Chief Justices of India From the Year 1950 to till date

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.Mukherjee	23 December 1954-31 January 1956
S.R. Das	1 February 1956-30 September 1959
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha	1 October 1959-31 January 1964
P.B. Gajendragadhkar	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 January 1971
S.M. Sikri	22 January 1971-25 April 1973
A.N. Ray	26 April 1973-27 January 1977
M.H. Bag	28 January 1977-21 February 1978
Y.V. Chandrachud	22 February 1978-11 July 1985
Prafullchandra Natvarlal Bhagwati	12 July 1985-20 December 1986
R.S. Pathak	21 December 1986-18 June 1989
E.S.Venkatasaramiah	19 June 1989-17 December 1989
S.Mukharjee	18 December 1989-25 September 1990
Ranganath Mishra	25 September 1990-24 November 1991
K.N. Singh	25 November 1991-12 December 1991
M.H. Kania	13 December 1991-17 November 1992
L.M.Sharma	18 November 1992-11 February 1993
M.M. Venkatchaliah	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.Barucha	1 November 2001- 6 May 2002
B.N. Kirpal	6 May 2002- 7 November 2002
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik	8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002
Visheshwar Nath (V.N) Khare	19 December 2002-2nd May 2004
Rajendra Babu	2nd May 2004- 1st June 2004
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti	1st June 2004- 1st November 2005
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal	1st November 2005- 14th January , 2007
K. G. Balakrishnan	14th January 2007- 12 May 2010
S.H.Kapadia	12 May 2010 - 28 July 2012
Altamas Kabir	29 September 2012 - 7 July 2013
P. Sathasivam	19 July 2013 - 26 March 2014
R.M. Lodha	27 March 2014 - continuing