# List of chief justices of the Gujarat High Court

The Chief Justice of Gujarat presides over the Gujarat High Court. They are not appointed by the President of India under warrant. The President is required to consult the Governor of Gujarat and the Chief Justice of India before making such appointment. The Governor of Gujarat administers the oath of office at time of appointment. The current Chief Justice of the High Court of Gujarat is Justice Sunita Agarwal.

## List of Chief justice of Gujarat

| # | Chief Justice | Took office | Took office |
| 1 | Sir William Syer | 1798 | Died 1802 |
| 2 | Sir James Mackintosh | 1803 | |
| 3 | Sir John Henry Newbolt | 1811 | |
| 4 | Sir Alexander Anstruther | 1812 | Died 1819 |
| 5 | Sir D. Evans | 1820 | Died 1821 |
| 6 | Sir Edward West | 1822 | Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1823 |
| 6 | Sir Edward West | 1823 | first year was in the Recorder's Court |
| 7 | Sir James Dewar | 1829 | |
| 8 | Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton | 1831 | |
| 9 | Sir John Wither Awdry | 1839 | |
| 10 | Sir Henry Roper | 1840 | |
| 11 | Sir David Pollock | 1846 | |
| 12 | Sir Thomas Erskine Perry | 1847 | |
| 13 | Sir William Yardley | 1852 | |
| 14 | Sir Matthew Richard Sausse | 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 | 1 May 1960 |
| # | Portrait | Chief Justice | Tenure | Tenure |
| | Portrait | Chief Justice | Start | End |
| 29 | | Sunderlal Trikamlal Desai | 1 May 1960 | 25 January 1961 |
| 30 | | Kantilal Thakoredas Desai | 26 January 1961 | 22 May 1963 |
| 31 | | Jaishanker Manilal Shelat | 31 May 1963 | 21 February 1966 |
| 32 | | Jaishanker Manilal Shelat | 21 February 1966 | 22 February 1966 |
| 33 | | Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy | 22 February 1966 | 24 February 1966 |
| 34 | | Nomanbhai Mahmedbhai Miabhoy | 21 February 1966 | 15 September 1967 |
| 35 | | P. N. Bhagwati | 15 September 1967 | 17 July 1973 |
| 36 | | Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan | 17 July 1973 | 1 July 1976 |
| 37 | | Seshareddi Obul Reddi | 1 July 1976 | 18 August 1977 |
| 38 | | Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan | 18 August 1977 | 20 August 1977 |
| 39 | | Seshareddi Obul Reddi | 20 August 1977 | 28 August 1977 |
| 40 | | Bipinchandra Jivanlal Diwan | 28 August 1977 | 19 August 1981 |
| 41 | | Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar | 20 August 1981 | 28 September 1983 |
| 42 | | Padmanabham Subramanian Poti | 28 September 1983 | 1 February 1985 |
| 43 | | Ganendra Narayan Ray | 1 February 1985 | 21 March 1985 |
| 44 | | Puliyangudi Ramaiyapillai Gokulakrishnan | 21 March 1985 | 12 August 1990 |
| 45 | | Ganendra Narayan Ray | 12 August 1990 | 15 June 1992 |
| 46 | | Sundaram Nainar Sundaram | 15 June 1992 | 14 December 1993 |
| 47 | | Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | 14 December 1993 | 1 July 1996 |
| 48 | | Gurudas Datta Kamat | 1 July 1996 | 4 January 1997 |
| 49 | | Kumaran Sreedharan | 4 January 1997 | 3 June 1998 |
| 50 | | Konakuppakattil Gopinathan Balakrishnan | 3 June 1998 | 7 September 1999 |
| 51 | | D M Dharmadhikari | 7 September 1999 | 17 March 2002 |
| 52 | | Daya Saran Sinha | 17 March 2002 | 18 March 2003 |
| 53 | | Bhawani Singh | 18 March 2003 | 27 March 2006 |
| 54 | | Y. R. Meena | 3 February 2006 | 30 June 2008 |
| 55 | | K S Panicker Radhakrishnan | 30 June 2008 | 16 November 2009 |
| 56 | | S J Mukhopadhaya | 16 November 2009 | 13 September 2011 |
| 57 | | Bhaskar Bhattacharya | 13 September 2011 | 28 September 2014 |
| 58 | | T. S. Thakur | 28 September 2014 | 28 September 2014 |
| 59 | | Bhaskar Bhattacharya | 28 September 2014 | 12 February 2016 |
| 60 | | R. Subhash Reddy | 12 February 2016 | 1 November 2018 |
| 61 | | Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (Acting) | 1 November 2018 | 1 November 2018 |
| 62 | | R. Subhash Reddy | 1 November 2018 | 2 November 2018 |
| 63 | | Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi (Acting) | 2 November 2018 | 14 November 2018 |
| 64 | | Anantkumar Surendraray Dave (Acting) | 15 November 2018 | 10 September 2019 |
| 65 | | Vikram Nath | 10 September 2019 | 30 August 2021 |
| 66 | | Vineet Kothari (Acting) | 31 August 2021 | 1 September 2021 |
| 67 | | Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya (Acting) | 2 September 2021 | 12 October 2021 |
| 68 | | Aravind Kumar | 13 October 2021 | 12 February 2023 |
| 69 | | Sonia Giridhar Gokani | 13 February 2023 | 25 February 2023 |
| 70 | | Ashish Jitendra Desai (acting) | 26 February 2023 | 21 July 2023 |
| 71 | | Sunita Agarwal | 23 July 2023 | Incumbent |