President Ramnath Kovind appoints Chief Justices to seven high courts. Those chief justices have been appointed to Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, Gauhati, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim High Courts.
| Name | High court |
| Lingappa Narayana Swamy | Himachal Pradesh High Court |
| Ravi ShankerJha | Punjab and Haryana High Court |
| Indrajit Mohanty | Rajasthan High Court |
| J.K. Maheshwari | Andhra Pradesh High Court |
| S. Manikumar | Kerala High Court |
| Arup K. Goswami | Sikkim High Court |
| Ajai Lamba | Gauhati High Court |
Four of the new Chief Justices would fill the vacancies left by Justices V. Ramasubramanian, Krishna Murari, S. Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy, who were elevated to the Supreme Court recently from the Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana, Rajasthan, and Kerala High Courts, respectively.
Source: The Hindu
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