♠ LIST OF CHIEF JUSTICES OF INDIA ♠

1. Harilal J. Kania (26 January 1950-6 November 1951)

2. M. Patanjali Sastri (7 November 1951- 3January 1954)

3. Mehar Chand Mahajan (4 January
1954 - 22 December 1954)

4. B.K. Mukherjea (23 December 1954 -31 January 1956)

5. S.R. Das (1 February 1956 - 30
September 1959)

6. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (1
October 1959 - 31 Jan 1964)

7. P.B. Gajendragadkar (1 February
1964 - 15 March 1966)

8. A.K. Sarkar (16 March 1966 - 29
June 1966)

9. K. Subba Rao (30 June 1966 - 11
April 1967)

10. K.N. Wanchoo (12 April 1967 - 24
February 1968)

11. M. Hidayatullah (25 February 1968 -16December 1970)

12. J.C. Shah (17 December 1970 - 21 January 1971)

13. S.M. Sikri (22 January 1971 - 25
April 1973)

14. A.N. Ray (26 April 1973 - 27
January 1977)

15. M.H. Beg (28 January 1977 - 21
February 1978)

16. Y.V. Chandrachud (22 February
1978 - 11 July 1985)

17. Prafullachandra Natvarlal Bhagwati(12 July 1985 - 20 Dec 1986)

18. R.S. Pathak (21 December 1986 - 18 June 1989)

19. E.S. Venkataramiah (19 June 1989 -17 December 1989)

20. S. Mukharjee (18 December 1989 -25 September 1990)

21. Ranganath Mishra (26 September
1990 - 24 November 1991)

22. K.N. Singh (25 November 1991 - 12 December 1991)

23. M.H. Kania (13 December 1991 - 17 November 1992)

24. L.M. Sharma (18 November 1992 -11 February 1993)

25. M.N. Venkatachaliah (12 February 1993 - 24 October 1994)

26. A.M. Ahmadi (25 October 1994 - 24 March 1997)

27. J.S. Verma (25 March 1997 - 17
January 1998)

28. M.M. Punchhi (18 January 1998 - 9 October 1998)

29. A.S. Anand (10 October 1998 - 11
January 2001)

30. Sam Piroj Bharucha (11 January
2001 - 06 May 2002)

31. B.N. Kripal (06 May 2002 - 08
November 2002)

32. G.B Pattanaik (08 November 2002 -19 December 2002)

33. V.N. Khare (19 December 2002 - 02 May 2004)

34. S. Rajendra Babu (02 May 2004 - 01 June 2004)

35. R.C. Lahoti (01 June 2004 - 01
November 2005)

36. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (01
November 2005 - 13 jan 2007)

37. K.G.Balakrishnan (13 January 2007- 11May 2010)

38. S.H.Kapadiya (12 May 2010 - 28
Sep 2012)

39. Altamas Kabir (29 September 2012 -18 July 2013)

40. P. Sathasivam (19 July 2013 -
Incumbent)