List of Chief Justices of India

S No.NameOffice Tenure
1.Harilal J. Kania26 January 1950 — 6 November 1951
2.M. Patanjali Sastri7 November 1951 — 3 January 1954
3.Mehar Chand Mahajan4 January 1954 — 22 December 1954
4.B. K. Mukherjea23 December 1954 — 31 January 1956
5.S. R. Das1 February 1956 — 30 September 1959
6.Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha1 October 1959 — 31 January 1964
7.P. B. Gajendragadkar1 February 1964 — 15 March 1966
8.A. K. Sarkar16 March 1966 — 29 June 1966
9.K. Subba Rao30 June 1966 — 11 April 1967
10.K. N. Wanchoo12 April 1967 — 24 February 1968
11.M. Hidayatullah25 February 1968 — 16 December 1970
12.J. C. Shah17 December 1970 — 21 January 1971
13.S. M. Sikri22 January 1971 — 25 April 1973
14.A. N. Ray26 April 1973 — 27 January 1977
15.M. H. Beg28 January 1977 — 21 February 1978
16.Y. V. Chandrachud22 February 1978 — 11 July 1985
17.Prafullachandra Natvarlal Bhagwati12 July 1985 — 20 December 1986
18.R. S. Pathak21 December 1986 — 18 June 1989
19.E. S. Venkataramiah19 June 1989 — 17 December 1989
20.S. Mukharjee18 December 1989 — 25 September 1990
21.Ranganath Mishra26 September 1990 — 24 November 1991
22.K. N. Singh25 November 1991 — 12 December 1991
23.M. H. Kania13 December 1991 — 17 November 1992
24.L. M. Sharma18 November 1992 — 11 February 1993
25.M. N. Venkatachaliah12 February 1993 — 24 October 1994
26.A. M. Ahmadi25 October 1994 — 24 March 1997
27.J. S. Verma25 March 1997 — 17 January 1998
28.M. M. Punchhi18 January 1998 — 9 October 1998
29.A. S. Anand10 October 1998  —  11 January 2001
30.Sam Piroj Bharucha11 January 2001  —  06 May 2002
31.B. N. Kripal06 May 2002  —  08 November 2002
32.G. B Pattanaik08 November 2002  —  19 December 2002
33.V. N. Khare19 December 2002  —  02 May 2004
34.S. Rajendra Babu02 May 2004  —  01 June 2004
35.R. C. Lahoti01 June 2004  —  01 November 2005
36.Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal01 November 2005  —  13 January 2007
37.K. G. Balakrishnan14 January 2007  —  11 May 2010
38.S. H. Kapadia12 May, 2010  —  till date

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