CHIEF JUSTICES OF INDIA - STATIC GK FOR SSC, IBPS/ SBI - PO/ CLERK

Name

tenure

Photo

Harilal J. Kania

26 January, 1950 - 6 November, 1951

M. patanjali Sastri

7 November, 1951 - 3 January, 1954

Mehar Chanel Mahajan

4 January, 1954 - 22 December, 1954

B. K. Mukherjee

23 December, 1954 - 31 January, 1956

S. R. Das

1 February, 1956 - 30 September, 1956

Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

1 October, 1959 - 31 January, 1964

P. B. Gajendragadkar

1 February, 1964 - 15 March, 1966

A. K. Sarkar

16 March, 1966 - 29 June, 1966

K. Subba Rao

30 June, 1966 - 11 April, 1967

K. N. Wanchoo

12 April, 1967 - 24 February, 1968

M. Hidayatullah

25 February, 1968 - 16 December, 1970

J. C. Shah

17 December, 1970 - 21 Janumy, 1971

S. M. Sikri

22 January, 1971 - 26 April, 1973

A. N. Ray

26 April, 1973 - 27'January, 1977

M. H. Beg

28 January, 1977 - 21 February, 1978

Y. V. Chandrachud

22 February, 1978 - 11 July, 1985

Prafullachandra

12 July, 1986 - 20 December, 1986

R. S. Pathak

21 December, 1986 - 18 June, 1989

E. S. Venkatararnaiah

19 June, 1989 - 17 December, 1989

S. Mukherjee

18 December, 1989 - 25 September, 1990

Ranganath Mishra

26 September, 1990 - 24 November, 1991

K. N. Singh

25 November, 1991 - 12 December ,1991

M. H. Kania

13 December, 1991 - 17 November, 1992

I. M Sharma

18 November, 1992 - 11 February, 1993

M. N. Venkatachalaiah

12 February, 1993 - 24 October, 1994

A. M. Ahmadi

25 October, 1994 - 24 March, 1997

J. S. Verma

25 March, 1997 - 17-January, 1998

M. M. Punchhi

18 January, 1998 - 9 October, 1998

A. S. Anand

10 Ocotber, 1998 - 31 October, 2001

S. P. Bharucha

1 November, 2001 - 5 May, 2002

B. N. Kirpal

6 May, 2002 - 7 November, 2002

G. B. Patnaiak

8 November, 2002 - 18 December. 2002

V. N. Khare

19 Debember, 2002 - 2 May, 2004

S. Rajendra Babu

02 May, 2004 - 01 June, 2004

R. C. Lahoti

01 June, 2004 - 31 October, 2005

Y. K. Sabhrwal

01 November, 2005 - January, 2007

K.G. Balakrishnan

14 January, 2007 - 11 May, 2010

Sarosh Homi Kapadia

12 May, 2010 - 28 September, 2012

Altamas Kabir

29 September, 2012 - 18 July, 2013

P. Sadashivam

18 July, 2013 - 27 April, 2014

Rajendra mal  Lodha

27 April. 2014 -

Supreme Court of India. Since the birth of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 43 people have served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI). While H. J. Kania is the inaugural CJI, the current incumbent is Jagdish Singh Khehar who was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 4 January 2017.