Chief Justice of India (CJI) - 2026

Here is the list of Chief Justice of India who served for India since the Supreme Court of India was formed on September 1950, starting from Hon'ble Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania to current CJI Hon'ble Justice Surya Kant who took oath on 24 November, 2025.

Chief Justice of India

Name	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant	24 Nov 2025	9 Feb 2027
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai	14 May 2025	23 Nov 2025
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjiv Khanna	10 Nov 2024	13 May 2025
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud	9 Nov 2022	10 Nov 2024
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit	13 Aug 2014	8 Nov 2022
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Gogoi	23 Apr 2012	17 Nov 2019
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra	10 Oct 2011	2 Oct 2018
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar	4 Jan 2017	27 Aug 2017
Hon'ble Mr. Justice T.S. Thakur	17 Nov 2009	3 Jan 2017
Hon'ble Mr. Justice H.L. Datt	17 Dec 2008	2 Dec 2015

Name	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. M. Lodha	17 Dec 2008	27 Sep 2014
Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam	21 Aug 2007	26 Apr 2014
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir	9 Sep 2005	18 Jul 2013
Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia	18 Dec 2003	28 Sep 2012
Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan	6 Aug 2000	12 May 2010
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal	28 Jan 2000	13 Jan 2007
Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti	12 Sep 1998	31 Oct 2005
Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu	25 Sep 1997	31 May 2004
Hon'ble Mr. Justice V.N. Khare	21 Mar 1997	1 May 2004
Hon'ble Mr. Justice G.B. Patnaik	9 Nov 1995	18 Dec 2002

Name	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
Hon'ble Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal	9 Nov 1995	7 Nov 2002
Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha	7 Jan 1992	5 May 2002
Hon'ble Dr. Justice A.S. Anand	18 Nov 1991	31 Oct 2001
Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi	10 Jun 1989	9 Oct 1998
Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.S. Verma	6 Mar 1989	17 Jan 1998
Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi	14 Dec 1988	24 Mar 1997
Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah	10 May 1987	4 Oct 1994
Hon'ble Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma	10 May 1987	11 Feb 1993
Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.H. Kania	5 Jan 1987	17 Nov 1992
Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.N. Singh	3 Oct 1986	12 Dec 1991
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra	15 Mar 1983	4 Nov 1991
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee	15 Mar 1983	25 Sep 1990
Hon'ble Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah	8 Mar 1979	17 Dec 1989
Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak	20 Feb 1978	18 Jun 1989
Hon'ble Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati	17 Jul 1973	20 Dec 1986
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud	28 Aug 1972	11 Jul 1985
Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg	12 Oct 1971	21 Feb 1978
Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.N. Ray	8 Jan 1969	28 Jan 1977
Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri	2 Mar 1964	25 Apr 1973
Hon'ble Mr. Justice J.C. Shah	10 Dec 1959	21 Jan 1971
Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah	12 Jan 1958	16 Dec 1970
Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo	8 Nov 1958	24 Feb 1968
Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao	31 Jan 1958	11 Apr 1967
Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar	3 Apr 1957	29 Jun 1966
Hon'ble Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar	17 Jan 1957	15 Mar 1966
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha	3 Dec 1954	31 Jan 1964
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das	26 Jan 1950	30 Sep 1959
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea	26 Jan 1950	31 Jan 1956
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan	26 Jan 1950	22 Dec 1954
Hon'ble Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri	26 Jan 1950	3 Jan 1954
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania	26 Jan 1950	6 Nov 1951

Source: ECI

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The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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