<P> 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 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chief Justice </Th> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Mathew Richard Sausse </Td> <Td> 1862 - 1866 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Richard Couch </Td> <Td> 1866 - 1870 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Michael Roberts Westropp </Td> <Td> 1870 - 1882 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Charles Sargent </Td> <Td> 1882 - 1895 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Charles Frederick Farran </Td> <Td> 1895 - 1898 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Louis Addin Kershaw </Td> <Td> 1898 - 1899 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins </Td> <Td> 1899 - 1908 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Basil Scott </Td> <Td> 1908 - 1919 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Norman Cranstoun Macleod </Td> <Td> 1919 - 1926 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Amberson Barrington Marten </Td> <Td> 1926 - 1930 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir John William Fisher Beaumont </Td> <Td> 1930 - 1943 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Leonard Stone </Td> <Td> 1943 - 1948 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mahommedali Currim Chagla </Td> <Td> 1948 - 1958 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani </Td> <Td> 1958 - 1965 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yeshwant Shripad Tambe </Td> <Td> 1965 - 1966 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sohrab Peshotan Kotval </Td> <Td> 1966 - 1972 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> K. Kalyandas Desai </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ramanlal Maneklal Kantawala </Td> <Td> 1972 - 1978 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> B.N. Deshmukh </Td> <Td> 1978 - 1980 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande </Td> <Td> 1980 - 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dinshah Pirosha Madon </Td> <Td> 1982 - 1983 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madhukar Narhar Chandurkar </Td> <Td> 1983 - 1984 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Konda Madhava Reddy </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1985 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madhukar Hiralal Kania </Td> <Td> 1985 - 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chittatosh Mookerjee </Td> <Td> 1987 - 1991 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai </Td> <Td> 1991 - 1992 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manoj Kumar Mukherjee </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sujata Vasant Manohar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anandamoy Bhattacharjee </Td> <Td> 1994 - 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah </Td> <Td> 1995 - 1998 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal </Td> <Td> 1999 - 2000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bisheshwar Prasad Singh </Td> <Td> 2000 - 2001 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chunilal Karsandas Thakker </Td> <Td> 2001 - 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dalveer Bhandari </Td> <Td> 24 July 2004 - 27 October 2005 </Td> <Td> Elevated to the Supreme Court of India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kshitij R. Vyas </Td> <Td> 2006 - 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harjit Singh Bedi </Td> <Td> 2006 - 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Swatanter Kumar </Td> <Td> 2007 - 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anil R. Dave </Td> <Td> 11 February 2010 - 29 April 2010 </Td> <Td> Elevated to the Supreme Court of India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mohit Shantilal Shah </Td> <Td> 2010 - 8 September 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani </Td> <Td> 2015 - 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela </Td> <Td> 15 February 2016 - 10 August 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manjula Chellur </Td> <Td> 22 August 2016 - 5 December 2017 </Td> <Td> Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani Acting CJ </Td> <Td> 6 December 2017 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Chief Justice </Th> <Th> Term </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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