List of Chief Justice of India from 1950-2023

Q: Who is the longest serving Chief Justice of India?

Y.V. Chandrachud is the longest-serving Chief Justice of India. He served for 7 years from 22 February 1978 to 11 July 1985.

Chief Justice of India

The Chief Justice of India is the head of the judicial system in India. A chief Justice of India is the head of the Supreme court and the person responsible for the allocation of cases. Chief Justice of India allocates the respective matters of relevance to the bench of judges under Article 145 of the constitution of India.

The First Chief Justice of the supreme court of India after Independence was H. J. Kania. His tenure started from 26th January 1950 to 6th November 1951. The first female Chief Justice of the supreme court in India was Fatima Beevi, appointed in 1989. The current Chief Justice of India is Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud who was appointed by the Government of India on 9th November 2022.

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List of Chief Justice of India

The below list will give you details about all Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India after independence along with their tenure and the Presidents they have worked under. The current Chief Justice of India is Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud who was appointed by the Government of India on 9th November 2022.

Chief Justice of India	Tenure		Presidents
Chief Justice of India	From	To	Presidents
H.J Kania	26 January 1950	6 November 1951	Rajendra Prasad
M. Patanjali Sastri	7 November 1951	3 January 1954	Rajendra Prasad
Mehr Chand Mahajan	4 January 1954	22 December 1954	Rajendra Prasad
Bijan Kumar Mukherjee	23 December 1954	31 January 1956	Rajendra Prasad
Sudhi Ranjan Das	1 February 1956	30 September 1959	Rajendra Prasad
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha	1 October 1959	31 January 1964	Rajendra Prasad
P.B. Gajendragadkar	1 February 1964	15 March 1966	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Amal Kumar Sarkar	16 March 1966	29 June 1966	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Koka Subba Rao	30 June 1966	11 April 1967	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Kailas Nath Wanchoo	12 April 1967	24 February 1968	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Mohammad Hidayatullah	25 February 1968	16 December 1970	Zakir Husain
Jayantital Chhotalal Shah	17 December 1970	21 January 1971	V.V. Giri
Sarv Mittra Sikri	22 January 1971	25 April 1973	V.V. Giri
A.N. Ray	26 April 1973	27 January 1977	V.V. Giri
Mirza Hameedullah Beg	29 January 1977	21 February 1978	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Y.V. Chandrachud	22 February 1978	11 July 1985	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
P.N. Bhagwati	12 July 1985	20 December 1986	Zali Singh
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak	21 December 1986	18 June 1989	Zali Singh
Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Venkataramiah	19 June 1989	17 December 1989	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Sabyasachi Mukharji	18 December 1989	25 September 1990	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Ranganath Misra	26 September 1990	24 November 1991	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Kamal Narain Singh	25 November 1991	12 December 1991	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Madhukar Hiralal Kania	13 December 1991	17 November 1992	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Lalit Mohan Sharma	18 November 1992	11 February 1993	Shankar Dayal Sharma
M.N. Venkatachaliah	12 February 1993	24 October 1994	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi	25 October 1994	24 March 1997	Shankar Dayal Sharma
J.S. Verma	25 March 1997	17 January 1998	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Madan Mohan Punchhi	18 January 1998	9 October 1998	K.R. Narayanan
Adarsh Sein Anand	10 October 1998	31 October 2001	K.R. Narayanan
Sam Piroj Bharucha	1 November 2001	5 may 2002	K.R. Narayanan
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal	6 May 2002	7 November 2002	K.R. Narayanan
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik	8 November 2002	18 December 2002	A.P.J Abdul Kalam
V.N. Khare	19 December 2002	1 May 2004	A.P.J Abdul Kalam
S. Rajendra Babu	2 May 2004	31 May 2004	A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti	1 June 2004	31 October 2005	A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal	1 November 2005	13 January 2007	A.P.J Abdul Kalam
K.G. Balakrishnan	14 January 2007	12 May 2010	A.P.J Abdul Kalam
S.H. Kapadia	12 May 2010	28 September 2012	Pratibha Patil
Altamas Kabir	29 September 2012	18 July 2013	Pranab Mukherjee
P. Sathasivam	19 July 2013	26 April 2014	Pranab Mukherjee
Rajendra Mal Lodha	27 April 2014	27 September 2014	Pranab Mukherjee
H.L. Dattu	28 September 2014	2 December 2015	Pranab Mukherjee
T.S. Thakur	3 December 2015	3 January 2017	Pranab Mukherjee
Jagdish Singh Khehar	4 January 2017	27 August 2017	Pranab Mukherjee
Dipak Misra	28 August 2017	2 October 2018	Ram Nath Kovind
Ranjan Gogoi	3 October 2018	17 November 2019	Ram Nath Kovind
Sharad Arvind Bobde	18 November 2019	23 April 2021	Ram Nath Kovind
NV Ramana	23 April 2021	26 August 2022	Ram Nath Kovind
U.U. Lalit	27 August 2022	8 November 2022	Ram Nath Kovind
Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud	9 November 2022	Incumbent	Ram Nath Kovind

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CJI – Important Pointer

The President of India appoints the Chief Justice of India, who can serve until the age of 65 and can only be removed through parliamentary impeachment. The Chief Justice submits resignation to the President, who administers the oath. The Chief Justice receives a monthly salary of Rs.280,000, governed by Article 125 of the Constitution.
The inaugural Chief Justice, Sir Maurice Gwyer, served from October 1, 1937, to April 25, 1943, before independence. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania became the first Indian Chief Justice. Kamal Narain Singh held the position for the briefest period, just 17 days in November-December 1991, while Justice Y. V. Chandrachud holds the record for the longest tenure at 2696 days.
The current Chief Justice, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, is the 47th in office. Fatimah Beevi made history as the first woman Supreme Court Judge, serving from October 6, 1989, to April 29, 1992.
As of November 2022, India has 27 Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice, with a sanctioned strength of 34.

FAQs related to Chief Justice of India

1. How is the chief justice e of India appointed?
Ans. The chief justice of India is appointed by the President of India after the consultation of judges of the supreme court and the high court.

2. Who is the shortest serving Chief Justice of India?
Ans. Kamal Narain Singh was the shortest serving Chief Justice of India. He held the shortest serving for 17 days from 21 November 1991 to 12th December 1991.

3. Who is the longest serving Chief Justice of India?
Ans. Y.V.longest-serving the longest-serving Chief Justice of India. He served for 7 years from 22 February 1978 to 11 July 1985.