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Sanjiv Khanna, the incumbent chief justice of India, since 11 November 2024 The chief justice of India is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India. 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 ...
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is an Indian jurist, who served as the 50th Chief Justice of India from 9 November 2022 to 10 November 2024. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India in May 2016.
(birth–death) Image Start of Term End of Term Length of Term Parent High Court Appointed by (President of India) Ref. 1 Harilal Jekisundas Kania (1890–1951) 26 January 1950: 6 November 1951 † 1 year, 284 days Bombay: Rajendra Prasad [15] 2 Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri (1889–1963) 7 November 1951: 3 January 1954: 2 years, 57 days ...
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (12 July 1920 – 14 July 2008) was an Indian jurist who served as the 16th Chief Justice of India, serving from 22 February 1978 until 11 July 1985. Born in Pune in the Bombay Presidency , he was first appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of India on 28 August 1972 and is the longest-serving Chief Justice in ...
Nominated as CJI by. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud. Ram Nath Kovind. Appointed as CJI by. Droupadi Murmu. 18 January 2019 (6 years, 2 days) Appointed as CJI on. 11 November 2024 (70 days) 13 May 2025 (−113 days) 6 years, 116 days Tenure length as CJI. 184 days Delhi: 33 24 June 2005: Judge of Delhi High Court: 2 Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai ...
However Mukherjea declined, saying that Mehr Chand Mahajan was his senior. When Nehru pressed him, the judge said he would sooner resign than usurp the highest office before his turn. Only after Mahajan retired did Mukherjea become CJI. [2] His time as CJI ended prematurely as he suffered from heart ailments that forced his retirement. [3]
Y. V. Chandrachud: 28 August 1972: 22 February 1978: 11 July 1985: 12 years, 317 days 7 years, 139 days 17 P. N. Bhagwati: 17 July 1973: 12 July 1985: 20 December 1986: 13 years, 156 days 1 year, 161 days 18 Raghunandan Swarup Pathak: 20 February 1978: 21 December 1986: 18 June 1989: 11 years, 118 days 2 years, 179 days 19
Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. [2] [3] [4] He is also former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court.