| Chief Justice of India – List |
Tenure |
| H.J Kania |
26 January 1950 – 6 November 1951 |
| M. Patanjali Sastri |
7 November 1951 – 3 January 1954 |
| Mehr Chand Mahajan |
4 January 1954 – 22 December 1954 |
| Bijan Kumar Mukherjea |
23 December 1954 – 31 January 1956 |
| Sudhi Ranjan Das |
1 February 1956 – 30 September 1959 |
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha |
1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964 |
| P. B. Gajendragadkar |
1 February 1964 – 15 March 1966 |
| Amal Kumar Sarkar |
16 March 1966 – 29 June 1966 |
| Koka Subba Rao |
30 June 1966 – 11 April 1967 |
| Kailas Nath Wanchoo |
12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968 |
| Mohammad Hidayatullah |
25 February 1968 – 16 December 1970 |
| Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah |
17 December 1970 – 21 January 1971 |
| Sarv Mittra Sikri |
22 January 1971 – 25 April 1973 |
| A. N. Ray |
26 April 1973 – 27 January 1977 |
| Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
29 January 1977 – 21 February 1978 |
| Y. V. Chandrachud |
22 February 1978 – 11 July 1985 |
| P. N. Bhagwati |
12 July 1985 – 20 December 1986 |
| Raghunandan Swarup Pathak |
21 December 1986 – 18 June 1989 |
| Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Venkataramiah |
19 June 1989 – 17 December 1989 |
| Sabyasachi Mukharji |
18 December 1989 – 25 September 1990 |
| Ranganath Misra |
26 September 1990 – 24 November 1991 |
| Kamal Narain Singh |
25 November 1991 – 12 December 1991 |
| Madhukar Hiralal Kania |
13 December 1991 – 17 November 1992 |
| Lalit Mohan Sharma |
18 November 1992 – 11 February 1993 |
| M. N. Venkatachaliah |
12 February 1993 – 24 October 1994 |
| Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi |
25 October 1994 – 24 March 1997 |
| J. S. Verma |
25 March 1997 – 17 January 1998 |
| Madan Mohan Punchhi |
18 January 1998 – 9 October 1998 |
| Adarsh Sein Anand |
10 October 1998 – 31 October 2001 |
| Sam Piroj Bharucha |
1 November 2001 – 5 May 2002 |
| Bhupinder Nath Kirpal |
6 May 2002 – 7 November 2002 |
| Gopal Ballav Pattanaik |
8 November 2002 – 18 December 2002 |
| V. N. Khare |
19 December 2002 – 1 May 2004 |
| S. Rajendra Babu |
2 May 2004 – 31 May 2004 |
| Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |
1 June 2004 – 31 October 2005 |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal |
1 November 2005 – 13 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 – 18 July 2013 |
| P. Sathasivam |
19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014 |
| Rajendra Mal Lodha |
27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014 |
| H. L. Dattu |
28 September 2014 – 2 December 2015 |
| T. S. Thakur |
3 December 2015 – 3 January 2017 |
| Jagdish Singh Khehar |
4 January 2017 – 27 August 2017 |
| Dipak Misra |
28 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 |
| Ranjan Gogoi |
3 October 2018 – 17 November 2019 |
| Sharad Arvind Bobde |
18 November 2019 – 23 April 2021 |
| N. V. Ramana |
24 April 2021 – 26 August 2022 |
| U. U. Lalit |
27 August 2022 – 8 November 2022 |
| D. Y. Chandrachud |
9 November 2022 – Incumbent |