The Chief Justices of India

The 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 - till date