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Chief Justices of India
 

The Chief Justice of India is the highest position obtainable by a judge in India. The chief justice of the Supreme Court is appointed on the basis of seniority by the President of India.

List of Chief Justices of India
S No. Name Office Tenure
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. 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 January 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 — 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. 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 December 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 January 2007
37. K. G. Balakrishnan 14 January 2007  —  till date