List of Chief Justice of India
| Sr. No. | Name | Portrait | Took Office | Left Office | Term of Office (Years) | Bar | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H.J. Kania |  |
26 Jan 1950 | 06 Nov 1951 | 1Y 9M 11D | Bombay High Court | Rajindra Prasad |
| 2 | M. Patanjali Sastri |  |
07 Nov 1951 | 03 Jan 1954 | 2Y 1M 27D | Madras High Court | Rajindra Prasad |
| 3 | Mehar Chand Mahajan |  |
04 Jan 1954 | 22 Dec 1954 | 11M 18D | East Punjab High Court | Rajindra Prasad |
| 4 | Bijan Kumar Mukherjee |  |
23 Dec 1954 | 31 Jan 1956 | 1Y 1M 8D | Calcutta High Court | Rajindra Prasad |
| 5 | Sudhi Ranjan Das |  |
01 Feb 1956 | 30 Sep 1959 | 3Y 7M 29D | Calcutta High Court | Rajindra Prasad |
| 6 | Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha |  |
1 Oct 1959 | 31 Jan 1964 | 4Y 3M 30D | Patna High Court | Rajindra Prasad |
| 7 | Prahlad Balacharya Gajendragadkar |  |
1 Feb 1964 | 15 Mar 1966 | 2Y 1M 14D | Bombay High Court | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 8 | Amal Kumar Sarkar |  |
16 Mar 1966 | 29 June 1966 | 3M 13D | Calcutta High Court | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 9 | Koka Subba Rao |  |
30 June 1966 | 11 April 1967 | 9M 12D | Madras High Court | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 10 | Kailas Nath Wanchoo |  |
12 April 1967 | 24 Feb 1968 | 10M 12D | Allahabad High Court | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 11 | Mohammad Hidayatullah |  |
25 Feb 1968 | 16 Dec 1970 | 2Y 9M 21D | Bombay High Court | Zakir Hussain |
| 12 | Jayantilal Chotalal Shah |  |
17 Dec 1970 | 21 Jan 1971 | 1M 4D | Bombay High Court | V. V. Giri |
| 13 | Sarv Mittra Sikri |  |
22 Jan 1971 | 25 April 1973 | 2Y 3M 3D | Lahore High Court | V. V. Giri |
| 14 | Ajit Nath Ray |  |
26 April 1973 | 27 Jan 1977 | 3Y 9M 2D | Calcutta High Court | V. V. Giri |
| 15 | Mirza Hameedullah Beg |  |
28 Jan 1977 | 21 Feb 1978 | 1Y 24D | Allahabad High Court | Fakhrudin Ali Ahmad |
| 16 | Yashwant Vishnu Chandrachud |  |
22 Feb 1978 | 11 July 1985 | 7Y 4M 9D | Bombay High Court | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 17 | Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati |  |
12 July 1985 | 20 Dec 1986 | 1Y 5M 8D | Gujrat High Court | Giani Zail Singh |
| 18 | Raghunandan Swarup Pathak |  |
21 Dec 1986 | 18 June 1989 | 2Y 5M 28D | Allahabad High Court | Giani Zail Singh |
| 19 | Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah |  |
19 June 1989 | 17 Dec 1989 | 5M 28D | Karnataka High Court | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 20 | Sabyasachi Mukharjee |  |
18 Dec 1989 | 25 Sep 1990 | 9M 7D | Calcutta High Court | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 21 | Ranganath Mishra |  |
26 Sep 1990 | 24 Nov 1991 | 1Y 1M 29D | Orissa High Court | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 22 | Kamal Narain Singh |  |
25 Novr 1991 | 12 Dec 1991 | 17D | Allahabad High Court | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 23 | Madhukar Hiralal Kania |  |
13 Dec 1991 | 17 Nov 1992 | 11M 4D | Bombay High Court | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 24 | Lalit Mohan Sharma |  |
18 Nov 1992 | 11 Feb 1993 | 2M 24D | Patna High Court | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 25 | Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah |  |
12 Feb 1993 | 24 Oct 1994 | 1Y 8M 12D | Karnataka High Court | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 26 | Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi |  |
25 Oct 1994 | 24 Mar 1997 | 2Y 4M 27D | Gujrat High Court | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 27 | Jagdish Sharan Verma |  |
25 Mar 1997 | 17 Jan 1998 | 9M 23D | Madya Pradesh High Court | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 28 | Madan Mohan Punchhi |  |
18 Jan 1998 | 9 Oct 1998 | 8M 21D | Punjab and Haryana High Court | K. R. Narayanan |
| 29 | Adarsh Sen Anand |  |
10 Oct 1998 | 11 January 2001 | 2Y 3M 1D | Jammu and Kashmir High Court | K. R. Narayanan |
| 30 | Sam Piroj Bharucha |  |
11 January 2001 | 6 May 2002 | 1Y 3M 25D | Bombay High Court | K. R. Narayanan |
| 31 | Bhupinder Nath Kirpal |  |
6 May 2002 | 8 Nov 2002 | 6M 2D | Delhi High Court | K. R. Narayanan |
| 32 | Gopal Ballav Patnaik |  |
8 Nov 2002 | 19 Dec 2002 | 1M 11D | Orissa High Court | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 33 | V. N. Khare |  |
19 Dec 2002 | 2 May 2004 | 1Y 4M 13D | Allahabad High Court | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 34 | S. Rajendra Babu |  |
2 May 2004 | 1 June 2004 | 30D | Karnataka High Court | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 35 | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |  |
1 June 2004 | 1 Nov 2005 | 1Y 5M | Madhya Pradesh High Court | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 36 | Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal |  |
1 Nov 2005 | 13 Jan 2007 | 1Y 2M 12D | Delhi High Court | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 37 | K. G. Balakrishnan |  |
13 Jan 2007 | 11 May 2010 | 3Y 3M 28D | Kerala High Court | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 38 | S. H. Kapadia |  |
12 May 2010 | 28 Sep 2012 | 02Y 4M 16D | Bombay High Court | Pratibha Patil |
| 39 | Altamas Kabir |  |
29 Sep 2012 | 18 July 2013 | 9M 19D | Calcutta High Court | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 40 | P. Sathasivam |  |
19 July 2013 | 26 April 2014 | 9M 7D | Madras High Court | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 41 | Rajendra Mal Lodha |  |
27 April 2014 | 27 Sep 2014 | 5M | Rajasthan High Court | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 42 | H. L. Dattu |  |
28 Sep 2014 | 2 Dec 2015 | 1Y 2M 4D | Karnataka High Court | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 43 | T. S. Thakur |  |
3 Dec 2015 | 3 Jan 2017 | 1Y 1M | Janmmu and Kashmir High Court | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 44 | Jagdish Singh Khehar |  |
4 Jan 2017 | 27 Aug 2017 | 7M 23D | Punjab and Haryana High Court | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 45 | Dipak Misra |  |
28 Aug 2017 | 02 Oct 2018 | Patna High Court | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 46 | Rajan Gogoi |  |
03 Oct 2018 | Incumbent | Gauhati High Court | Ram Nath Kovind |
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