Chief Justice of India

 

No.ImageName
(birth–death)		Period of officeLength of termBarAppointed by

(Governor-General of India)

1Sir Maurice Gwyer 1940 (cropped).jpgSir Maurice Linford Gwyer
(1878–1952)		1 October 193725 April 1943‡5 years, 206 daysInner TempleThe Marquess of Linlithgow
ActingSir Srinivas Varadachariar25 April 19437 June 194343 daysMadras High Court
2Sir William Patrick Spens
(1885–1973)		7 June 194314 August 19474 years, 68 daysInner Temple
3Justice H. J. Kania.jpgSir Harilal Jekisundas Kania
(1890–1951)		14 August 194726 January 19502 years, 165 daysBombay High CourtThe Viscount Mountbatten of Burma

List of Chief Justices of India

Supreme Court of India (1950–present)

Since the birth of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 47 judges have served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI). H. J. Kania was the inaugural CJI. The current incumbent is N. V. Ramana who took office of Chief Justice of India on 24 April 2021.

No.ImageName
(birth–death)		Period of officeLength of termBarAppointed by

(President of India)

1Justice H. J. Kania.jpgHarilal Jekisundas Kania
(1890–1951)		26 January 19506 November 1951†1 year, 284 daysBombay High CourtRajendra Prasad
2Justice M. Patanjali Sastri.jpgMandakolathur Patanjali Sastri
(1889–1963)		7 November 19513 January 19542 years, 57 daysMadras High Court
3Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan.jpgMehr Chand Mahajan
(1889–1967)		4 January 195422 December 1954352 daysLahore High Court
4Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea.jpgBijan Kumar Mukherjea
(1891–1956)		23 December 195431 January 1956‡1 year, 39 daysCalcutta High Court
5Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das.jpgSudhi Ranjan Das
(1894–1977)		1 February 195630 September 19593 years, 241 daysCalcutta High Court
6Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha.jpgBhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
(1899–1986)		1 October 195931 January 19644 years, 122 daysPatna High Court
7Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar.jpgPralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar
(1901–1981)		1 February 196415 March 19662 years, 42 daysBombay High CourtSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
8Justice A.K. Sarkar.jpgAmal Kumar Sarkar
(1901–2001)		16 March 196629 June 1966105 daysCalcutta High Court
9Justice K. Subba Rao.jpgKoka Subba Rao
(1902–1976)		30 June 196611 April 1967‡285 daysMadras High Court
10Justice K.N. Wanchoo.jpgKailas Nath Wanchoo
(1903–1988)		12 April 196724 February 1968318 daysAllahabad High Court
11Justice M. Hidayatullah.jpgMohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992)		25 February 196816 December 19702 years, 294 daysBombay High CourtZakir Husain
12Justice J.C. Shah.jpgJayantilal Chhotalal Shah
(1906–1991)		17 December 197021 January 197135 daysBombay High CourtV. V. Giri
13Justice S.M. Sikri.jpgSarv Mittra Sikri
(1908–1992)		22 January 197125 April 19732 years, 93 daysLahore High Court
14Justice A.N. Ray.jpgAjit Nath Ray
(1912–2009)		26 April 197327 January 19773 years, 276 daysCalcutta High Court
15Justice M. Hameedullah Beg.jpgMirza Hameedullah Beg
(1913–1988)		29 January 197721 February 19781 year, 24 daysAllahabad High CourtFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
16Justice Y.V. Chandrachud.jpgYeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
(1920–2008)		22 February 197811 July 19857 years, 139 daysBombay High CourtNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
17Justice P.N. Bhagwati.jpgPrafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
(1921–2017)		12 July 198520 December 19861 year, 161 daysGujarat High CourtZail Singh
18Justice R.S. Pathak.jpgRaghunandan Swarup Pathak
(1924–2007)		21 December 198618 June 1989‡2 years, 209 daysAllahabad High Court
19Justice E.S. Venkataramiah.jpgE. S. Venkataramiah
(1924–1997)		19 June 198917 December 1989181 daysKarnataka High CourtRamaswamy Venkataraman
20Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee.jpgSabyasachi Mukharji
(1927–1990)		18 December 198925 September 1990†281 daysCalcutta High Court
21Justice Ranganath Misra.jpgRanganath Misra
(1926–2012)		26 September 199024 November 19911 year, 59 daysOrissa High Court
22Justice K.N. Singh.jpgKamal Narain Singh
(1926–)		25 November 199112 December 199117 daysAllahabad High Court
23Justice M.H. Kania.jpgMadhukar Harilal Kania
(1927–2016)		13 December 199117 November 1992340 daysBombay High Court
24Justice L.M. Sharma.jpgLalit Mohan Sharma
(1928–2008)		18 November 199211 February 199385 daysPatna High CourtShankar Dayal Sharma
25Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah.jpgM. N. Rao Venkatachaliah
(1929–)		12 February 199324 October 19941 year, 254 daysKarnataka High Court
26Justice A.M. Ahmadi.jpgAziz Mushabber Ahmadi
(1932–)		25 October 199424 March 19972 years, 150 daysGujarat High Court
27Justice J.S. Verma.jpgJagdish Sharan Verma
(1933–2013)		25 March 199717 January 1998298 daysMadhya Pradesh High Court
28Justice M.M. Punchhi.jpgMadan Mohan Punchhi
(1933–2015)		18 January 19989 October 1998264 daysPunjab and Haryana High CourtK. R. Narayanan
29Justice A.S. Anand.jpgAdarsh Sein Anand
(1936–2017)		10 October 199831 October 20013 years, 21 daysJammu and Kashmir High Court
30Justice S.P. Bharucha.jpgSam Piroj Bharucha
(1937–)		1 November 20015 May 2002185 daysBombay High Court
31Justice B.N. Kirpal.jpgBhupinder Nath Kirpal
(1937–)		6 May 20027 November 2002185 daysDelhi High Court
32Justice G.B. Pattanaik.jpgGopal Ballav Pattanaik
(1937–)		8 November 200218 December 200240 daysOrissa High CourtA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
33Justice V.N. Khare.jpgVishweshwar Nath Khare
(1939–)		19 December 20021 May 20041 year, 134 daysAllahabad High Court
34Justice S. Rajendra Babu, Judge of the Supreme Court of India who will take over as Chief Justice of India on May 2, 2004 as the Chief Justice of India.jpgS. Rajendra Babu
(1939–)		2 May 200431 May 200429 daysKarnataka High Court
35Chief Justice of India Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti at his swearing-in ceremony (cropped).jpgRamesh Chandra Lahoti
(1940–)		1 June 200431 October 20051 year, 152 daysMadhya Pradesh High Court
36Justice Y.K. Sabharwal.jpgYogesh Kumar Sabharwal
(1942–2015)		1 November 200513 January 20071 year, 73 daysDelhi High Court
37K. G. Balakrishnan.jpgK. G. Balakrishnan
(1945–)		14 January 200712 May 20103 years, 118 daysKerala High Court
38Justice S.H. Kapadia.jpgSarosh Homi Kapadia
(1947–2016)		12 May 201028 September 20122 years, 139 daysBombay High CourtPratibha Patil
39Justice Altamas Kabir.jpgAltamas Kabir
(1948–2017)		29 September 201218 July 2013292 daysCalcutta High CourtPranab Mukherjee
40Justice P. Sathasivam.jpgP. Sathasivam
(1949–)		19 July 201326 April 2014281 daysMadras High Court
41Justice R. M. Lodha.jpgRajendra Mal Lodha
(1949–)		27 April 201427 September 2014153 daysRajasthan High Court
42Justice H. L. Dattu BNC.jpgHandyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu
(1950–)		28 September 20142 December 20151 year, 65 daysKarnataka High Court
43Justice T. S. Thakur.jpgTirath Singh Thakur
(1952–)		3 December 20153 January 20171 year, 31 daysJammu and Kashmir High Court
44Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar (cropped).jpgJagdish Singh Khehar
(1952–)		4 January 201727 August 2017235 daysPunjab and Haryana High Court
45The Chief Justice of India, Justice Shri Dipak Misra during the 24th Foundation Day Function of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in New Delhi on October 12, 2017 (cropped).jpgDipak Misra
(1953–)		28 August 20172 October 20181 year, 35 daysOrissa High CourtRam Nath Kovind
46Hon'ble Justice Ranjan Gogoi.jpgRanjan Gogoi
(1954–)		3 October 201817 November 20191 year, 45 daysGuwahati High Court
47Hon'ble Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.jpgSharad Arvind Bobde
(1956–)		18 November 2019[4]23 April 20211 year, 156 daysBombay High Court
48Justice N.V. Ramana.jpgNuthalapati Venkata Ramana
(1957–)		24 April 2021Incumbent221 daysAndhra Pradesh High Court

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