Chief Justice of India - wikipedia Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India Emblem of the Supreme Court of India Incumbent Justice Dipak Misra ( 28 August 2017 - 2 October 2018 ) Judiciary of India Abbreviation CJI Seat New Delhi Nominator Collegium of the Supreme Court Appointer President of India Term length till the age of 65 yrs Constituting instrument Constitution of India ( under Article 124 ) Formation 1950 First holder Justice H.J. Kania ( 26 January 1950 -- 6 November 1951 ) Website Supreme Court of India This article is part of a series on Judiciary of India Law of India Administration Ministry of Justice Department of Legal Affairs Legislative Department Department of Justice Law Commission of India Civil courts Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India Judges of the Supreme Court High Courts of India Chief justices of High Courts of India Judges of High Courts District Courts / Additional district judge 's courts Civil Judge ( Sr. Division ) 's Courts Civil Judge ( Jr. Division ) 's Courts Criminal courts Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India Judges of the Supreme Court High Courts of India Chief Justices of High Courts of India Judges of High Courts Courts of Session / Courts of Additional Sessions Judge Courts of Assistant Sessions Judge Chief Judicial Magistrate Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Judicial Magistrate of First Class / Metropolitan Magistrate Special Judicial Magistrate Judicial Magistrate of Second Class Executive Court Divisional commissioner District magistrate / additional district magistrate Sub-divisional magistrate Assistant magistrate Special executive magistrate Legal profession Bar Council Chairman ( BCI ) - Manan Kumar Mishra Attorney General of India Solicitor General of India Additional Solicitor General of India Advocates in India All India Bar Examination Legal education Legal education in India Autonomous law schools in India List of law schools in India The Chief Justice of India ( CJI ) is the head of the judiciary of India and the Supreme Court of India. The CJI also heads their administrative functions. As head of the supreme court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966, the Chief Justice allocates all work to the other judges who are bound to refer the matter back to him or her ( for re-allocation ) in any case where they require it to be looked into by a larger bench of more judges. On the administrative side, the Chief Justice carries out the following functions : maintenance of the roster ; appointment of court officials and general and miscellaneous matters relating to the supervision and functioning of the Supreme Court. It has been an unbroken convention for decades now, to appoint the senior-most judge of the supreme court as the CJI. The present CJI is Justice Dipak Misra and is the 45th CJI since January 1950, the year the Constitution came into effect and the supreme court came into being. He succeeded Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on 28 August 2017 and will remain in office till 2 October 2018, the day he retires on turning 65 years in age. Contents 1 Appointment 2 Removal 3 Acting President 4 List of Chief Justices of India 5 Remuneration 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Appointment Article 124 of the Constitution of India provides for the manner of appointing judges to the Supreme Court. Though no specific provision exists in the Constitution for appointing the Chief Justice, who, as a result, is appointed like the other judges conventionally, the outgoing CJI recommends the name of the senior-most judge ( i.e. by date of appointment to the Supreme Court ) for appointment by the President of India, as his successor. Once earlier, when prime minister Nehru wanted to see Justice M.C. Mahajan, next in line to become the CJI, superseded on Justice Patanjali Sastri 's retirement, three judges of the supreme court, including Justice Mukherjea, who Nehru wanted as the next Chief Justice, offered to resign. He relented before the judges and the convention of seniority in appointment was left undisturbed. On the contrary, this convention has been breached on a few occasions during the tenure of prime minister Indira Gandhi. She got Justice A.N. Ray appointed as CJI, superseding three judges senior to him allegedly because he had favoured her government, and when Justice H.R. Khanna was overlooked for the post for upholding the constitution as superior to her government 's acts and for curtailing her powers which she had arrogated to herself during the Emergency Removal Article 124 ( 4 ) of Constitution of India lays down the procedure for removal of a Judge of Supreme Court which is applicable to Chief Justice as well. Once appointed, the Chief Justice remains in s office until the age of 65 years. He can be removed only through a process of impeachment by Parliament as follows : A Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the President passed after an address by each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two - thirds of the members of that House present and voting has been presented to the President in the same session for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity. -- Article 124 ( 4 ), Constitution of India, Source : Acting President The President ( Discharge of Functions ) Act, 1969 of India provides that the Chief Justice of India ( CJI ) shall act as the President of India in the event of the offices of both the President and the Vice President being vacant. When President Zakir Hussain died in office, the Vice President V.V. Giri, acted as the President. Later, Mr. Giri resigned as the Vice President. The CJI, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah then became the acting President of India. The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court became the acting CJI. When the newly elected President took office a month later, Justice Hidayatullah reverted as the Chief Justice of India, List of Chief Justices of India Number Hon'ble Justice Mr. Period of office Length of term ( days ) Bar Appointed by the President of India H.J. Kania 000000001950 - 01 - 26 - 0000 26 January 1950 000000001951 - 11 - 06 - 0000 6 November 1951 649 Bombay High Court Rajendra Prasad M. Patanjali Sastri 000000001951 - 11 - 07 - 0000 7 November 1951 000000001954 - 01 - 03 - 0000 3 January 1954 788 Madras High Court Mehr Chand Mahajan 000000001954 - 01 - 04 - 0000 4 January 1954 000000001954 - 12 - 22 - 0000 22 December 1954 352 Punjab and Haryana High Court Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 000000001954 - 12 - 23 - 0000 23 December 1954 000000001956 - 01 - 31 - 0000 31 January 1956 404 Calcutta High Court 5 Sudhi Ranjan Das 000000001956 - 02 - 01 - 0000 1 February 1956 000000001959 - 09 - 30 - 0000 30 September 1959 1337 Calcutta High Court 6 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 000000001959 - 10 - 01 - 0000 1 October 1959 000000001964 - 01 - 31 - 0000 31 January 1964 1583 Patna High Court 7 P.B. 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Abdul Kalam 33 V.N. Khare 000000002002 - 12 - 19 - 0000 19 December 2002 000000002004 - 05 - 02 - 0000 2 May 2004 500 Allahabad High Court 34 S. Rajendra Babu 000000002004 - 05 - 02 - 0000 2 May 2004 000000002004 - 06 - 01 - 0000 1 June 2004 30 Karnataka High Court 35 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 000000002004 - 06 - 01 - 0000 1 June 2004 000000002005 - 11 - 01 - 0000 1 November 2005 518 Madhya Pradesh High Court 36 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 000000002005 - 11 - 01 - 0000 1 November 2005 000000002007 - 01 - 13 - 0000 13 January 2007 438 Delhi High Court 37 K.G. Balakrishnan 000000002007 - 01 - 13 - 0000 13 January 2007 000000002010 - 05 - 11 - 0000 11 May 2010 1214 Kerala High Court 38 S.H. Kapadia 000000002010 - 05 - 12 - 0000 12 May 2010 000000002012 - 09 - 28 - 0000 28 September 2012 870 Bombay High Court Pratibha Patil 39 Altamas Kabir 000000002012 - 09 - 29 - 0000 29 September 2012 000000002013 - 07 - 18 - 0000 18 July 2013 292 Calcutta High Court Pranab Mukherjee 40 P. Sathasivam 000000002013 - 07 - 19 - 0000 19 July 2013 000000002014 - 04 - 26 - 0000 26 April 2014 281 Madras High Court 41 Rajendra Mal Lodha 000000002014 - 04 - 27 - 0000 27 April 2014 000000002014 - 09 - 27 - 0000 27 September 2014 153 Rajasthan High Court 42 H.L. Dattu 000000002014 - 09 - 28 - 0000 28 September 2014 000000002015 - 12 - 02 - 0000 2 December 2015 430 Karnataka High Court 43 T.S. Thakur 000000002015 - 12 - 03 - 0000 3 December 2015 000000002017 - 01 - 03 - 0000 3 January 2017 397 Jammu and Kashmir High Court 44 J.S. Khehar 000000002017 - 01 - 04 - 0000 4 January 2017 000000002017 - 08 - 27 - 0000 27 August 2017 235 Punjab and Haryana High Court 45 Dipak Misra 000000002017 - 08 - 28 - 0000 28 August 2017 2 October 2018 132 Odisha High Court Ram Nath Kovind - Date of Resignation - Date of Death Remuneration The Constitution of India gives the power of deciding remuneration as well as other conditions of service of the Chief Justice to the Parliament of India. Accordingly, such provisions have been laid down in The Supreme Court Judges ( Salaries and Conditions of Service ) Act, 1958. This remuneration was revised in 2006 - 2008, after the sixth central pay commission 's recommendation. See also List of Chief Justices of India References Jump up ^ `` Supreme Court of India - CJI & Sitting Judges ''. Retrieved 4 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Supreme Court of India Retired Hon'ble the Chief Justices ' of India ''. Retrieved 4 July 2015. Jump up ^ Narasimham, RL, Justice ( CJ, Orissa H.C. ). `` Chief Justice Sinha - A Review of Some of His Decisions ( page 5 of 8 ) '' ( PDF ). Indian Law Institute. Jump up ^ Saxena, Namit ( 23 December 2016 ). `` New Captain Of The Ship, Change In Sailing Rules Soon ? ''. Live Law. Retrieved 24 December 2016. Jump up ^ Alok ( 26 November 2010 ). `` How India missed getting its first woman Chief Justice India ''. Critical Twenties. Retrieved 4 September 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Article 124, Constitution of India ''. 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Question: who appoints the chief justice of supreme court of india
Answer: the outgoing CJI