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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.
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 ...
(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 ...
CJI Y V Chandrachud: Appointed by: President Giani Zail Singh: Preceded by: P. N. Bhagwati: Succeeded by: E.S. Venkataramiah: Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court; Preceded by: Prakash Chandra Tatia D. N. Patel (acting) Personal details; Born 25 November 1924: Died: 17 November 2007 (aged 82) New Delhi, India
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 ...
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud: Droupadi Murmu: Rajasthan: 21st Since 20/1/2025 5 February 2024 (350 days) Nil: 5 years, 252 days Dhiraj Singh Thakur: Andhra Pradesh High Court: Andhra Pradesh: 28 July 2023 (1 year, 176 days) 24 April 2026 (−1 year, 94 days) 2 years, 271 days Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh: 23rd Since 20/1/2025 28 July 2023 (1 ...
Date of appointment as CJI Date of retirement Tenure Length Tenure Length as CJI 1 H. J. Kania: 26 January 1950: 26 January 1950: 6 November 1951: 1 year, 284 days 1 year, 284 days 2 M. Patanjali Sastri: 26 January 1950: 7 November 1951: 3 January 1954: 3 years, 342 days 2 years, 57 days 3 Mehr Chand Mahajan: 26 January 1950: 4 January 1954: 22 ...