Number |
Name |
Period of office |
Length of term (days) |
Bar |
Appointed by |
1 |
H. J. Kania |
01950-01-26-000026 January 1950 |
01951-11-06-00006 November 1951‡ |
649 |
Bombay High Court |
Rajendra Prasad |
2 |
M. Patanjali Sastri |
01951-11-07-00007 November 1951 |
01954-01-03-00003 January 1954 |
788 |
Madras High Court |
3 |
Mehr Chand Mahajan |
01954-01-04-00004 January 1954 |
01954-12-22-000022 December 1954 |
352 |
East Punjab High Court |
4 |
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea |
01954-12-23-000023 December 1954 |
01956-01-31-000031 January 1956‡‡ |
404 |
Calcutta High Court |
5 |
Sudhi Ranjan Das |
01956-02-01-00001 February 1956 |
01959-09-30-000030 September 1959 |
1337 |
Calcutta High Court |
6 |
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha |
01959-10-01-00001 October 1959 |
01964-01-31-000031 January 1964 |
1583 |
Patna High Court |
7 |
P. B. Gajendragadkar |
01964-02-01-00001 February 1964 |
01966-03-15-000015 March 1966 |
773 |
Bombay High Court |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
8 |
Amal Kumar Sarkar |
01966-03-16-000016 March 1966 |
01966-06-29-000029 June 1966 |
105 |
Calcutta High Court |
9 |
Koka Subba Rao |
01966-06-30-000030 June 1966 |
01967-04-11-000011 April 1967‡‡ |
285 |
Madras High Court |
10 |
Kailas Nath Wanchoo |
01967-04-12-000012 April 1967 |
01968-02-24-000024 February 1968 |
318 |
Allahabad High Court |
11 |
Mohammad Hidayatullah[2] |
01968-02-25-000025 February 1968 |
01970-12-16-000016 December 1970 |
1025 |
Bombay High Court |
Zakir Hussain |
12 |
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah |
01970-12-17-000017 December 1970 |
01971-01-21-000021 January 1971 |
35 |
Bombay High Court |
Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
13 |
Sarv Mittra Sikri |
01971-01-22-000022 Jan 1971 |
01973-04-25-000025 April 1973 |
824 |
Lahore High Court |
14 |
Ajit Nath Ray |
01973-04-26-000026 April 1973 |
01977-01-27-000027 January 1977 |
1372 |
Calcutta High Court |
15 |
Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
01977-01-28-000028 January 1977 |
01978-02-21-000021 February 1978 |
389 |
Allahabad High Court |
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
16 |
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud |
01978-02-22-000022 February 1978 |
01985-07-11-000011 July 1985 |
2696 |
Bombay High Court |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
17 |
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati |
01985-07-12-000012 July 1985 |
01986-12-20-000020 December 1986 |
526 |
Gujarat High Court |
Giani Zail Singh |
18 |
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak |
01986-12-21-000021 December 1986 |
01989-06-18-000018 June 1989‡‡ |
940 |
Allahabad High Court |
19 |
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah |
01989-06-19-000019 June 1989 |
01989-12-17-000017 December 1989 |
181 |
Karnataka High Court |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
20 |
Sabyasachi Mukharji |
01989-12-18-000018 December 1989 |
01990-09-25-000025 September 1990‡ |
281 |
Calcutta High Court |
21 |
Ranganath Misra |
01990-09-26-000026 September 1990 |
01991-11-24-000024 November 1991 |
424 |
Orissa High Court |
22 |
Kamal Narain Singh |
01991-11-25-000025 November 1991 |
01991-12-12-000012 December 1991 |
17 |
Allahabad High Court |
23 |
Madhukar Hiralal Kania |
01991-12-13-000013 December 1991 |
01992-11-17-000017 November 1992 |
340 |
Bombay High Court |
24 |
Lalit Mohan Sharma |
01992-11-18-000018 November 1992 |
01993-02-11-000011 February 1993 |
85 |
Patna High Court |
Shankar Dayal Sharma |
25 |
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah |
01993-02-12-000012 February 1993 |
01994-10-24-000024 October 1994 |
619 |
Karnataka High Court |
26 |
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi |
01994-10-25-000025 October 1994 |
01997-03-24-000024 March 1997 |
881 |
Gujarat High Court |
27 |
Jagdish Sharan Verma |
01997-03-25-000025 March 1997 |
01998-01-17-000017 January 1998 |
298 |
Madhya Pradesh High Court |
28 |
Madan Mohan Punchhi |
01998-01-18-000018 January 1998 |
01998-10-09-00009 October 1998 |
264 |
Punjab and Haryana High Court |
Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
29 |
Adarsh Sein Anand |
01998-10-10-000010 October 1998 |
02001-01-11-000011 January 2001 |
824 |
Jammu and Kashmir High Court |
30 |
Sam Piroj Bharucha |
02001-01-11-000011 January 2001 |
02002-05-06-00006 May 2002 |
480 |
Bombay High Court |
31 |
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal |
02002-05-06-00006 May 2002 |
02002-11-08-00008 November 2002 |
186 |
Delhi High Court |
32 |
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik |
02002-11-08-00008 November 2002 |
02002-12-19-000019 December 2002 |
41 |
Orissa High Court |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
33 |
V. N. Khare |
02002-12-19-000019 Dec 2002 |
02004-05-02-00002 May 2004 |
500 |
Allahabad High Court |
34 |
S. Rajendra Babu |
02004-05-02-00002 May 2004 |
02004-06-01-00001 June 2004 |
30 |
Karnataka High Court |
35 |
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |
02004-06-01-00001 June 2004 |
02005-11-01-00001 November 2005 |
518 |
Madhya Pradesh High Court |
36 |
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal |
02005-11-01-00001 November 2005 |
02007-01-13-000013 January 2007 |
438 |
Delhi High Court |
37 |
K. G. Balakrishnan |
02007-01-13-000013 January 2007 |
02010-05-11-000011 May 2010 |
1214 |
Kerala High Court |
38 |
S. H. Kapadia |
02010-05-12-000012 May 2010 |
02012-09-28-000028 Sep 2012 |
870 |
Bombay High Court |
Pratibha Patil |
39 |
Altamas Kabir |
02012-09-29-000029 September 2012 |
02013-07-18-000018 July 2013 |
292 |
Calcutta High Court |
Pranab Mukherjee |
40 |
P. Sathasivam |
02013-07-19-000019 July 2013 |
02014-04-26-000026 April 2014 |
281 |
Madras High Court |
41 |
Rajendra Mal Lodha |
02014-04-27-000027 April 2014 |
02014-09-27-000027 September 2014 |
153 |
Rajasthan High Court |
42 |
H. L. Dattu |
02014-09-28-000028 September 2014 |
Incumbent |
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Karnataka High Court |