List of Chief Justices of India

Table columns:
Number
Name
Period of office
Period of office.1
Length of term (days)
Bar
Appointed by

Table rows:
cells: 1
H J Kania
000000001950-01-26-000026 January 1950
000000001951-11-06-00006 November 1951‡‡
649
Bombay High Court
Rajendra Prasad
cells: 2
M. Patanjali Sastri
000000001951-11-07-00007 November 1951
000000001954-01-03-00003 January 1954
788
Madras High Court
cells: 3
Mehr Chand Mahajan
000000001954-01-04-00004 January 1954
000000001954-12-22-000022 December 1954
352
Punjab and Haryana High Court
cells: 4
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
000000001954-12-23-000023 December 1954
000000001956-01-31-000031 January 1956‡
404
Calcutta High Court
cells: 5
Sudhi Ranjan Das
000000001956-02-01-00001 February 1956
000000001959-09-30-000030 September 1959
1337
Calcutta High Court
cells: 6
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
000000001959-10-01-00001 October 1959
000000001964-01-31-000031 January 1964
1583
Patna High Court
cells: 7
P. B. Gajendragadkar
000000001964-02-01-00001 February 1964
000000001966-03-15-000015 March 1966
773
Bombay High Court
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
cells: 8
Amal Kumar Sarkar
000000001966-03-16-000016 March 1966
000000001966-06-29-000029 June 1966
105
Calcutta High Court
cells: 9
Koka Subba Rao
000000001966-06-30-000030 June 1966
000000001967-04-11-000011 April 1967‡
285
Madras High Court
cells: 10
Kailas Nath Wanchoo
000000001967-04-12-000012 April 1967
000000001968-02-24-000024 February 1968
318
Allahabad High Court
cells: 11
Mohammad Hidayatullah[2]
000000001968-02-25-000025 February 1968
000000001970-12-16-000016 December 1970
1025
Bombay High Court
Zakir Hussain
cells: 12
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah
000000001970-12-17-000017 December 1970
000000001971-01-21-000021 January 1971
35
Bombay High Court
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
cells: 13
Sarv Mittra Sikri
000000001971-01-22-000022 January 1971
000000001973-04-25-000025 April 1973
824
Lahore High Court
cells: 14
Ajit Nath Ray
000000001973-04-26-000026 April 1973
000000001977-01-27-000027 January 1977
1372
Calcutta High Court
cells: 15
Mirza Hameedullah Beg
000000001977-01-28-000028 January 1977
000000001978-02-21-000021 February 1978
389
Allahabad High Court
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
cells: 16
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
000000001978-02-22-000022 February 1978
000000001985-07-11-000011 July 1985
2696
Bombay High Court
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
cells: 17
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
000000001985-07-12-000012 July 1985
000000001986-12-20-000020 December 1986
526
Gujarat High Court
Gyani Zail Singh
cells: 18
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
000000001986-12-21-000021 December 1986
000000001989-06-18-000018 June 1989‡
940
Allahabad High Court
cells: 19
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah
000000001989-06-19-000019 June 1989
000000001989-12-17-000017 December 1989
181
Karnataka High Court
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
cells: 20
Sabyasachi Mukharji
000000001989-12-18-000018 December 1989
000000001990-09-25-000025 September 1990‡‡
281
Calcutta High Court
cells: 21
Ranganath Misra
000000001990-09-26-000026 September 1990
000000001991-11-24-000024 November 1991
424
Odisha High Court
cells: 22
Kamal Narain Singh
000000001991-11-25-000025 November 1991
000000001991-12-12-000012 December 1991
17
Allahabad High Court
cells: 23
Madhukar Hiralal Kania
000000001991-12-13-000013 December 1991
000000001992-11-17-000017 November 1992
340
Bombay High Court
cells: 24
Lalit Mohan Sharma
000000001992-11-18-000018 November 1992
000000001993-02-11-000011 February 1993
85
Patna High Court
Shankar Dayal Sharma
cells: 25
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
000000001993-02-12-000012 February 1993
000000001994-10-24-000024 October 1994
619
Karnataka High Court
cells: 26
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi
000000001994-10-25-000025 October 1994
000000001997-03-24-000024 March 1997
881
Gujarat High Court
cells: 27
Jagdish Sharan Verma
000000001997-03-25-000025 March 1997
000000001998-01-17-000017 January 1998
298
Madhya Pradesh High Court
cells: 28
Madan Mohan Punchhi
000000001998-01-18-000018 January 1998
000000001998-10-09-00009 October 1998
264
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Kocheril Raman Narayanan
cells: 29
Adarsh Sein Anand
000000001998-10-10-000010 October 1998
000000002001-10-31-000031 October 2001
1,117
Jammu and Kashmir High Court
cells: 30
Sam Piroj Bharucha
000000002001-11-01-00001 November 2001
000000002002-05-05-00005 May 2002
185
Bombay High Court
cells: 31
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
000000002002-05-06-00006 May 2002
000000002002-11-07-00007 November 2002
185
Delhi High Court
cells: 32
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
000000002002-11-08-00008 November 2002
000000002002-12-18-000018 December 2002
40
Odisha High Court
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
cells: 33
V. N. Khare
000000002002-12-19-000019 December 2002
000000002004-05-01-00001 May 2004
499
Allahabad High Court
cells: 34
S. Rajendra Babu
000000002004-05-02-00002 May 2004
000000002004-05-31-000031 May 2004
29
Karnataka High Court
cells: 35
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
000000002004-06-01-00001 June 2004
000000002005-10-31-000031 October 2005
517
Madhya Pradesh High Court
cells: 36
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
000000002005-11-01-00001 November 2005
000000002007-01-13-000013 January 2007
438
Delhi High Court
cells: 37
K. G. Balakrishnan
000000002007-01-14-000014 January 2007
000000002010-05-12-000012 May 2010
1,214
Kerala High Court
cells: 38
S. H. Kapadia
000000002010-05-12-000012 May 2010
000000002012-09-28-000028 September 2012
870
Bombay High Court
Pratibha Patil
cells: 39
Altamas Kabir
000000002012-09-29-000029 September 2012
000000002013-07-18-000018 July 2013
292
Calcutta High Court
Pranab Mukherjee
cells: 40
P. Sathasivam
000000002013-07-19-000019 July 2013
000000002014-04-26-000026 April 2014
281
Madras High Court
cells: 41
Rajendra Mal Lodha
000000002014-04-27-000027 April 2014
000000002014-09-27-000027 September 2014
153
Rajasthan High Court
cells: 42
H. L. Dattu
000000002014-09-28-000028 September 2014
000000002015-12-02-00002 December 2015
430
Karnataka High Court
cells: 43
T. S. Thakur
000000002015-12-03-00003 December 2015
000000002017-01-03-00003 January 2017
397
Jammu and Kashmir High Court
cells: 44
Jagdish Singh Khehar
000000002017-01-04-00004 January 2017
000000002017-08-27-000027 August 2017
236
Punjab and Haryana High Court
cells: 45
Dipak Misra
000000002017-08-28-000028 August 2017
Incumbent
140
Odisha High Court
Ram Nath Kovind

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is was tha 45 chief justice of india
answer: answerTexts: Dipak Misra