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 - 28 September 2012
Altamas Kabir	29 September 2012 - 19 July 2013
Palanisamy Sathasivam	19 July 2013 - Incumbent