List of Hon’ble Chief Justices of India

S. No.	Name of Chief Justice	Date of Appointment	Date of Appointmentas C.J.I.	Held office Till
1	Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania	26/01/1950	26/01/1950	06/11/1951*
2	Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri	26/01/1950	7/11/1951	3/1/1954
3	Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan	26/01/1950	4/1/1954	22/12/1954
4	Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea	26/01/1950	23/12/1954	31/01/1956**
5	Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das	26/01/1950	1/2/1956	30/09/1959
6	Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha	3/12/1954	1/10/1959	31/01/1964
7	Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar	17/01/1957	1/2/1964	15/03/1966
8	Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar	4/3/1957	16/03/1966	29/06/1966
9	Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao	31/01/1958	30/06/1966	11/04/1967**
10	Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo	11/8/1958	12/4/1967	24/02/1968
11	Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah	1/12/1958	25/02/1968	16/12/1970
12	Mr. Justice J.C. Shah	12/10/1959	17/12/1970	21/01/1971
13	Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri	3/2/1964	22/01/1971	25/04/1973
14	Mr. Justice A.N. Ray	1/8/1969	26/04/1973	28/01/1977
15	Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg	10/12/1971	29/01/1977	21/02/1978
16	Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud	28/08/1972	22/02/1978	11/7/1985
17	Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati	17/07/1973	12/7/1985	20/12/1986
18	Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak	20/02/1978	21/12/1986	18/06/1989**
19	Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah	8/3/1979	19/06/1989	17/12/1989
20	Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee	15/03/1983	18/12/1989	25/09/1990*
21	Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra	15/03/1983	25/09/1990	24/11/1991
22	Mr. Justice K.N. Singh	10/3/1986	25/11/1991	12/12/1991
23	Mr. Justice M.H. Kania	1/5/1987	13/12/1991	17/11/1992
24	Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma	5/10/1987	18/11/1992	11/2/1993
25	Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah	5/10/1987	12/2/1993	24/10/1994
26	Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi	14/12/1988	25/10/1994	24/03/1997
27	Mr. Justice J.S. Verma	3/6/1989	25/03/1997	17/01/1998
28	Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi	6/10/1989	18/01/1998	9/10/1998
29	Dr. Justice A.S. Anand	18/11/1991	10/10/1998	31/10/2001
30	Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha	1/7/1992	1/11/2001	5/5/2002
31	Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal	11/9/1995	6/5/2002	7/11/2002
32	Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik	11/9/1995	8/11/2002	18/12/2002
33	Mr. Justice V.N. Khare	21/03/1997	19/12/2002	1/5/2004
34	Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu	25/09/1997	2/5/2004	31/05/2004
35	Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti	9/12/1998	1/6/2004	31/10/2005
36	Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal	28/01/2000	1/11/2005	13/01/2007
37	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan	8/6/2000	14/01/2007	11/5/2010
38	Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia	18/12/2003	12.05.2010	28/09/2012
	* Date of Death	** Date of Resignation