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Chief Justice of India
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Tenure
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H.J Kania
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26 January 1950 – 6 November 1951
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M. Patanjali Sastri
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7 November 1951 – 3 January 1954
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Mehr Chand Mahajan
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4 January 1954 – 22 December 1954
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Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
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23 December 1954 – 31 January 1956
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Sudhi Ranjan Das
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1 February 1956 – 30 September 1959
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Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
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1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964
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P. B. Gajendragadkar
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1 February 1964 – 15 March 1966
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Amal Kumar Sarkar
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16 March 1966 – 29 June 1966
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Koka Subba Rao
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30 June 1966 – 11 April 1967
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Kailas Nath Wanchoo
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12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968
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Mohammad Hidayatullah
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25 February 1968 – 16 December 1970
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Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah
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17 December 1970 – 21 January 1971
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Sarv Mittra Sikri
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22 January 1971 – 25 April 1973
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A. N. Ray
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26 April 1973 – 27 January 1977
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Mirza Hameedullah Beg
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29 January 1977 – 21 February 1978
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Y. V. Chandrachud
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22 February 1978 – 11 July 1985
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P. N. Bhagwati
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12 July 1985 – 20 December 1986
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Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
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21 December 1986 – 18 June 1989
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Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Venkataramiah
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19 June 1989 – 17 December 1989
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Sabyasachi Mukharji
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18 December 1989 – 25 September 1990
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Ranganath Misra
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26 September 1990 – 24 November 1991
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Kamal Narain Singh
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25 November 1991 – 12 December 1991
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Madhukar Hiralal Kania
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13 December 1991 – 17 November 1992
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Lalit Mohan Sharma
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18 November 1992 – 11 February 1993
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M. N. Venkatachaliah
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12 February 1993 – 24 October 1994
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Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi
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25 October 1994 – 24 March 1997
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J. S. Verma
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25 March 1997 – 17 January 1998
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Madan Mohan Punchhi
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18 January 1998 – 9 October 1998
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Adarsh Sein Anand
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10 October 1998 – 31 October 2001
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Sam Piroj Bharucha
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1 November 2001 – 5 May 2002
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Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
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6 May 2002 – 7 November 2002
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Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
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8 November 2002 – 18 December 2002
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V. N. Khare
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19 December 2002 – 1 May 2004
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S. Rajendra Babu
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2 May 2004 – 31 May 2004
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Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
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1 June 2004 – 31 October 2005
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Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
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1 November 2005 – 13 January 2007
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K. G. Balakrishnan
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14 January 2007 – 12 May 2010
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S. H. Kapadia
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12 May 2010 – 28 September 2012
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Altamas Kabir
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29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013
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P. Sathasivam
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19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014
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Rajendra Mal Lodha
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27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014
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H. L. Dattu
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28 September 2014 – 2 December 2015
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T. S. Thakur
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3 December 2015 – 3 January 2017
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Jagdish Singh Khehar
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4 January 2017 – 27 August 2017
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Dipak Misra
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28 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
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Ranjan Gogoi
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3 October 2018 – 17 November 2019
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Sharad Arvind Bobde
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18 November 2019 – 23 April 2021
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NV Ramana
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23 April 2021 – Incumbent
(Upto 26 August 2022)
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Uday Umesh Lalit
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27 August 2022 - 8 November 2022
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Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
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9 November 2022 - Incumbent
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