CHIEF JUSTICES OF INDIA

Name Tenure
Harilal J. Kania ................................................................... 26 January 19506 November
1951
M. Patanjali Sastri .............................................................. 7 November 19513 January
1954
Mehar Chand Mahajan ..................................................... 4 January 195422 December
1954
B.K. Mukherjea .................................................................. 23 December 195431 January
1956
S.R. Das ............................................................................... 1 February 195630 September
1959
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha ........................................... 1 October 195931 January 1964
P.B. Gajendragadkar .......................................................... 1 February 196415 March 1966
A.K. Sarkar ......................................................................... 16 March 196629 June 1966
K. Subba Rao ...................................................................... 30 June 196611 April 1967
K.N. Wanchoo .................................................................... 12 April 196724 February 1968
M. Hidayatullah ................................................................ 25 February 196816 December
1970
I.C. Shah .............................................................................. 17 December 197021 January
1971
S.M. Sikri ............................................................................. 22 January 197125 April 1973
A.N. Ray ............................................................................. 26 April 197327 January 1977
M.H. Beg ............................................................................. 28 January 197721 February
1978
Y.V. Chandrachud .............................................................. 22 February 197811 July 1985
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Prafullachandra ................................................................. 12 July 198520 December 1986
Natvarlal Bhagwati
R.S. Pathak .......................................................................... 21 December 198618 June
1989
E.S. Venkataramaiah ......................................................... 19 June 198917 December 1989
S. Mukherjee ....................................................................... 18 December 198925
September 1990
Ranganath Mishra ............................................................. 26 September 199024 November
1991
K.N. Singh .......................................................................... 25 November 199112 December
1991
M.H. Kania ......................................................................... 13 December 199117 November
1992
I.M. Sharma ........................................................................ 18 November 199211 February
1993
M.N. Venkatachalaiah ...................................................... 12 February 199324 October
1994
A.M. Ahmadi ..................................................................... 25 October 199424 March 1997
J.S. Verma ............................................................................ 25 March 199717 January 1998
M.M. Punchhi ..................................................................... 18 January 19989 October 1998
A.S. Anand.......................................................................... 10 October 199831 October
2001
S.P. Bharucha ...................................................................... 1 November 20015 May 2002
B.N. Kirpal .......................................................................... 6 May 20027 November 2002

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G.B. Pattanaiak .................................................................. 8 November 200218 December
2002
V.N. Khare .......................................................................... 19 December 20021 May 2004
S. Rajendra Babu ................................................................ 02 May 200431 May 2004
R.C. Lahoti .......................................................................... 01 June 200431 October 2005
Y.K. Sabharwal ................................................................... 01 November 200531
December 2006
K.G. Balakrishnan.............................................................. 14 January 2007till date)