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Tuesday, 29 August 2017

Supreme Court of India


Supreme Court of India

Since the birth of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 45 people have served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
 While H. J. Kania is the inaugural CJI, the current incumbent is Dipak Misra who was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017.
Justice Y. V. Chandrachud is the longest serving Chief Justice (February 1978 - July 1985).
Number
Name
Period of office
Length of term (days)
Bar
Appointed by
1
26 January 1950
6 November 1951‡‡
649
2
7 November 1951
3 January 1954
788
3
4 January 1954
22 December 1954
352
4
23 December 1954
31 January 1956
404
5
1 February 1956
30 September 1959
1337
6
1 October 1959
31 January 1964
1583
7
1 February 1964
15 March 1966
773
8
16 March 1966
29 June 1966
105
9
30 June 1966
11 April 1967
285
10
12 April 1967
24 February 1968
318
11
25 February 1968
16 December 1970
1025
12
17 December 1970
21 January 1971
35
13
22 January 1971
25 April 1973
824
14
26 April 1973
27 January 1977
1372
15
28 January 1977
21 February 1978
389
16
22 February 1978
11 July 1985
2696
17
12 July 1985
20 December 1986
526
18
21 December 1986
18 June 1989
940
19
19 June 1989
17 December 1989
181
20
18 December 1989
25 September 1990‡‡
281
21
26 September 1990
24 November 1991
424
22
25 November 1991
12 December 1991
17
23
13 December 1991
17 November 1992
340
24
18 November 1992
11 February 1993
85
25
12 February 1993
24 October 1994
619
26
25 October 1994
24 March 1997
881
27
25 March 1997
17 January 1998
298
28
18 January 1998
9 October 1998
264
29
10 October 1998
31 October 2001
1,117
30
1 November 2001
5 May 2002
185
31
6 May 2002
7 November 2002
185
32
8 November 2002
18 December 2002
40
33
19 December 2002
1 May 2004
499
34
2 May 2004
31 May 2004
29
35
1 June 2004
31 October 2005
517
36
1 November 2005
13 January 2007
438
37
14 January 2007
12 May 2010
1,214
38
12 May 2010
28 September 2012
870
39
29 September 2012
18 July 2013
292
40
19 July 2013
26 April 2014
281
41
27 April 2014
27 September 2014
153
42
28 September 2014
2 December 2015
430
43
3 December 2015
3 January 2017
397
44
4 January 2017
27 August 2017
236
45
28 August 2017
Incumbent
0