Former Chief Justices of India

Former Chief Justices of India

   Hon'ble Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania                                  Former Chief Justice of India

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
26/01/1950	26/01/1950	06/11/1951

	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 26/01/1950 07/11/1951 03/01/1954
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 26/01/1950 04/01/1954 22/12/1954
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjee Former Chief Justice of India PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 26/01/1950 23/12/1954 31/01/1956** ** Date of Resignation
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 26/01/1950 01/02/1956 30/09/1959
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha Former Chief Justice of India PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 03/12/1954 01/10/1959 31/01/1964
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 17/01/1957 01/02/1964 15/03/1966
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 04/03/1957 16/03/1966 29/06/1966
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 31/01/1958 30/06/1966 11/04/1967**
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 11/08/1958 12/04/1967 24/02/1968
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 01/12/1958 25/02/1968 16/12/1970
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.C. Shah Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 12/10/1959 17/12/1970 21/01/1971
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri  Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 03/02/1964 22/01/1971 25/04/1973
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Ray  Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 01/08/1969 26/04/1973 28/01/1977
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg Former Chief Justice of India PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 10/12/1971 29/01/1977 21/02/1978
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud  Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 28/08/1972 22/02/1978 11/07/1985
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati Former Chief Justice of India PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 17/07/1973 12/07/1985 20/12/1986
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 20/02/1978 21/12/1986 18/06/1989**
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 08/03/1979 19/06/1989 17/12/1989
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 15/03/1983 18/12/1989 25/09/1990*
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 15/03/1983 25/09/1990 24/11/1991
>	Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.N. Singh Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 10/03/1986 25/11/1991 12/12/1991
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.H. Kania  Former Chief Justice of India PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 01/05/1987 13/12/1991 17/11/1992
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 05/10/1987 18/11/1992 11/02/1993
	Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 05/10/1987 12/02/1993 24/10/1994
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi  Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 14/12/1988 25/10/1994 24/03/1997
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Verma  Former Chief Justice of India  PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 03/06/1989 25/03/1997 17/01/1998
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi  Former Chief Justice of India PROFILE DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 06/10/1989 18/01/1998 09/10/1998

Hon’ble Dr. Justice A.S. Anand  Former Chief Justice of India  DATE OF APPOINTMENT DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I. HELD OFFICE TILL 18/11/1991 10/10/1998 31/10/2001 PROFILE

Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha 
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
01/07/1992	01/11/2001	05/05/2002

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Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal 
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
11/09/1995	06/05/2002	07/11/2002

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Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik 
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
11/09/1995	08/11/2002	18/12/2002

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Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.N. Khare Former Chief Justice of India  

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
21/03/1997	19/12/2002	01/05/2004

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu 
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
25/09/1997	02/05/2004	31/05/2004

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti 
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
09/12/1998	01/06/2004	31/10/2005

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal 
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
28/01/2000	01/11/2005	13/01/2007

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan (DoB.12.05.1945)
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
08.06.2000	14.01.2007	12.05.2010

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia (DoB.29.09.1947)
Former Chief Justice of India 

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DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
18.12.2003	12.05.2010	28.09.2012

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir (DoB.19.07.1948)
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
09.09.2005	29.09.2012	18.07.2013

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam (DoB.27.04.1949)
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
21.08.2007	19.07.2013	26.04.2014

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. M. Lodha (DoB.28.09.1949)
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
17.12.2008	27.04.2014	27.09.2014

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Hon'ble Mr. Justice H.L. Dattu (DoB.03.12.1950)
Former Chief Justice of India 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT	DATE OF APPOINTMENT AS C.J.I.	HELD OFFICE TILL
17.12.2008	28.09.2014	02.12.2015

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