List of Chief Justice of India-

1. Harilal J. Kania   26 January 1950 - 6 November 1951
2. M. Patanjali Sastri   7 November 1951 - 3 January 1954
3. Mehar Chand Mahajan   4 January 1954 - 22 December 1954
4. B.K. Mukherjea   23 December 1954 - 31 January 1956
5. S.R. Das   01 February 1956 - 30 September 1959
6. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha   1 October 1959 - 31 January 1964
7. P.B. Gajendragadkar   1 February 1964 - 15 March 1966
8. A.K. Sarkar   16 March 1966 - 29 June 1966
9. K. Subba Rao   30 June 1966 - 11 April 1967
10. K.N. Wanchoo   12 April 1967 - 24 February 1968
11. M. Hidayatullah   25 February 1968 - 16 December 1970
12. I.C. Shah   17 December 1970 - 21 January 1971
13. S.M. Sikri  22 January 1971 - 25 April 1973
14. A.N. Ray   26 April 1973 - 27 January 1977
15. M.H. Beg   28 January 1977 - 21 February 1978
16. Y.V. Chandrachud   22 February 1978 - 11 July 1985
17. P.N. Bhagwati   12 July 1985 - 20 December 1986
18. R.S. Pathak   21 December 1986 - 18 June 1989
19. E.S. Venkataramaiah   19 June 1989 - 17 December 1989
20. S. Mukherjee   18 December 1989 - 25 September 1990
21. Ranganath Mishra   26 September 1990 - 24 November 1991
22. K.N. Singh   25 November 1991 - 12 December 1991
23. M.H. Kania   13 December 1991 - 17 November 1992
24. I.M. Sharma   18 November 1992 - 11 February 1993
25. M.N. Venkatachalaiah   12 February 1993 - 24 October 1994
26. A.M. Ahmadi   25 October 1994 - 24 March 1997
27. J.S. Verma   25 March 1997 - 17 January 1998
28. M.M. Punchhi   18 January 1998 - 9 October 1998
29. A.S. Anand   10 October 1998 - 31 October 2001
30. S.P. Bharucha   01 November 2001 - 5 May 2002
31. B.N. Kirpal   6 May 2002 - 7 November 2002
32. G.B. Pattanaiak   8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002
33. V.N. Khare   19 December 2002 - 1 May 2004
34. S. Rajendra Babu   02 May 2004 - 31 May 2004
35. R.C. Lahoti   01 June 2004 - 31 October 2005
36. Y.K. Sabharwal   01 November 2005 - 14 January 2007
37. K.G.Balakrishnan    14 January 2007 - 12 May 2010
38. S.H.Kapadia   12 May 2010 – Incumbent