Karnatakaexamshub
GK Tables India

List of Chief Justices of India

By Karnataka  |  07 Sep, 2026  |  Comments Off on List of Chief Justices of India

NamePeriod of OfficeBarAppointed by
H. J. Kania26 January 1950 – 6 November 1951Bombay High CourtRajendra Prasad
M. Patanjali Sastri7 November 1951 – 3 January 1954Madras High CourtRajendra Prasad
Mehr Chand Mahajan4 January 1954 – 22 December 1954East Punjab High CourtRajendra Prasad
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea23 December 1954 – 31 January 1956Calcutta High CourtRajendra Prasad
Sudhi Ranjan Das1 February 1956 – 30 September 1959Calcutta High CourtRajendra Prasad
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964Patna High CourtRajendra Prasad
P. B. Gajendragadkar1 February 1964 – 15 March 1966Bombay High CourtSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Amal Kumar Sarkar16 March 1966 – 29 June 1966Calcutta High CourtSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Koka Subba Rao30 June 1966 – 11 April 1967Madras High CourtSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Kailas Nath Wanchoo12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968Allahabad High CourtSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Mohammad Hidayatullah25 February 1968 – 16 December 1970Bombay High CourtZakir Hussain
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah17 December 1970 – 21 January 1971Bombay High CourtVarahagiri Venkata Giri
Sarv Mittra Sikri22 January 1971 – 25 April 1973Lahore High CourtVarahagiri Venkata Giri
Ajit Nath Ray26 April 1973 – 27 January 1977Calcutta High CourtVarahagiri Venkata Giri
Mirza Hameedullah Beg28 January 1977 – 21 February 1978Allahabad High CourtFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud22 February 1978 – 11 July 1985Bombay High CourtNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati12 July 1985 – 20 December 1986Gujarat High CourtGiani Zail Singh
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak21 December 1986 – 18 June 1989Allahabad High CourtGiani Zail Singh
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah19 June 1989 – 17 December 1989Karnataka High CourtRamaswamy Venkataraman
Sabyasachi Mukharji18 December 1989 – 25 September 1990Calcutta High CourtRamaswamy Venkataraman
Ranganath Misra26 September 1990 – 24 November 1991Orissa High CourtRamaswamy Venkataraman
Kamal Narain Singh25 November 1991 – 12 December 1991Allahabad High CourtRamaswamy Venkataraman
Madhukar Hiralal Kania13 December 1991 – 17 November 1992Bombay High CourtRamaswamy Venkataraman
Lalit Mohan Sharma18 November 1992 – 11 February 1993Patna High CourtShankar Dayal Sharma
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah12 February 1993 – 24 October 1994Karnataka High CourtShankar Dayal Sharma
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi25 October 1994 – 24 March 1997Gujarat High CourtShankar Dayal Sharma
Jagdish Sharan Verma25 March 1997 – 17 January 1998Madhya Pradesh High CourtShankar Dayal Sharma
Madan Mohan Punchhi18 January 1998 – 9 October 1998Punjab and Haryana High CourtKocheril Raman Narayanan
Adarsh Sein Anand10 October 1998 – 11 January 2001Jammu and Kashmir High CourtKocheril Raman Narayanan
Sam Piroj Bharucha11 January 2001 – 6 May 2002Bombay High CourtKocheril Raman Narayanan
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal6 May 2002 – 8 November 2002Delhi High CourtKocheril Raman Narayanan
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik8 November 2002 – 19 December 2002Orissa High CourtA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
V. N. Khare19 December 2002 – 2 May 2004Allahabad High CourtA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
S. Rajendra Babu2 May 2004 – 1 June 2004Karnataka High CourtA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti1 June 2004 – 1 November 2005Madhya Pradesh High CourtA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal1 November 2005 – 13 January 2007Delhi High CourtA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
K. G. Balakrishnan13 January 2007 – 11 May 2010Kerala High CourtA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
S. H. Kapadia12 May 2010 – 28 September 2012Bombay High CourtPratibha Patil
Altamas Kabir29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013Calcutta High CourtPranab Mukherjee
P. Sathasivam19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014Madras High CourtPranab Mukherjee
Rajendra Mal Lodha27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014Rajasthan High CourtPranab Mukherjee
H. L. Dattu28 September 2014 – 2 December 2015Karnataka High CourtPranab Mukherjee
T. S. Thakur3 December 2015 – 3 January 2017Jammu & Kashmir High CourtPranab Mukherjee
Jagdish Singh Khehar4 January 2017 – 27 August 2017Punjab & Haryana High CourtPranab Mukherjee
Dipak Misra28 August 2017 – 2 October 2018Odisha High CourtRam Nath Kovind
Ranjan Gogoi3 October 2018 – 17 November 2019Gauhati High CourtRam Nath Kovind
Sharad Arvind Bobde18 November 2019 – 23 April 2021Bombay High CourtRam Nath Kovind
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana24 April 2021 – 26 August 2022Andhra Pradesh High CourtRam Nath Kovind
Uday Umesh Lalit27 August 2022 – 8 November 2022Bar CouncilDroupadi Murmu
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud9 November 2022 – 10 November 2024BombayDroupadi Murmu
Sanjiv Khanna11 November 2024 – 13 May 2025DelhiDroupadi Murmu
Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai14 May 2025 – 23 November 2025BombayDroupadi Murmu
Suryakanth24 November 2025 – IncumbentPunjab and HaryanaDroupadi Murmu
manojns1997

error: Content is protected !!