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List of chief justices of the Bombay High Court

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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; 163 years ago (1862)
First holderJustice Matthew Richard Sausse (1862-1866)
Salary₹250,000 (US$2,900) (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

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# Picture Chief Justice Took office
1 Sir William Syer [3] 1798 Died 1802
2 Sir James Mackintosh[4] 1803
3 Sir John Henry Newbolt 1811
4 Sir Alexander Anstruther[4] 1812 Died 1819
5 Sir D. Evans[4] 1820 Died 1821
6 Sir Edward West[4] 1822 Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1823
6 Sir Edward West[5][6] 1823 first year was in the Recorder's Court
7 Sir James Dewar[5] 1829
8 Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton[5] 1831
9 Sir John Wither Awdry[5] 1839
10 Sir Henry Roper[5] 1840
11 Sir David Pollock[5] 1846
12 Sir Thomas Erskine Perry[5] 1847
13 Sir William Yardley[6] 1852
14 Sir Matthew Richard Sausse[6] 1859 became Bombay High Court Chief Judge in 1862
14 Sir Mathew Richard Sausse 1862 1866
15 Sir Richard Couch 1866 1870
16 Sir Michael Roberts Westropp 1870 1882
17 Sir Charles Sargent 1882 1895
18 Sir Charles Frederick Farran 1895 1898
19 Sir Louis Addin Kershaw 1898 1899
20 Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins 1899 1908
21 Sir Basil Scott 1908 1919
22 Sir Norman Cranstoun Macleod 1919 1926
23 Sir Amberson Barrington Marten 1926 1930
24 Sir John William Fisher Beaumont 1930 1943
25 Sir Leonard Stone 1943 1947
After Independence
26 Sir Leonard Stone 1947 1948
27 Mahommedali Currim Chagla 1948 1958
28 Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani 1958 1965
29 Yeshwant Shripad Tambe 1965 4 February 1966
5 February 1966 31 July 1966
30 Sohrab Peshotan Kotval 1 August 1966 26 September 1972
31 K. Kalyandas Desai 27 September 1972 26 October 1972
32 Ramanlal Maneklal Kantawala 27 October 1972 5 October 1978
33 B. N. Deshmukh 6 October 1978 18 November 1980
34 Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande 19 November 1980 11 January 1981
12 January 1981 11 August 1982
35 Dinshah Pirosha Madon 12 August 1982 30 August 1982
31 August 1982 14 March 1983
36 Madhukar Narhar Chandurkar 15 March 1983 14 March 1984
37 Konda Madhava Reddy 8 April 1984 21 October 1985
38 Madhukar Hiralal Kania 23 June 1986 1 May 1987
39 Chittatosh Mookerjee 2 November 1987 31 December 1990
40 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai 7 January 1991 13 December 1992
41 Manoj Kumar Mukherjee 9 January 1993 14 December 1993
42 Sujata Manohar 15 January 1994 7 November 1994
43 Anandamoy Bhattacharjee 21 April 1994 1 April 1995
44 Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah 2 August 1995 9 December 1998
45 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 3 February 1999 28 January 2000
46 Bisheshwar Prasad Singh 31 March 2000 14 December 2001
47 Chunilal Karsandas Thakker 31 December 2001 7 June 2004
48 Dalveer Bhandari 25 July 2004 27 October 2005
49 Kshitij R. Vyas 25 February 2006 18 July 2006
50 Harjit Singh Bedi 3 October 2006 12 January 2007
51 Swatanter Kumar 31 March 2007 30 December 2009
52 Anil Ramesh Dave 11 February 2010 29 April 2010
53 Mohit Shantilal Shah 26 June 2010 8 September 2015
54 Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela 15 February 2016 10 August 2016
55 Manjula Chellur 22 August 2016 4 December 2017
56 Vijaya Tahilramani 5 December 2017 12 August 2018
57 Naresh Harishchandra Patil 13 August 2018 28 October 2018
29 October 2018 6 April 2019
58 Pradeep Nandrajog 7 April 2019 23 February 2020
59 B. P. Dharmadhikari 24 February 2020 19 March 2020
20 March 2020 27 April 2020
60 Dipankar Datta 28 April 2020 11 December 2022
61 Ramesh Devkinandan Dhanuka 28 May 2023 30 May 2023
62 Nitin Jamdar 30 May 2023 28 July 2023
63 Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya 29 July 2023 Present

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.
  3. ^ The Asiatic annual register, or: View of the history of Hindustan ..., Volume 1
  4. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 31
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Joseph Haydn (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire. Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 272. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. ^ a b c J. HIGGINBOTHAM (1862). The Bombay Miscellany. p. 640. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
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