With the establishment of the Supreme Court of India on 26 January 1950, 50 judges have served as the Chief Justice of India to date. Justice DY Chandrachud is the 50th Chief Justice of India.
The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the President of India and can hold office up to the age of 65 years. Generally, the senior-most Judge of the Supreme Court of India is appointed as the Chief Justice of India. The constitution and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India are stated in detail from Article 124 to Article147 of the Indian Constitution.
List of all the Chief Justices of India
| 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 UU Lalit | 27/08/2022 | 8/11/2022 |
| 50. Hon'ble DY Chandrachud | 09/11/2022 | 10/11/2024 |
Supreme Court of India: Composition, Power and Functions
The Federal Court of India came into existence on 1 October 1937. The first Chief Justice of India was Sir Maurice Gwyer (1 October 1937 to 25 April 1943). Federal Court of India functioned between 1937– 1950. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the first Indian Chief Justice of India.
Justice Y. V. Chandrachud is the longest-serving Chief Justice (February 1978 – July 1985), who served 2696 days while Kamal Narain Singh is the shortest-serving (21 November 1991 – 12 December 1991), just 17 days.
So, this was the complete list of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. The list is very important for the upcoming government and competitive examinations to be held in India.
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