The Supreme Court was inaugurated in India 28 Jan 1950. In India Supreme Court is in New Delhi. The Supreme Court in India 1 Chief Justice and consists of 30 judges this total are 31 judges.
India’s Supreme Court of first Justice Hiralal J.Kania. India’s high court’s first female chief justice was Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud is the longest serving Chief Justice .At present, 45th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are Deepak Mishra whose appointment took place on August 28, 2017.
Qualifications for appointment of Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme court in India
- A citizen of India.
- Has been a High Court judge for at least 5 years
- Has been a High Advocate of a High Court for at least 10 year.
- The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the President of India in Supreme Court. [Art. 28]
- The Supreme Court Judges in India are appointed by the President on the advice of his Council of Ministers.
The Chief Justice of India will retire on completion of 65 years of age. After retirement a judge of the Supreme Court cannot plead or act in any Court or before any authority within the territory of India [Ref: Art.124 (7)]
List of All Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in India
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S.N. |
Name of Chief Justice |
Period of office |
Bar |
Appointed by the President of India |
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Period From
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Period To | ||||
| 1 | HeeraLal J. Kania | 26- Jan-1950 | 6- Nov-1951 | Bombay High Court | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | M.Patanjali Sastri | 7- Nov-1951 | 3-Jan-1954 | Madras High Court | |
| 3 | Mehr Chand Mahajan | 4-Jan-1954 | 22-Dec-1954 | Punjab & Haryana High Court | |
| 4 | Bijan Kumar Mukherjea | 23-Dec-1954 | 31-Jan-1956 | Calcutta High Court | |
| 5 | Sudhi Ranjan Das | 01-Feb-1956 | 30-Sep-1959 | Calcutta High Court | |
| 6 | Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha | 01-Oct-1959 | 31-Jan-1964 | Patna high Court | |
| 7 | P.B. Gajendragandkar | 01-Feb-1964 | 15-Mar-1966 | Bombay High Court |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 8 | Amal Kumar Sarkar | 16-Mar-1966 | 29-Jun-1966 | Calcutta High Court | |
| 9 | Koka Subba Rao | 30-Jun-1966 | 11-Apr-1967 | Madras High Court | |
| 10 | Kailas Nath Wanchoo | 12-Apr-1967 | 24-Feb-1968 | Allahabad High Court | |
| 11 | Mohammad Hidayatullah | 25-Feb-1968 | 16-Dec-1970 | Bombay High Court | Zakir Husain |
| 12 | Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah | 17-Dec-1970 | 21-Jan-1971 | Bombay High Court | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| 13 | Sarv Mittra Sikri | 22-Jan-1971 | 25-Apr-1973 | Lahore High Court | |
| 14 | Ajit Nath Ray | 26-Apr-1973 | 27-Jan-1977 | Calcutta High Court | |
| 15 | Mirza Hameedullah Beg | 28-Jan-1977 | 21-Feb-1978 | Allahabad High Court | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 16 | Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud | 22-Feb-1978 | 11-July-1985 | Bombay High Court | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 17 | Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwai | 12-Jul-1985 | 20-Dec-1986 | Gujarat High Court |
Giani Zail Singh |
| 18 | Raghunandan Swarup Pathak | 21-Dec-1986 | 18-Jun-1989** | Allahabad High Court | |
| 19 | Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah | 19-Jun-1989 | 17-Dec-1989 | Karnataka High Court |
Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 20 | Sabyasachi Mukharji | 18-Dec-1989 | 25-Sep-1990 ** | Calcutta High Court | |
| 21 | Ranganath Misra | 26-Sep-1990 | 24-Nov-1991 | Odessa High Court | |
| 22 | Kamal Narain Singh | 25-Nov-1991 | 12-Dec-1991 | Allahabad High Court | |
| 23 | Madhukar Hiralal Kania | 13-Dec-1991 | 17-Nov-1992 | Bombay High Court | |
| 24 | Lalit Mohan Sharma | 18-Nov-1992 | 11-Feb-1993 | Patna High Court |
Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 25 | Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah | 12-Feb-1993 | 24-Oct-1994 | Karnataka High Court | |
| 26 | Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi | 25-Oct-1994 | 24-Mar-1997 | Gujarat High Court | |
| 27 | Jagdish Sharan Verma | 25-Mar-1997 | 17-Jan-1998 | Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
| 28 | Madan Mohan Punchhi | 18-Jan-1998 | 9-Oct-1998 | Punjab & Haryana High Court | Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
| 29 | Adarsh Sein Ananad | 10-Oct-1998 | 31-Oct-2001 | Jammu & Kashmir High Court | |
| 30 | Sam Piroj Bharucha | 01-Nov-2001 | 05-May-2002 | Bombay High Court | |
| 31 | Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | 06-May-2002 | 07-Nov-2002 | Delhi High Court | |
| 32 | Gopal Ballav Pattanaik | 08-Nov-2002 | 18-Dec-2002 | Odessa High Court |
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| 33 | V.N.Khare | 19-Dec-2002 | 01-May-2004 | Allahabad High Court | |
| 34 | S.Rajendra Babu | 02-May-2004 | 31-May-2004 | Karnataka Allahabad High Court | |
| 35 | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti | 01-June-2004 | 31-Oct-2005 | Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
| 36 | Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal | 01-Nov-2005 | 13-Jan-2007 | Delhi High Court | |
| 37 | K.G. Balakrishnan | 14-Jan-2007 | 12-May-2010 | Kerala High Court | |
| 38 | S.H. Kapadia | 12-May-2010 | 28-Sep-2012 | Bombay High Court | Pratibha Devi Singh Patil |
| 39 | Altamas Kabir | 29-Sep-2012 | 18-Jul-2013 | Calcutta High Court |
Pranab Mukherjee |
| 40 | P.Sathasivam | 19-July-2013 | 26-Apr-2014 | Madras High Court | |
| 41 | Rajendra Mal Lodha | 27-Apr-2014 | 27-Sep-2014 | Rajasthan High Court | |
| 42 | H.L.Dattu | 28-Sep-2014 | 02-Dec-2015 | Karnataka High Court | |
| 43 | T.S. Thakur | 03-Dec-205 | 03-Jan-2017 | Jammu & Kashmir High Court | |
| 44 | Jagdish Singh Khehar | 04-Jan-2017 | 27-Aug-2017 | Punjab & Haryana High Court | |
| 45 | Dipak Misra | 28-Aug-2017 | Incumbent | Patna High Court | Ram Nath Kovind |
