Chief Justice of India
CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA
- Harilal J. Kania 26 January 1950-6 November 1951
- M. Patanjali Sastri 7 November 1951-3 January 1954
- Mehar Chand Mahajan 4 January 1954-22 December
- B.K.Mukherjee 23 December 1954-31 January 1956
- S.R. Das 1 February 1956-30 September 1959
- Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1 October 1959-31 January 1964
- P.B. Gajendragadhkar 1 February 1964-15 March 1966
- A.K. Sarkar 16 March 1966-29 June 1966
- K. Subba Rao 30 June 1966-11 April 1967
- K.N. Wanchoo 12 April 1967-24 February 1968
- M. Hidayatullah 25 February 1968-16 December 1970
- J.C.Shah 17 December 1970-21 January 1971
- S.M. Sikri 22 January 1971-25 April 1973
- A.N. Ray 26 April 1973-27 January 1977
- M.H. Bag 28 January 1977-21 February 1978
- Y.V. Chandrachud 22 February 1978-11 July 1985
- Prafullchandra Natvarlal Bhagwati 12 July 1985-20 December 1986
- R.S. Pathak 21 December 1986-18 June 1989
- E.S.Venkatasaramiah 19 June 1989-17 December 1989
- S.Mukharjee 18 December 1989-25 September 1990
- Ranganath Mishra 25 September 1990-24 November 1991
- K.N. Singh 25 November 1991-12 December 1991
- M.H. Kania 13 December 1991-17 November 1992
- L.M.Sharma 18 November 1992-11 February 1993
- M.M. Venkatchaliah 12 February 1993-24 October 1994
- A.M.Ahmadi 25 October 1994-24 March 1997
- J.S.Verma 25 March 1997-17 January 1998
- M.M.Punchhi 18 January 1998-9 October 1998
- A.S.Anand 10 October 1998- 31 October 2001
- S.P.Barucha 1 November 2001- 6 May 2002
- B.N. Kirpal 6 May 2002- 7 November 2002
- Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002
- Visheshwar Nath (V.N) Khare 19 December 2002-2nd May 2004
- Rajendra Babu 2nd May 2004- 1st June 2004
- Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 1st June 2004- 1st November 2005
- Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 1st November 2005- 14th January , 2007
- K. G. Balakrishnan 14th January 2007- 12 May 2010
- S.H.Kapadia12 May 2010 - 28 July 2012
- Altamas Kabir
29 September 2012 - 7 July 2013
- P. Sathasivam
19 July 2013 - 26 March 2014
- R.M. Lodha
27 March 2014 - continuing
