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List of all Chief Justices of India (1950-2022)

The Supreme Court of India is presided over by the Chief Justice of India. N. V. Ramana is the present Chief Justice of India. After retiring as Chief Justice of India, Justice U. U. Lalit would take his oath as the New Chief Justice of India on August 27, 2022.

This Supreme Court of India, as well as the Indian court system, is led by Chief Justice of India. In other terms, the CJI is indeed the highest-ranking official in India’s judicial system. The President appoints the CJI from a bench comprising Supreme Court justices based on seniority. The Chief Justice is in charge of the Supreme Court’s operations, such as case appointments & roster maintenance. The Chief Justice in India is now in charge of several essential aspects of the Indian judicial system. The following are some of the CJI’s primary tasks.
  • The Chief Justice is in charge of assigning cases to Supreme Court judges.
  • The Chief Justice selects judicial & constitutional benches to hear major legal cases.
  • The Indian President appoints Supreme Court judges after consulting with the Chief Justice of India.
  • According to the seniority principle, the leaving CJI frequently suggests a next elected CJI to the President.
  • Other court officers are also appointed by the CJI.

List of All Chief Justices 

Name Date of Appointment as C.J.I. Held Office till
1. Hon’ble Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania 26/01/1950 06/11/1951
2. Hon’ble Justice M. Patanjali Sastri 07/11/1951 03/01/1954
3. Hon’ble Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan 04/01/1954 22/12/1954
4. Hon’ble Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 23/12/1954 31/01/1956
5. Hon’ble Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das 01/02/1956 30/09/1959
6. Hon’ble Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha 01/10/1959 31/01/1964
7. Hon’ble Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar 01/02/1964 15/03/1966
8. Hon’ble Justice A.K. Sarkar 16/03/1966 29/06/1966
9. Hon’ble Justice K. Subba Rao 30/06/1966 11/04/1967
10.Hon’ble Justice K.N. Wanchoo 12/04/1967 24/02/1968
11. Hon’ble Justice M. Hidayatullah 25/02/1968 16/12/1970
12. Hon’ble Justice J.C. Shah 17/12/1970 21/01/1971
13. Hon’ble Justice S.M. Sikri 22/01/1971 25/04/1973
14. Hon’ble Justice A.N. Ray 26/04/1973 28/01/1977
15. Hon’ble Justice M. Hameedullah Beg 29/01/1977 21/02/1978
16. Hon’ble Justice Y.V. Chandrachud 22/02/1978 11/07/1985
17. Hon’ble Justice P.N. Bhagwati 12/07/1985 20/12/1986
18. Hon’ble Justice R.S. Pathak 21/12/1986 18/06/1989
19. Hon’ble Justice E.S. Venkataramiah 19/06/1989 17/12/1989
20. Hon’ble Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee 18/12/1989 25/09/1990
21. Hon’ble Justice Ranganath Misra 25/09/1990 24/11/1991
22. Hon’ble Justice K.N. Singh 25/11/1991 12/12/1991
23. Hon’ble Justice M.H. Kania 13/12/1991 17/11/1992
24. Hon’ble Justice L.M. Sharma 18/11/1992 11/02/1993
25. Hon’ble Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah 12/02/1993 24/10/1994
26. Hon’ble Justice A.M. Ahmadi 25/10/1994 24/03/1997
27. Hon’ble Justice J.S. Verma 25/03/1997 17/01/1998
28. Hon’ble Justice M.M. Punchhi 18/01/1998 09/10/1998
29. Hon’ble Dr. Justice A.S. Anand 10/10/1998 31/10/2001
30. Hon’ble Justice S.P. Bharucha 01/11/2001 05/05/2002
31. Hon’ble Justice B.N. Kirpal 06/05/2002 07/11/2002
32. Hon’ble Justice G.B. Pattanaik 08/11/2002 18/12/2002
33. Hon’ble Justice V.N. Khare 19/12/2002 01/05/2004
34. Hon’ble Justice S. Rajendra Babu 02/05/2004 31/05/2004
35. Hon’ble Justice R.C. Lahoti 01/06/2004 31/10/2005
36. Hon’ble Justice Y.K. Sabharwal 01/11/2005 13/01/2007
37. Hon’ble Justice K.G. Balakrishnan 14/01/2007 12/05/2010
38. Hon’ble Justice S.H. Kapadia 12/05/2010 28/09/2012
39. Hon’ble Justice Altamas Kabir 29/09/2012 18/07/2013
40. Hon’ble Justice P. Sathasivam 19/07/2013 26/04/2014
41. Hon’ble Justice R. M. Lodha 27/04/2014 27/09/2014
42. Hon’ble Justice H.L. Dattu 28/09/2014 02/12/2015
43. Hon’ble T. S. Thakur  03/12/2015 03/01/2017
44. Hon’ble Jagdish Singh Khehar 04/01/2017 27/08/2017
45.  Hon’ble Justice Dipak Misra  28/08/2017  02/10/2018
46. Hon’ble Ranjan Gogoi 03/10/2018  17/11/2019
47.  Hon’ble Sharad Arvind Bobde   18/11/2019  23/04/2021
48. Hon’ble Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana 24/04/2021 26/08/2022
49. Hon’ble Uday Umesh Lalit 27/08/2022 Incumbent
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