Name of appointed Chief Justice of India

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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 JusticeDate of AppointmentDate of Appointment as C.J.I.Held office Till

1Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania26/01/195026/01/195006/11/1951*

2Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri26/01/19507/11/19513/1/1954

3Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan26/01/19504/1/195422/12/1954

4Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea26/01/195023/12/195431/01/1956**

5Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das26/01/19501/2/195630/09/1959

6Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha3/12/19541/10/195931/01/1964

7Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar17/01/19571/2/196415/03/1966

8Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar4/3/195716/03/196629/06/1966

9Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao31/01/195830/06/196611/04/1967**

10Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo11/8/195812/4/196724/02/1968

11Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah1/12/195825/02/196816/12/1970

12Mr. Justice J.C. Shah12/10/195917/12/197021/01/1971

13Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri3/2/196422/01/197125/04/1973

14Mr. Justice A.N. Ray1/8/196926/04/197328/01/1977

15Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg10/12/197129/01/197721/02/1978

16Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud28/08/197222/02/197811/7/1985

17Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati17/07/197312/7/198520/12/1986

18Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak20/02/197821/12/198618/06/1989**

19Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah8/3/197919/06/198917/12/1989

20Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee15/03/198318/12/198925/09/1990*

21Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra15/03/198325/09/199024/11/1991

22Mr. Justice K.N. Singh10/3/198625/11/199112/12/1991

23Mr. Justice M.H. Kania1/5/198713/12/199117/11/1992

24Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma5/10/198718/11/199211/2/1993

25Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah5/10/198712/2/199324/10/1994

26Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi14/12/198825/10/199424/03/1997

27Mr. Justice J.S. Verma3/6/198925/03/199717/01/1998

28Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi6/10/198918/01/19989/10/1998

29Dr. Justice A.S. Anand18/11/199110/10/199831/10/2001

30Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha1/7/19921/11/20015/5/2002

31Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal11/9/19956/5/20027/11/2002

32Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik11/9/19958/11/200218/12/2002

33Mr. Justice V.N. Khare21/03/199719/12/20021/5/2004

34Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu25/09/19972/5/200431/05/2004

35Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti9/12/19981/6/200431/10/2005

36Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal28/01/20001/11/200513/01/2007

37Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan8/6/200014/01/200711/5/2010

38Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia18/12/200312.05.201028/09/2012

* Date of Death** Date of Resignation