Name of appointed Chief Justice of India

List of Retired Hon’ble Chief Justices of India appointed after Independence (Arranged According To Seniority)

S. No.	Name of Chief Justice	Date of Appointment	Date of Appointment as C.J.I.	Held office Till
1	Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania	26/01/1950	26/01/1950	06/11/1951*
2	Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri	26/01/1950	7/11/1951	3/1/1954
3	Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan	26/01/1950	4/1/1954	22/12/1954
4	Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea	26/01/1950	23/12/1954	31/01/1956**
5	Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das	26/01/1950	1/2/1956	30/09/1959
6	Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha	3/12/1954	1/10/1959	31/01/1964
7	Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar	17/01/1957	1/2/1964	15/03/1966
8	Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar	4/3/1957	16/03/1966	29/06/1966
9	Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao	31/01/1958	30/06/1966	11/04/1967**
10	Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo	11/8/1958	12/4/1967	24/02/1968
11	Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah	1/12/1958	25/02/1968	16/12/1970
12	Mr. Justice J.C. Shah	12/10/1959	17/12/1970	21/01/1971
13	Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri	3/2/1964	22/01/1971	25/04/1973
14	Mr. Justice A.N. Ray	1/8/1969	26/04/1973	28/01/1977
15	Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg	10/12/1971	29/01/1977	21/02/1978
16	Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud	28/08/1972	22/02/1978	11/7/1985
17	Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati	17/07/1973	12/7/1985	20/12/1986
18	Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak	20/02/1978	21/12/1986	18/06/1989**
19	Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah	8/3/1979	19/06/1989	17/12/1989
20	Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee	15/03/1983	18/12/1989	25/09/1990*
21	Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra	15/03/1983	25/09/1990	24/11/1991
22	Mr. Justice K.N. Singh	10/3/1986	25/11/1991	12/12/1991
23	Mr. Justice M.H. Kania	1/5/1987	13/12/1991	17/11/1992
24	Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma	5/10/1987	18/11/1992	11/2/1993
25	Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah	5/10/1987	12/2/1993	24/10/1994
26	Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi	14/12/1988	25/10/1994	24/03/1997
27	Mr. Justice J.S. Verma	3/6/1989	25/03/1997	17/01/1998
28	Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi	6/10/1989	18/01/1998	9/10/1998
29	Dr. Justice A.S. Anand	18/11/1991	10/10/1998	31/10/2001
30	Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha	1/7/1992	1/11/2001	5/5/2002
31	Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal	11/9/1995	6/5/2002	7/11/2002
32	Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik	11/9/1995	8/11/2002	18/12/2002
33	Mr. Justice V.N. Khare	21/03/1997	19/12/2002	1/5/2004
34	Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu	25/09/1997	2/5/2004	31/05/2004
35	Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti	9/12/1998	1/6/2004	31/10/2005
36	Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal	28/01/2000	1/11/2005	13/01/2007
37	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan	8/6/2000	14/01/2007	11/5/2010
38	Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia	18/12/2003	12.05.2010	28/09/2012
	* Date of Death	** Date of Resignation

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