List of Chief Justices of India

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

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

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

4.      B. K. Mukherjee (23, December. 1954 – 31, January. 1956)

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

6.      Bhubaneswar Prasad Sinha (1,October. 1959 -31, January. 1964)

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

8.      A. K Sarkar (16, March 1966 – 19, 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 – 16,December.1970)

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

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

14.  A. N. Roy (26, April. 1973 – 27, January 1977)

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

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

17.  Prafullachandra Natvarlal Bhagwati (12, July.1985 – 20, December. 1986)

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

19.  E. S. Venkataramiah (19, June. 1989 – 18, December. 1989)

20.  Sabyasachi Mukherjee (19, December. 1989 – 25, September. 1990)

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

22.  Kamal Narain Singh (25, November 1991 – 12, December 1991)

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

24.  Lalit Mohan Sharma ( 18, November 1992 – 11, February 1993)

25.  M.N. Venketachaliah ( 12, February 1993 – 24, October 1994)

26.  Aziz Mushabber ahmadi (25, October 1994 – 24, March 1997)

27.  Jagdish Sharan Verma (25, March 1997 – 17, January 1998)

28.  madan mohan Punchhi (18, January 1998 – 9, October 1998)

29.  Adarsh Sein Anand (10, October 1998 – 31, October 2001)

30.  Sam Piroj Bharucha (1,November 2001- 4,May 2002 )

31.  B. N. Kirpal (5,May 2002 - 7, November2002)

32.  G.B Pattanaik (8,November2002 - 18, December 2002)

33.  V. N. Khare (19, December 2002 – 1,May 2004)

34.  S. Rejendra Babu (2, May 2004 – 1, June 2004)

35.  R. C. Lahoti (2, June 2004 – 31, October 2005)

36.  Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (1,November 2005 – 13 ,January 2007)

37.  K. G. Balakrishnan (14, January 2007 – 11, May 2010)

38.  S. H. Kapadia (12, May 2010 – 28, September 2012)

39.  Altamas Kabir (29, September 2012 – Till date)