List of Chief Justices of India

The Chief Justice of India is the highest ranking judge in the Supreme Court of India. Let us have a look on the list of Chief Justices of India.

Name	Date of Appointment as Supreme Court Judge	Date of Appointment as Chief Justice of India	Held Office Till
1. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania	26/01/1950	26/01/1950	06/11/1951
2. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri	26/01/1950	07/11/1951	03/01/1954
3. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan	26/01/1950	04/01/1954	22/12/1954
4. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea	26/01/1950	23/12/1954	31/01/1956
5. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das	26/01/1950	01/02/1956	30/09/1959
6. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha	03/12/1954	01/10/1959	31/01/1964
7. Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar	17/01/1957	01/02/1964	15/03/1966
8. Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar	04/03/1957	16/03/1966	29/06/1966
9. Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao	31/01/1958	30/06/1966	11/04/1967
10. Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo	11/08/1958	12/04/1967	24/02/1968
11. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah	01/12/1958	25/02/1968	16/12/1970
12. Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.C. Shah	12/10/1959	17/12/1970	21/01/1971
13. Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri	03/02/1964	22/01/1971	25/04/1973
14. Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.N. Ray	01/08/1969	26/04/1973	28/01/1977
15. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg	10/12/1971	29/01/1977	21/02/1978
16. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud	28/08/1972	22/02/1978	11/07/1985
17. Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati	17/07/1973	12/07/1985	20/12/1986
18. Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak	20/02/1978	21/12/1986	18/06/1989
19. Hon’ble Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah	08/03/1979	19/06/1989	17/12/1989
20. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee	15/03/1983	18/12/1989	25/09/1990
21. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra	15/03/1983	25/09/1990	24/11/1991
22. Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.N. Singh	10/03/1986	25/11/1991	12/12/1991
23. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.H. Kania	01/05/1987	13/12/1991	17/11/1992
24. Hon’ble Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma	05/10/1987	18/11/1992	11/02/1993
25. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah	05/10/1987	12/02/1993	24/10/1994
26. Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi	14/12/1988	25/10/1994	24/03/1997
27. Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Verma	03/06/1989	25/03/1997	17/01/1998
28. Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi	06/10/1989	18/01/1998	09/10/1998
29. Hon’ble Dr. Justice A.S. Anand	18/11/1991	10/10/1998	31/10/2001
30. Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha	01/07/1992	01/11/2001	05/05/2002
31. Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal	11/09/1995	06/05/2002	07/11/2002
32. Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik	11/09/1995	08/11/2002	18/12/2002
33. Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.N. Khare	21/03/1997	19/12/2002	01/05/2004
34. Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu	25/09/1997	02/05/2004	31/05/2004
35. Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti	09/12/1998	01/06/2004	31/10/2005
36. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal	28/01/2000	01/11/2005	13/01/2007
37. Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan	08/06/2000	14/01/2007	11/05/2010
38. Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia	18/12/2003	12/05/2010	28/09/2012
39. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir	09/09/2005	29/09/2012	18/07/2013
40. Hon’ble Mr. Justise P. Sathasivam	21/08/2007	19/07/2013	Incumbent