List Of All Chief Justices Of India:  The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the senior-most judge and the head of the Supreme Court. He ensures the functioning and administration of the Indian judiciary. The CJI assigns cases are constitute constitutional benches for important legal issues, and regulates the roster and personnel of the Supreme Court. The President of India appoints the CJI on the advice of the outgoing CJI, usually on seniority consideration, and serves up to the age of 65. As of May 14, 2025, the 52nd appointed CJI is Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai. He is the first Buddhist and second Dalit CJI in the history of India. To learn more, here’s a list of 52 Chief Justices of India from 1950 to 2025, as per the official website of the Supreme Court of India. 

List Of All Chief Justices Of India From 1950 To 2025: 

No. Name Tenure
1 Harilal Jekisundas Kania 26 Jan 1950 – 6 Nov 1951
2 M. Patanjali Sastri 7 Nov 1951 – 3 Jan 1954
3 Mehr Chand Mahajan 4 Jan 1954 – 22 Dec 1954
4 Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 23 Dec 1954 – 31 Jan 1956
5 Sudhi Ranjan Das 1 Feb 1956 – 30 Sep 1959
6 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1 Oct 1959 – 31 Jan 1964
7 P. B. Gajendragadkar 1 Feb 1964 – 15 Mar 1966
8 Amal Kumar Sarkar 16 Mar 1966 – 29 Jun 1966
9 Koka Subba Rao 30 Jun 1966 – 11 Apr 1967
10 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 12 Apr 1967 – 24 Feb 1968
11 Mohammad Hidayatullah 25 Feb 1968 – 16 Dec 1970
12 Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 17 Dec 1970 – 21 Jan 1971
13 Sarv Mittra Sikri 22 Jan 1971 – 25 Apr 1973
14 Ajit Nath Ray 26 Apr 1973 – 27 Jan 1977
15 Mirza Hameedullah Beg 29 Jan 1977 – 21 Feb 1978
16 Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud 22 Feb 1978 – 11 Jul 1985
17 Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati 12 Jul 1985 – 20 Dec 1986
18 Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 21 Dec 1986 – 18 Jun 1989
19 Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Venkataramiah 19 Jun 1989 – 17 Dec 1989
20 Sabyasachi Mukharji 18 Dec 1989 – 25 Sep 1990
21 Ranganath Misra 26 Sep 1990 – 24 Nov 1991
22 Kamal Narain Singh 25 Nov 1991 – 12 Dec 1991
23 Madhukar Hiralal Kania 13 Dec 1991 – 17 Nov 1992
24 Lalit Mohan Sharma 18 Nov 1992 – 11 Feb 1993
25 Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah 12 Feb 1993 – 24 Oct 1994
26 Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi 25 Oct 1994 – 24 Mar 1997
27 Jagdish Sharan Verma 25 Mar 1997 – 17 Jan 1998
28 Madan Mohan Punchhi 18 Jan 1998 – 9 Oct 1998
29 Adarsh Sein Anand 10 Oct 1998 – 31 Oct 2001
30 Sam Piroj Bharucha 1 Nov 2001 – 5 May 2002
31 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 6 May 2002 – 7 Nov 2002
32 Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 8 Nov 2002 – 18 Dec 2002
33 Vishweshwar Nath Khare 19 Dec 2002 – 1 May 2004
34 S. Rajendra Babu 2 May 2004 – 31 May 2004
35 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 1 Jun 2004 – 31 Oct 2005
36 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 1 Nov 2005 – 13 Jan 2007
37 K. G. Balakrishnan 14 Jan 2007 – 12 May 2010
38 S. H. Kapadia 12 May 2010 – 28 Sep 2012
39 Altamas Kabir 29 Sep 2012 – 18 Jul 2013
40 P. Sathasivam 19 Jul 2013 – 26 Apr 2014
41 Rajendra Mal Lodha 27 Apr 2014 – 27 Sep 2014
42 H. L. Dattu 28 Sep 2014 – 2 Dec 2015
43 T. S. Thakur 3 Dec 2015 – 3 Jan 2017
44 Jagdish Singh Khehar 4 Jan 2017 – 27 Aug 2017
45 Dipak Misra 28 Aug 2017 – 2 Oct 2018
46 Ranjan Gogoi 3 Oct 2018 – 17 Nov 2019
47 Sharad Arvind Bobde 18 Nov 2019 – 23 Apr 2021
48 N. V. Ramana 24 Apr 2021 – 26 Aug 2022
49 U. U. Lalit 27 Aug 2022 – 8 Nov 2022
50 D. Y. Chandrachud 9 Nov 2022 – 8 Nov 2024
51 Sanjiv Khanna 9 Nov 2024 – 13 May 2025
52 B. R. Gavai 14 May 2025 – Present