Chief Justices of India

Name                     Tenure
Harilal J. Kania     26 January 1950 - 6 November 1951
M. Patanjali Sastri     7 November 1951 - 3 January 1954
Mehar Chand Mahajan     4 January 1954 - 22 December 1954
B.K. Mukherjea     23 December 1954 - 31 January 1956
S.R. Das     01 February 1956 - 30 September 1959
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
I.C. Shah     17 December 1970 - 21 January 1971
S.M. Sikri     22 January 1971 - 25 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
P.N. Bhagwati     12 July 1985 - 20 December 1986
R.S. Pathak     21 December 1986 - 18 June 1989
E.S. Venkataramaiah     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 October 1998 - 31 October 2001
S.P. Bharucha     01 November 2001 - 5 May 2002
B.N. Kirpal     6 May 2002 - 7 November 2002
G.B. Pattanaiak     8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002
V.N. Khare     19 December 2002 - 1 May 2004
S. Rajendra Babu     02 May 2004 - 31 May 2004
R.C. Lahoti     01 June 2004 - 31 October 2005
Y.K. Sabharwal     01 November 2005 - 14 January 2007
K.G.Balakrishnan     14 January 2007 - 12 May 2010
S.H.Kapadia     12 May 2010 - Incumbent