumar 31 March 2007 30 December 2009
37 Anil Ramesh Dave 11 February 2010 29 April 2010 Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
38 Mohit Shantilal Shah 26 June 2010 8 September 2015
39 Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela 15 February 2016 10 August 2016 Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
40 Manjula Chellur 22 August 2016 4 December 2017
41 Vijaya Tahilramani 5 December 2017 12 August 2018 -
42 Naresh Harishchandra Patil 13 August 2018 28 October 2018
29 October 2018 6 April 2019 Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
43 Pradeep Nandrajog 7 April 2019 23 February 2020
44 B. P. Dharmadhikari 24 February 2020 19 March 2020
20 March 2020 27 April 2020 Bhagat Singh Koshyari
45 Dipankar Datta 28 April 2020 11 December 2022
46 Ramesh Devkinandan Dhanuka 28 May 2023 30 May 2023
      • सर्वात कमी कार्यकाळ ३दिवस***
 Ramesh Bais
Act CJ Nitin Jamdar 30 May 2023 28 July 2023 Ramesh Bais
47 Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya 29 July 2023 Present Ramesh Bais

References

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  1. ^ "Supreme Court of India - CJI & Sitting Judges". Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Supreme Court, High Court judges get nearly 200% salary hike". The Hindustan Times. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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