List of All the Chief Justices of India

S.No. NAME DATE OF APPOINTMENT-HELD OFFICE TILL
1 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania 26/01/1950-06/11/1951
2 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri 7/11/1951 - 3/1/1954
3 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan 4/1/1954-22/12/1954
4 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 23/12/1954-31/01/1956
5 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das 1/2/1956-30/09/1959
6 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha 1/10/1959-31/01/1964
7 Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar 1/2/1964-15/03/1966
8 Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar 16/03/1966-29/06/1966
9 Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao 30/06/1966 11/04/1967
10 Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo 12/4/1967-24/02/1968
11 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah 25/02/1968-16/12/1970
12 Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.C. Shah 17/12/1970-21/01/1971
13 Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri 22/01/1971-25/04/1973
14 Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.N. Ray 26/04/1973 28/01/1977
15 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg 29/01/1977-21/02/1978
16 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud 22/02/1978-11/7/1985
17 Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati 12/7/1985-20/12/1986
18 Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak 21/12/1986-18/06/1989
19 Hon’ble Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah 19/06/1989-17/12/1989
20 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee 18/12/1989-25/09/1990
21 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra 25/09/1990-24/11/1991
22 Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.N. Singh 25/11/1991-12/12/1991
23 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.H. Kania 13/12/1991-17/11/1992
24 Hon’ble Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma 18/11/1992-11/2/1993
25 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah 12/2/1993-24/10/1994
26 Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi 25/10/1994-24/03/1997
27 Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Verma 25/03/1997-17/01/1998
28 Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi 18/01/1998-9/10/1998
29 Hon’ble Dr. Justice A.S. Anand 10/10/1998-31/10/2001
30 Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha 1/11/2001-5/5/2002
31 Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal 6/5/2002-7/11/2002
32 Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik 8/11/2002-18/12/2002
33 Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.N. Khare 19/12/2002-01/05/2004
34 Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu 2/5/2004-31/05/2004
35 Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti 1/6/2004-31/10/2005
36 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal 1/11/2005-13/01/2007
37 Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan 14/01/2007-11/5/2010
38 Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia 12/5/2010-28/09/2012
39 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir 29/09/2012-18/07/2013
40 Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam 19/07/2013-26/04/2014
41 Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. M. Lodha 27/04/2014-27/09/2014
42 Hon'ble Mr. Justice H.L. Dattu 28/09/2014-02/12/2015
43 Hon'ble Mr. T. S. Thakur 03/12/2015-03/01/2017
44 Hon'ble Mr. Jagdish Singh Khehar 04/01/2017-27/08/2017
45 Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra 28/08/2017-02/10/2018
46 Hon'ble Mr. Ranjan Gogoi 03/10/2018-17/11/2019
47 Hon'ble Mr. Sharad Arvind Bobde(incumbent) 18/11/2019-23/04/2021

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