The tenure of several Chief Justice of India could be a key component that would be asked in the examinations. Thus, we have made a list all the Chief Justices with in the table mentioned below. Here is the list of all 50 Chief Justices of India with their respective tenure:
Name | Tenure |
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Hiralal Jekisundas Kania | 1950-1951 |
M. Patanjali Sastri | 1951-1954 |
Mehr Chand Mahajan | 1954-1956 |
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea | 1956-1957 |
Sudhi Ranjan Das | 1957-1962 |
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 1962-1964 |
P. B. Gajendragadkar | 1964-1966 |
Amal Kumar Sarkar | 1966-1967 |
Koka Subba Rao | 1967-1970 |
Hidayatullah | 1970-1971 |
S. M. Sikri | 1971-1973 |
A. N. Ray | 1973-1977 |
Mirza Hameedullah Beg | 1977-1978 |
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud | 1978-1985 |
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati | 1985-1986 |
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak | 1986-1989 |
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah | 1989-1990 |
Sabyasachi Mukharji | 1991-1993 |
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah | 1993-1994 |
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi | 1994-1997 |
Jagdish Sharan Verma | 1997-1998 |
Madan Mohan Punchhi | 1998-1999 |
Adarsh Sein Anand | 1999-2001 |
Sam Piroj Bharucha | 2001-2002 |
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | 2002-2002 |
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik | 2002-2004 |
V. N. Khare | 2004-2005 |
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti | 2005-2007 |
Y. K. Sabharwal | 2007-2008 |
K. G. Balakrishnan | 2008-2010 |
S. H. Kapadia | 2010-2012 |
Altamas Kabir | 2012-2013 |
P. Sathasivam | 2013-2014 |
Rajendra Mal Lodha | 2014-2015 |
H. L. Dattu | 2015-2015 |
T. S. Thakur | 2015-2017 |
Jagdish Singh Khehar | 2017-2018 |
Dipak Misra | 2018-2018 |
Ranjan Gogoi | 2018-2019 |
Sharad Arvind Bobde | 2019-2020 |
N. V. Ramana | 2021-2022 |
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | 2022-Present |
The current Chief Justice of India is Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud. He has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India on 9th November 2022. He is the 50th CJI and has taken over the post from Justice U.U Lalit who served a brief term as India’s 49th Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice of India is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. Article 145 of the Constitution gives the right to the Chief Justice of India to allocate the respective matters of relevance to the bench of judges.
The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the President of India after consulting with other judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts. The appointment is based on seniority and experience, and the Chief Justice of India holds office until they reach the age of 65 years or retire voluntarily.
The Chief Justice of India has several roles and powers that are crucial for the functioning of the Indian judiciary. They are responsible for:
Presiding over the Supreme Court of India
Appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts
Allocating cases to different benches in the Supreme Court
Administering oaths of office to judges and other constitutional functionaries
Maintaining the independence of the judiciary
The Chief Justice of India also has the power to issue writs, hear and decide cases, and review the decisions of other courts in India.
Some of the notable Chief Justices of India who have made significant contributions to the Indian judiciary include:
The Chief Justices of India have made several key contributions to the development of the Indian judiciary, including: