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  —  6 May, 2002
31.	B. N. Kripal	6 May, 2002  —  8 November, 2002
32.	G. B Pattanaik	8 November, 2002  —  19 December, 2002
33.	V. N. Khare	19 December, 2002  —  2 May, 2004
34.	S. Rajendra Babu	2 May, 2004  —  1 June, 2004
35.	R. C. Lahoti	1 June, 2004  —  1 November, 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