Here is a list of chief justice of India since 1950 to Today .This  list of all chief justice of India will help you to know about the tenure of all chief justice of India since 1950. So read it and keep it in your mind for your exams and as general knowledge.

This list is very important for the purpose of any State or National level exam. In state level exam, There may be questions related to the chief justice at the time of the formation of that state. In Bank or SSC level exam, last four or five names are very important and they can be asked in any exam as the current affairs.

But chief justice list is very important for the SSC, UPSC and state PCS, because in these examination the level of General knowledge is little bit higher from all other examinations. Start from the 1950 and read it to the end. After that try to give the answers of questions by your own.

list of chief justice of India since 1950

S.No. Name Took  Office Leave Office
1. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania 26-01-1950 06-11-1951
2. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri 07-11-1951 03-01-1954
3. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan 04-01-1954 22-12-1954
4. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 23-12-1954 31-01-956
5. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das 01-02-1956 30-09-1959
6. Justice Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 01-10-1959 31-01-1964
7. Justice P. B. Gajendragadkar 01-02-1964 15-03-1966
8. Justice Amal Kumar Sarkar 16-03-1966 29-06-1966
9. Justice Koka Subba Rao 30-06-1966 11-04-1967
10. Justice Kailas Nath Wanchoo 12-04-1967 24-02-1968
11. Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah 25-02-1968 16-12-1970
12. Justice Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 17-12-1970 21-01-1971
13. Justice Sarv Mittra Sikri 22-01-1971 25-04-1973
14. Justice Ajit Nath Ray 26-04-1973 28-01-1977
15. Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg 29-01-1977 21-02-1978
16. Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud 22-02-1978 11-07-1985
17. Justice Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati 12-07-1985 20-12-1986
18. Justice Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 21-12-1986 18-06-1989
19. Justice Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah 19-06-1989 17-12-1989
20. Justice Sabyasachi Mukharji 18-12-1989 25-09-1990
21. Justice Ranganath Misra 25-09-1990 24-11-1991
22. Justice Kamal Narain Singh 25-11-1991 12-12-1991
23. Justice Madhukar Hiralal Kania 13-12-1991 17-11-1992
24. Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma 18-11-1992 11-02-1993
25. Justice Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah 12-02-1993 24-10-1994
26. Justice Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi 25-10-1994 24-03-1997
27. Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma 25-03-1997 17-01-1998
28. Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi 18-01-1998 09-10-1998
29. JusticeAdarsh Sein Anand 10-10-1998 31-10-2001
30. Justice Sam Piroj Bharucha 01-11-2001 05-05-2002
31. Justice Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 06-05-2002 07-11-2002
32. Justice Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 08-11-2002 18-12-2002
33. Justice V. N. Khare 19-12-2002 01-05-2004
34. Justice S. Rajendra Babu 02-05-2004 31-05-2004
35. Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 01-06-2004 31-10-2005
36. Justice Yogesh Kumar Sabharwa 01-11-2005 13-01-2007
37. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan 14-01-2007 11-05-2010
38. Justice S. H. Kapadia 12-05-2010 28-09-2012
39. Justice Altamas Kabir 29-09-2012 18-07-2013
40. Justice P. Sathasivam 19-07-2013 26-04-2014
41. Justice R.M. Lodha 27-04-2014 27-09-2014
42. Justice H.L. Dattu 28-09-2014 02-12-2015
43. Justice T. S. Thakur 03-12-2015 03-01-2017
44. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar 04-01-2017 Till Date

 

Now we are giving you some examples of questions that may asked in near future exams. And after reading the above list ,you can easily answer the below questions.

Who was the first chief justice of India ?
Who was the first muslim chief justice of India ?
How many chief justice of India appointed till now ?
Who is the current chief justice of India ?
Which chief justice of India has the longest tenure as CJI?
Which chief justice of India has the Shortest tenure as CJI?

and much more.

ALL THE BEST.

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