After Central Government's notification issued on Saturday (September 5) notifying Chief Justices for eight high courts, all 25 high courts in the country will now function with permanent Chief Justices.

Previously, as of July, seven out of 25 High Courts in the country were functioning without a permanent Chief Justice with Acting Chief Justices heading these courts.

On Saturday the Centre notified the appointments of:

1. Delhi High Court judge Justice V. Kameswar Rao as Chief Justice of Patna High Court

2. Bombay High Court judge Justice Ravindra V Ghuge as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court

3. Chhattisgarh High Court judge Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High COurt

4. Allahabad High Court judge Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court

5. Punjab & Haryana High Court judge Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court

6. Orissa High Court judge Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court

7. Gujarat High Court judge Justice Alpesh Yeshvant Kogje as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court

8. Rajasthan High Court judge Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati as Chief Justice of J&K And Ladakh High Court

Four of seven vacancies arose after Justice Sheel Nagu (Punjab and Haryana HC), Justice Chandrashekhar (Bombay HC), Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva (Madhya Pradesh HC), and Justice Arun Palli (Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC) were elevated as the judges of the Supreme Court in June 2026.

Subsequently, Acting Chief Justices Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Ravindra Vithalrao Ghughe, Vivek Rusia and Sanjeev Kumar were appointed to the respective High Courts.

At the Rajasthan High Court, Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma has served as Acting Chief Justice since September 2025, following the retirement of former Chief Justice Kalpathi Rajendra Shriram.

Similarly, Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court after Justice Sujoy Paul's retirement on June 20, 2026, and Justice Sudhir Singh was appointed Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court following the retirement of Justice Meenakshi M. Rai on July 11, 2026.

Also, Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal was performing the duties of the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court pursuant to the retirement of outgoing Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha on September 4. Justice Agrawal has now been appointed as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.