Chief Justices: Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud stepped into the role of India’s 50th Chief Justice, bringing a fresh perspective to the judiciary. He succeeded Justice U.U Lalit, who had a brief but impactful stint as the 49th Chief Justice. With Justice Chandrachud at the helm, the legal landscape is set for a new chapter, and we can anticipate positive changes under his leadership.
List of Chief Justices of India
| Chief Justice | Tenure Period |
|---|---|
| H.J Kania | 26 January 1950 – 6 November 1951 |
| M. Patanjali Sastri | 7 November 1951 – 3 January 1954 |
| Mehr Chand Mahajan | 4 January 1954 – 22 December 1954 |
| Bijan Kumar Mukherjea | 23 December 1954 – 31 January 1956 |
| Sudhi Ranjan Das | 1 February 1956 – 30 September 1959 |
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964 |
| P. B. Gajendragadkar | 1 February 1964 – 15 March 1966 |
| Amal Kumar Sarkar | 16 March 1966 – 29 June 1966 |
| Koka Subba Rao | 30 June 1966 – 11 April 1967 |
| Kailas Nath Wanchoo | 12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968 |
| Mohammad Hidayatullah | 25 February 1968 – 16 December 1970 |
| Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah | 17 December 1970 – 21 January 1971 |
| Sarv Mittra Sikri | 22 January 1971 – 25 April 1973 |
| A. N. Ray | 26 April 1973 – 27 January 1977 |
| Mirza Hameedullah Beg | 29 January 1977 – 21 February 1978 |
| Y. V. Chandrachud | 22 February 1978 – 11 July 1985 |
| P. N. Bhagwati | 12 July 1985 – 20 December 1986 |
| Raghunandan Swarup Pathak | 21 December 1986 – 18 June 1989 |
| Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Venkataramiah | 19 June 1989 – 17 December 1989 |
| Sabyasachi Mukharji | 18 December 1989 – 25 September 1990 |
| Ranganath Misra | 26 September 1990 – 24 November 1991 |
| Kamal Narain Singh | 25 November 1991 – 12 December 1991 |
| Madhukar Hiralal Kania | 13 December 1991 – 17 November 1992 |
| Lalit Mohan Sharma | 18 November 1992 – 11 February 1993 |
| M. N. Venkatachaliah | 12 February 1993 – 24 October 1994 |
| Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi | 25 October 1994 – 24 March 1997 |
| J. S. Verma | 25 March 1997 – 17 January 1998 |
| Madan Mohan Punchhi | 18 January 1998 – 9 October 1998 |
| Adarsh Sein Anand | 10 October 1998 – 31 October 2001 |
| Sam Piroj Bharucha | 1 November 2001 – 5 May 2002 |
| Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | 6 May 2002 – 7 November 2002 |
| Gopal Ballav Pattanaik | 8 November 2002 – 18 December 2002 |
| V. N. Khare | 19 December 2002 – 1 May 2004 |
| S. Rajendra Babu | 2 May 2004 – 31 May 2004 |
| Ramesh Chandra Lahoti | 1 June 2004 – 31 October 2005 |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal | 1 November 2005 – 13 January 2007 |
| K. G. Balakrishnan | 14 January 2007 – 12 May 2010 |
| S. H. Kapadia | 12 May 2010 – 28 September 2012 |
| Altamas Kabir | 29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013 |
| P. Sathasivam | 19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014 |
| Rajendra Mal Lodha | 27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014 |
| H. L. Dattu | 28 September 2014 – 2 December 2015 |
| T. S. Thakur | 3 December 2015 – 3 January 2017 |
| Jagdish Singh Khehar | 4 January 2017 – 27 August 2017 |
| Dipak Misra | 28 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 |
| Ranjan Gogoi | 3 October 2018 – 17 November 2019 |
| Sharad Arvind Bobde | 18 November 2019 – 23 April 2021 |
| N. V. Ramana | 24 April 2021 – 26 August 2022 |
| U. U. Lalit | 27 August 2022 – 8 November 2022 |
| D. Y. Chandrachud | 9 November 2022 – Incumbent |
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