Chief Justices of Supreme Court of India

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Originating State
01	H. J. Kania	15 August 1947	16 November 1951	Bombay (now Mumbai)
02	M. P. Sastri	16 November 1951	3 January 1954	Madras (now Chennai)
03	Mehr Chand Mahajan	3 January 1954	22 December 1954	Himachal/Lahore/Kashmir
04	B. K. Mukherjea	22 December 1954	31 January 1956	West Bengal
05	Sudhi Ranjan Das	31 January 1956	30 September 1959	West Bengal
06	Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha	30 September 1959	31 January 1964	Bihar
07	P. B. Gajendragadkar	31 January 1964	15 March 1966	Bombay (now Mumbai)
08	A. K. Sarkar	16 March 1966	29 June 1966	West Bengal
09	K. Subba Rao	30 June 1966	11 April 1967	Andhra Pradesh
10	Kailas Nath Wanchoo	12 April 1967	24 February 1968	Uttar Pradesh
11	M. Hidayatullah	25 February 1968	16 December 1970	present Chattisgarh
12	Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah	17 December 1970	21 January 1971	present Gujarat
13	S. M. Sikri	22 January 1971	25 April 1973	Punjab
14	A. N. Ray	25 April 1973	28 January 1977	West Bengal
15	Mirza Hameedullah Beg	29 January 1977	21 February 1978	Uttar Pradesh
16	Y. V. Chandrachud	22 February 1978	11 July 1985	Bombay (now Mumbai)
17	P. N. Bhagwati	12 July 1985	20 December 1986	Bombay (now Mumbai)
18	R. S. Pathak	21 December 1986	6 June 1989	Uttar Pradesh
19	E. S. Venkataramiah	19 June 1989	17 December 1989	Mysore (now Karnataka)
20	S. Mukharji	18 December 1989	25 September 1990	West Bengal
21	Ranganath Misra	25 September 1990	24 November 1991	Orissa
22	Kamal Narain Singh	25 November 1991	12 December 1991	Uttar Pradesh
23	M. H. Kania	13 December 1991	17 November 1992	Maharashtra
24	Lalit Mohan Sharma	18 November 1992	11 February 1993	Bihar
25	M. N. Venkatachaliah	12 February 1993	24 October 1994	Karnataka
26	A. M. Ahmadi	25 October 1994	24 March 1997	Gujarat
27	J. S. Verma	25 March 1997	18 January 1998	Madhya Pradesh
28	M. M. Punchhi	18 January 1998	9 October 1998	Punjab
29	A. S. Anand	10 October 1998	1 November 2001	Jammu & Kashmir
30	S. P. Bharucha	2 November 2001	6 May 2002	Maharashtra
31	B. N. Kirpal	6 May 2002	11 November 2002	Delhi
32	G. B. Pattanaik	11 November 2002	19 December 2002	Orissa
33	V. N. Khare	19 December 2002	2 May 2004	Uttar Pradesh
34	S. Rajendra Babu	2 May 2004	1 June 2004	Karnataka
35	R. C. Lahoti	1 June 2004	1 November 2005	Uttar Pradesh
36	Y. K. Sabharwal	1 November 2005	14 January 2007	Delhi
37	K. G. Balakrishnan	14 January 2007	11 May 2010	Kerala
38	S. H. Kapadia	12 May 2010 (incumbent)	Till Date	Maharashtra