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The following is a list of former Judges of the Supreme Court of India since its inception on 26 January 1950. A total of 249 judges have served in the court (excluding sitting judges). The list has been arranged on the basis of date of retirement with Chief Justices mentioned first.

Former chief justices

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Sr.No. Portrait Name of the Chief Justice Date of appointment 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 December 1954 4 years, 330 days 352 days
4
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 26 January 1950 23 December 1954 31 January 1956 6 years, 5 days 1 year, 39 days
5
Sudhi Ranjan Das 26 January 1950 1 February 1956 30 September 1959 9 years, 247 days 3 years, 241 days
6
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 3 December 1954 1 October 1959 31 January 1964 9 years, 59 days 4 years, 122 days
7
P. B. Gajendragadkar 17 January 1957 1 February 1964 15 March 1966 9 years, 57 days 2 years, 42 days
8
Amal Kumar Sarkar 4 March 1957 16 March 1966 29 June 1966 9 years, 117 days 105 days
9
Koka Subba Rao 31 January 1958 30 June 1966 11 April 1967‡ 9 years, 70 days 285 days
10
Kailas Nath Wanchoo 11 August 1958 12 April 1967 24 February 1968 9 years, 197 days 318 days
11
Mohammad Hidayatullah[1] 1 December 1958 25 February 1968 16 December 1970 12 years, 15 days 2 years, 294 days
12
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 12 October 1959 17 December 1970 21 January 1971 11 years, 101 days 35 days
13
S.M. Sikri 3 February 1964 22 January 1971 25 April 1973 9 years, 81 days 2 years, 93 days
14
A. N. Ray 1 August 1969 26 April 1973 27 January 1977 7 years, 179 days 3 years, 276 days
15
Mirza Hameedullah Beg 10 December 1971 29 January 1977 21 February 1978 6 years, 73 days 1 year, 23 days
16
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
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah 8 March 1979 19 June 1989 17 December 1989 10 years, 284 days 181 days
20
Sabyasachi Mukherjee 15 March 1983 18 December 1989 25 September 1990 7 years, 194 days 281 days
21
Ranganath Misra 15 March 1983 26 September 1990 24 November 1991 8 years, 254 days 1 year, 59 days
22
Kamal Narain Singh 10 March 1986 25 November 1991 12 December 1991 5 years, 277 days 17 days
23
Madhukar Hiralal Kania 1 May 1987 13 December 1991 17 November 1992 5 years, 200 days 340 days
24
Lalit Mohan Sharma 5 October 1987 18 November 1992 11 February 1993 5 years, 129 days 85 days
25
M. N. Venkatachaliah 5 October 1987 12 February 1993 24 October 1994 7 years, 19 days 1 year, 254 days
26
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi 14 December 1988 25 October 1994 24 March 1997 8 years, 100 days 2 years, 150 days
27
J. S. Verma 3 June 1989 25 March 1997 17 January 1998 8 years, 228 days 298 days
28
Madan Mohan Punchhi 6 October 1989 18 January 1998 9 October 1998 9 years, 3 days 264 days
29
Adarsh Sein Anand 18 November 1991 10 October 1998 31 October 2001 9 years, 347 days 3 years, 21 days
30
Sam Piroj Bharucha 1 July 1992 1 November 2001 5 May 2002 9 years, 308 days 185 days
31
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 11 September 1995 6 May 2002 7 November 2002 7 years, 57 days 185 days
32
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 11 September 1995 8 November 2002 18 December 2002 7 years, 98 days 40 days
33
Vishweshwar Nath Khare 21 March 1997 19 December 2002 1 May 2004 7 years, 41 days 1 year, 134 days
34
S. Rajendra Babu 25 September 1997 2 May 2004 31 May 2004 6 years, 249 days 29 days
35
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 9 December 1998 1 June 2004 31 October 2005 6 years, 326 days 1 year, 152 days
36
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 28 January 2000 1 November 2005 13 January 2007 6 years, 350 days 1 year, 73 days
37
K. G. Balakrishnan 8 June 2000 14 January 2007 12 May 2010 9 years, 338 days 3 years, 118 days
38
S. H. Kapadia 18 December 2003 12 May 2010 28 September 2012 8 years, 285 days 2 years, 139 days
39
Altamas Kabir 9 September 2005 29 September 2012 18 July 2013 7 years, 312 days 292 days
40
P. Sathasivam 21 August 2007 19 July 2013 26 April 2014 6 years, 248 days 281 days
41
Rajendra Mal Lodha 17 December 2008 27 April 2014 27 September 2014 5 years, 284 days 153 days
42
H. L. Dattu 17 December 2008 28 September 2014 2 December 2015 6 years, 350 days 1 year, 65 days
43
T. S. Thakur 17 November 2009 3 December 2015 3 January 2017 7 years, 47 days 1 year, 31 days
44
Jagdish Singh Khehar 13 September 2011 4 January 2017 27 August 2017 5 years, 348 days 235 days
45
Dipak Misra 10 October 2011 28 August 2017 2 October 2018 6 years, 357 days 1 year, 35 days
46
Ranjan Gogoi 23 April 2012 3 October 2018 17 November 2019 7 years, 208 days 1 year, 45 days
47
Sharad Arvind Bobde 12 April 2013 18 November 2019 23 April 2021 8 years, 11 days 1 year, 156 days
48
N. V. Ramana 17 February 2014 24 April 2021 26 August 2022 8 years, 190 days 1 year, 124 days
49
Uday Umesh Lalit 13 August 2014 27 August 2022 8 November 2022 8 years, 87 days 73 days
50
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud 13 May 2016 9 November 2022 10 November 2024 8 years, 181 days 2 years, 1 day
51
Sanjiv Khanna 18 January 2019 11 November 2024 13 May 2025 6 years, 115 days 183 days

Former judges including CJIs

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Name Date of appointment Date of retirement Tenure length Remarks
Saiyid Fazl Ali[2] 26 January 1950 18 September 1951 1 year, 236 days 5th CJ of Patna HC
Harilal Jekisundas Kania (CJI) 26 January 1950 6 November 1951[†] 1 year, 285 days
Nagapudi Chandrasekhara Aiyar[3] 23 September 1950 24 January 1953 2 years, 124 days
Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri (CJI) 26 January 1950 3 January 1954 3 years, 343 days
Ghulam Hasan 8 September 1952 5 November 1954[†] 2 years, 59 days
Mehr Chand Mahajan (CJI) 26 January 1950 22 December 1954 4 years, 331 days
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (CJI) 26 January 1950 31 January 1956 6 years, 6 days
Vivian Bose[4] 5 March 1951 8 June 1956 5 years, 96 days CJ of erstwhile Nagpur HC
Parakulangara Govinda Menon 1 September 1956 16 October 1957[†] 1 year, 46 days
Bachu Jagannadha Das 9 March 1953 26 July 1958 5 years, 140 days 2nd CJ of Orissa HC
Tirunelveli Lakshmanasuri Venkatarama Iyer 4 January 1954 24 November 1958 4 years, 325 days
Natwarlal Harilal Bhagwati 8 September 1952 6 June 1959 6 years, 272 days
Sudhi Ranjan Das (CJI) 26 January 1950 30 September 1959 9 years, 248 days 2nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Jeevan Lal Kapur 14 January 1957 12 December 1962 5 years, 333 days
Sudhansu Kumar Das 30 April 1956 2 September 1963 7 years, 126 days 11th CJ of Patna HC
Syed Jaffer Imam 10 January 1955 31 January 1964[RES] 9 years, 22 days 10th CJ of Patna HC
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (CJI) 3 December 1954 31 January 1964 9 years, 60 days CJ of erstwhile Nagpur HC
Narsimha Rajagopala Ayyangar 27 July 1960 14 December 1964 4 years, 141 days
Kulada Charan Das Gupta 29 August 1959 2 January 1965 5 years, 132 days 12th CJ of Calcutta HC
Raghubar Dayal 27 July 1960 25 October 1965 5 years, 91 days
Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar (CJI) 17 January 1957 15 March 1966 9 years, 58 days
P. Satyanarayana Raju 20 October 1965 20 April 1966[†] 183 days CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
Amal Kumar Sarkar (CJI) 4 March 1957 29 June 1966 9 years, 118 days
Janardan Rangnath Mudholkar 3 October 1960 3 July 1966 5 years, 274 days
Koka Subba Rao (CJI) 31 January 1958 11 April 1967[RES] 9 years, 71 days CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
Kailas Nath Wanchoo (CJI) 11 August 1958 24 February 1968 9 years, 198 days 2nd CJ of Rajasthan HC
Ranadhir Singh Bachawat 7 September 1964 31 July 1969 4 years, 328 days
Vaidyanathier Ramaswami 4 January 1965 30 October 1969 4 years, 300 days 12th CJ of Patna HC
Mohammad Hidayatullah (CJI) 1 December 1958 16 December 1970 12 years, 16 days 1st CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah (CJI) 12 October 1959 21 January 1971 11 years, 102 days
Vashishtha Bhargava 8 August 1966 4 February 1971 4 years, 181 days 17th CJ of Allahabad HC
Gopendra Krishna Mitter 29 August 1966 23 September 1971 5 years, 26 days
Subimal Chandra Roy 19 July 1971 12 November 1971[†] 117 days
C. A. Vaidyialingam 10 October 1966 29 June 1972 5 years, 264 days
Inder Dev Dua 1 August 1969 3 October 1972 3 years, 64 days 2nd CJ of Delhi HC
Sarv Mittra Sikri (CJI) 3 February 1964 25 April 1973 9 years, 82 days
Jaishanker Manilal Shelat 24 February 1966 30 April 1973[RES] 7 years, 66 days 3rd CJ of Gujarat HC
Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde 17 July 1967 30 April 1973[RES] 5 years, 288 days 1st CJ of Delhi HC
Amar Nath Grover 11 February 1968 31 May 1973[RES] 5 years, 110 days
Arun Kumar Mukherjea 14 August 1972 23 October 1973[†] 1 year, 71 days
Devidas Ganpat Palekar 19 July 1971 3 September 1974 3 years, 47 days
Surendra Narayan Dwivedi 14 August 1972 8 December 1974[†] 2 years, 117 days
Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy 1 August 1969 22 January 1975 5 years, 175 days CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
A. Alagiriswami 17 October 1972 16 October 1975 3 years, 0 days
Kuttyil Kurien Mathew 4 October 1971 2 January 1976 4 years, 91 days
Ajit Nath Ray (CJI) 1 August 1969 27 January 1977 7 years, 180 days
Hans Raj Khanna 22 September 1971 11 March 1977[RES] 5 years, 171 days 3rd CJ of Delhi HC
Parbati Kumar Goswami 10 September 1973 31 December 1977 4 years, 113 days 9th CJ of Gauhati HC
Mirza Hameedullah Beg (CJI) 10 December 1971 21 February 1978 6 years, 74 days 1st CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
Jaswant Singh 23 January 1976 24 January 1979 3 years, 2 days 9th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
Nand Lall Untwalia 3 October 1974 31 July 1980 5 years, 303 days 16th CJ of Patna HC
Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam 3 January 1977 11 September 1980 3 years, 253 days 17th CJ of Madras HC
Prakash Narayan Shinghal 6 November 1975 14 October 1980 4 years, 344 days 9th CJ of Rajasthan HC
V. R. Krishna Iyer 17 July 1973 14 November 1980 7 years, 121 days
Ranjit Singh Sarkaria 17 September 1973 15 January 1981 7 years, 121 days
Alak Chandra Gupta 2 September 1974 31 December 1981 7 years, 121 days
Anand Dev Koshal 17 July 1978 6 March 1982 3 years, 233 days 11th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Baharul Islam[5] 4 December 1980 12 January 1983[RES] 2 years, 40 days 13th CJ of Gauhati HC
Dhirajlal Ambelal Desai 30 September 1977 8 May 1985 7 years, 221 days
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (CJI) 28 August 1972 11 July 1985 12 years, 318 days
Appajee Varadarajan 10 December 1980 16 August 1985 4 years, 250 days
Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali[6] 2 April 1975 20 August 1985[†] 10 years, 141 days 8th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
Amarendra Nath Sen 28 January 1981 30 September 1985 4 years, 246 days 18th CJ of Calcutta HC
V. D. Tulzapurkar 30 September 1977 9 March 1986 8 years, 161 days
Dinshah Pirosha Madon 15 March 1983 6 April 1986 3 years, 23 days 21st CJ of Bombay HC
Ram Briksha Misra 30 January 1981 15 June 1986 5 years, 137 days
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (CJI) 17 July 1973 20 December 1986 13 years, 157 days 5th CJ of Gujarat HC
Vettath Balakrishna Eradi 30 January 1981 18 June 1987 6 years, 140 days 9th CJ of Kerala HC
Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid 25 June 1984 30 June 1987 3 years, 6 days 13th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
Ontethupalli Chinnappa Reddy 17 July 1978 24 September 1987 9 years, 70 days
Ananda Prakash Sen 17 July 1978 19 September 1988 10 years, 65 days 7th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar 15 March 1983 3 November 1988 5 years, 234 days 8th CJ of Gujarat HC
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak (CJI) 20 February 1978 18 June 1989[RES] 11 years, 119 days 2nd CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
Sivasankar Natarajan 10 March 1986 28 October 1989 3 years, 233 days
Murari Mohan Dutt[7] 10 March 1986 29 October 1989 3 years, 234 days
Goverdhan Lal Oza 29 October 1985 11 December 1989 4 years, 44 days 9th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah (CJI) 8 March 1979 17 December 1989 10 years, 285 days
Sabyasachi Mukherjee (CJI) 15 March 1983 25 September 1990[†] 7 years, 195 days
Narayan Dutta Ojha 18 January 1988 18 January 1991 3 years, 1 day 11th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Khagendra Nath Saika 14 December 1988 28 February 1991 2 years, 77 days 18th CJ of Gauhati HC
Bankim Chandra Ray 29 October 1985 31 October 1991 6 years, 3 days
Ranganath Misra (CJI) 15 March 1983 24 November 1991 8 years, 255 days 10th CJ of Orissa HC
Kamal Narain Singh (CJI) 10 March 1986 12 December 1991 5 years, 278 days
Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty 1 May 1987 14 December 1991 4 years, 228 days 26th CJ of Allahabad HC
Fathima Beevi[8] 6 October 1989 29 April 1992 2 years, 207 days
Radha Charan Patnaik 3 December 1991 30 May 1992[†] 180 days
Srinivasachar Ranganathan 5 October 1987 30 October 1992 5 years, 26 days
Madhukar Hiralal Kania (CJI) 1 May 1987 17 November 1992 5 years, 201 days 24th CJ of Bombay HC
Lalit Mohan Sharma (CJI) 5 October 1987 11 February 1993 5 years, 130 days
Narendra Mohan Kasliwal[9] 6 October 1989 3 April 1993 3 years, 180 days 6th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
T. Kochu Thommen 14 December 1988 25 September 1993 4 years, 286 days
Veeraswami Ramaswami 6 October 1989 14 February 1994 4 years, 132 days 16th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
S. Ratnavel Pandian 14 December 1988 12 March 1994 5 years, 89 days
K. Jayachandra Reddy 11 January 1990 14 July 1994 4 years, 185 days
Yogeshwar Dayal 22 March 1991 2 August 1994[†] 3 years, 134 days 13th CJ of Delhi HC
Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah (CJI) 5 October 1987 24 October 1994 7 years, 20 days
Shanmughasundaram Mohan 7 October 1991 10 February 1995 3 years, 127 days 23rd CJ of Madras HC
12th CJ of Karnataka HC
R. M. Sahai 11 January 1990 24 June 1995 5 years, 165 days
P. B. Sawant[10] 6 October 1989 29 June 1995 5 years, 267 days
Nanje Gowda Venkatachala 1 July 1992 2 July 1995 3 years, 2 days
Kuldip Singh[11] 14 December 1988 21 December 1996 8 years, 8 days
Banwari Lal Hansaria 14 December 1993 24 December 1996 3 years, 11 days 13th CJ of Orissa HC
Nagendra Prasad Singh 15 June 1992 24 December 1996 4 years, 193 days 26th CJ of Calcutta HC
Faizanuddin 14 December 1993 4 February 1997 3 years, 53 days
B. P. Jeevan Reddy 7 October 1991 13 March 1997 5 years, 158 days 30th CJ of Allahabad HC
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi (CJI) 14 December 1988 24 March 1997 8 years, 101 days
Krishnaswami Sundara Paripoornan 11 June 1994 11 June 1997 3 years, 1 day 25th CJ of Patna HC
K. Ramaswamy 6 October 1989 12 July 1997 7 years, 280 days
Suhas C. Sen 11 June 1994 20 December 1997 3 years, 193 days
Jagdish Sharan Verma (CJI) 3 June 1989 17 January 1998 8 years, 229 days 10th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
16th CJ of Rajasthan HC
Ganendra Narayan Ray[12] 7 October 1991 30 April 1998 6 years, 206 days 11th CJ of Gujarat HC
S. C. Agrawal 11 January 1990 4 September 1998 8 years, 237 days
Madan Mohan Punchhi (CJI) 6 October 1989 9 October 1998 9 years, 4 days
Manoj Kumar Mukherjee 14 December 1993 30 November 1998 4 years, 352 days 31st CJ of Allahabad HC
27th CJ of Bombay HC
Sujata Manohar[13] 8 November 1994 27 August 1999 4 years, 293 days 28th CJ of Bombay HC
14th CJ of Kerala HC
Konduswami Venkataswamy 6 March 1995 18 September 1999 4 years, 197 days 26th CJ of Patna HC
Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar[14] 29 March 1996 15 January 2000 3 years, 293 days 22nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Girish Thakorlal Nanavati 6 March 1995 16 February 2000 4 years, 348 days 14th CJ of Orissa HC
15th CJ of Karnataka HC
Madhavachari Srinivasan 25 September 1997 25 February 2000[†] 2 years, 154 days 13th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
Devinder Pratap Wadhwa 21 March 1997 4 May 2000 3 years, 45 days 28th CJ of Patna HC
Saiyed Saghir Ahmad 6 March 1995 30 June 2000 5 years, 117 days 17th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
Shailesh Bhadrayulal Majumdar 19 September 1994 19 August 2000 5 years, 336 days 14th CJ of Karnataka HC
Mamidanna Jagannadha Rao 21 March 1997 1 December 2000 3 years, 256 days 13th CJ of Kerala HC
17th CJ of Delhi HC
Ajay Prakash Misra 4 December 1997 31 August 2001 3 years, 271 days 18th CJ of Delhi HC
Adarsh Sein Anand (CJI) 18 November 1991 31 October 2001 9 years, 348 days 14th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
24th CJ of Madras HC
Thomas Kallupurackal Thomas 29 March 1996 30 January 2002 5 years, 308 days
Sailendu Nath Phukan 28 January 1999 31 March 2002 3 years, 63 days 6th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
16th CJ of Orissa HC
Sam Piroj Bharucha (CJI) 1 July 1992 5 May 2002 9 years, 309 days 13th CJ of Karnataka HC
Ram Prakash Sethi[15] 8 January 1999 6 July 2002 3 years, 180 days 18th CJ of Karnataka HC
Deba Priya Mohapatra 9 December 1998 2 August 2002 3 years, 237 days 34th CJ of Allahabad HC
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal (CJI) 11 September 1995 7 November 2002 7 years, 58 days 13th CJ of Gujarat HC
Umesh Chandra Banerjee[16] 9 December 1998 17 November 2002 3 years, 344 days CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (CJI) 11 September 1995 18 December 2002 7 years, 99 days 27th CJ of Patna HC
Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri[17] 4 December 1997 5 April 2003 5 years, 123 days
Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah 9 December 1998 24 September 2003 4 years, 290 days 30th CJ of Bombay HC
Vishweshwar Nath Khare (CJI) 21 March 1997 1 May 2004 7 years, 42 days 29th CJ of Calcutta HC
S. Rajendra Babu (CJI) 25 September 1997 31 May 2004 6 years, 250 days
Brijesh Kumar 19 October 2000 9 June 2004 3 years, 235 days 25th CJ of Gauhati HC
Doraiswamy Raju 28 January 2000 1 July 2004 4 years, 156 days 15th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
Shivaraj Virupanna Patil 15 March 2000 11 January 2005 4 years, 303 days 21st CJ of Rajasthan HC
N. Santosh Hegde[18] 8 January 1999 16 June 2005 6 years, 160 days
P. Venkatarama Reddi 17 August 2001 9 August 2005 3 years, 358 days 20th CJ of Karnataka HC
Devdatta Madhav Dharmadhikari 5 March 2002 13 August 2005 3 years, 162 days 17th CJ of Gujarat HC
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (CJI) 9 December 1998 31 October 2005 6 years, 327 days
Sam Nariman Variava 15 March 2000 7 November 2005 5 years, 238 days 19th CJ of Delhi HC
Arun Kumar 3 October 2002 11 April 2006 5 years, 191 days 23rd CJ of Rajasthan HC
Bellur Narayanswamy Srikrishna 3 October 2002 20 May 2006 5 years, 230 days 21st CJ of Kerala HC
Ruma Pal 28 January 2000 3 June 2006 6 years, 127 days
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (CJI) 28 January 2000 13 January 2007 6 years, 351 days 31st CJ of Bombay HC
Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan 20 December 2002 21 March 2007 4 years, 92 days 22nd CJ of Rajasthan HC
Bisheshwar Prasad Singh 14 December 2001 8 July 2007 5 years, 207 days 32nd CJ of Bombay HC
Perubhemba Krishna Ayer Balasubramanyan 27 August 2004 27 August 2007 3 years, 1 day 19th CJ of Orissa HC
2nd CJ of Jharkhand HC
Govind Prasad Mathur 20 December 2002 19 January 2008 5 years, 31 days
H. K. Sema 9 April 2002 1 June 2008 6 years, 54 days 21st CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar 27 August 2004 29 June 2008 3 years, 308 days 28th CJ of Gauhati HC
Ashok Kumar Mathur 7 June 2004 7 August 2008 4 years, 62 days 15th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
31st CJ of Calcutta HC
Ashok Bhan 17 June 2001 2 October 2008 7 years, 108 days
Chunilal Karsandas Thakker 7 June 2004 10 November 2008 4 years, 157 days 16th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
33rd CJ of Bombay HC
Lokeshwar Singh Panta 3 February 2006 23 September 2009 3 years, 80 days
Arijit Pasayat 19 October 2001 10 May 2009 7 years, 204 days 18th CJ of Kerala HC
20th CJ of Delhi HC
Satyabrata Sinha 3 October 2002 8 August 2009 6 years, 341 days 21st CJ of Delhi HC
Biswanath Agrawal 19 October 2000 15 October 2009 8 years, 362 days 17th CJ of Orissa HC
Tarun Chatterjee 27 August 2004 14 January 2010 5 years, 141 days 37th CJ of Allahabad HC
Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (CJI) 8 June 2000 12 May 2010 9 years, 339 days 16th CJ of Gujarat HC
29th CJ of Madras HC
Balkrishna Sudarshan Reddy 12 January 2007 7 July 2011 4 years, 177 days 30th CJ of Gauhati HC
Vikas Sridhar Sirpurkar 12 January 2007 21 August 2011 4 years, 228 days 3rd CJ of Uttarakhand HC
32nd CJ of Calcutta HC
Harjit Singh Bedi 12 January 2007 4 September 2011 4 years, 236 days 36th CJ of Bombay HC
Mukundakam Sharma 9 April 2008 17 September 2011 3 years, 162 days 24th CJ of Delhi HC
Markandey Katju 10 April 2006 19 September 2011 5 years, 163 days 32nd CJ of Madras HC
23rd CJ of Delhi HC
Jagdish Madhurlal Panchal 12 November 2007 5 October 2011 3 years, 328 days 26th CJ of Rajasthan HC
Raju Varadarajulu Raveendran 9 September 2005 15 October 2011 6 years, 37 days 18th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Cyriac Joseph[19] 7 July 2008 27 January 2012 3 years, 205 days 4th CJ of Uttarakhand HC
23rd CJ of Karnataka HC
Asok Kumar Ganguly 17 December 2008 3 February 2012 3 years, 49 days 21st CJ of Orissa HC
34th CJ of Madras HC
Dalveer Bhandari[20] 28 October 2005 27 April 2012[RES] 6 years, 183 days 34th CJ of Bombay HC
Deepak Verma 11 May 2009 28 August 2012 3 years, 110 days 28th CJ of Rajasthan HC
Sarosh Homi Kapadia (CJI) 18 December 2003 28 September 2012 8 years, 286 days 2nd CJ of Uttarakhand HC
Swatanter Kumar 18 December 2009 19 December 2012 3 years, 2 days 37th CJ of Bombay HC
Devinder Kumar Jain 10 April 2006 24 January 2013 6 years, 290 days 26th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Aftab Alam 12 November 2007 18 April 2013 5 years, 158 days
Altamas Kabir (CJI) 9 September 2005 18 July 2013 7 years, 313 days 3rd CJ of Jharkhand HC
Ganpat Singh Singhvi 12 November 2007 12 December 2013 6 years, 31 days CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
Hemant Laxman Gokhale 30 April 2010 10 March 2014 3 years, 315 days 39th CJ of Allahabad HC
35th CJ of Madras HC
Palanisamy Sathasivam (CJI) 21 August 2007 26 April 2014 6 years, 249 days
Gyan Sudha Misra[21] 30 April 2010 27 April 2014 3 years, 363 days 6th CJ of Jharkhand HC
Kalavamkodath Sivasankara Panicker Radhakrishnan 17 November 2009 14 May 2014 4 years, 179 days 25th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
21st CJ of Gujarat HC
Ananga Kumar Patnaik 17 November 2009 2 June 2014 4 years, 198 days 4th CJ of Chhattisgarh HC
19th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Surinder Singh Nijjar 17 November 2009 6 June 2014 4 years, 202 days 33rd CJ of Calcutta HC
Balbir Singh Chauhan 11 May 2009 1 July 2014 5 years, 52 days 22nd CJ of Orissa HC
Chandramauli Kumar Prasad[22] 8 February 2010 14 July 2014 4 years, 157 days 40th CJ of Allahabad HC
Rajendra Mal Lodha (CJI) 17 December 2008 27 September 2014 5 years, 285 days 33rd CJ of Patna HC
Ranjana Prakash Desai[23] 13 September 2011 29 October 2014 3 years, 47 days
Sudhanshu Joshi Mukhopadhaya 13 September 2011 14 March 2015 3 years, 183 days 22nd CJ of Gujarat HC
Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu (CJI) 17 December 2008 2 December 2015 6 years, 351 days 6th CJ of Chhattisgarh HC
27th CJ of Kerala HC
Vikramajit Sen 24 December 2012 30 December 2015 3 years, 7 days 26th CJ of Karnataka HC
M. Y. Eqbal 24 December 2012 12 February 2016 3 years, 51 days 36th CJ of Madras HC
Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla 2 April 2012 22 July 2016 4 years, 112 days 29th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC
Chokkalingam Nagappan 19 September 2013 3 October 2016 3 years, 15 days 25th CJ of Orissa HC
Venkate Gopala Gowda 24 December 2012 5 October 2016 3 years, 287 days 24th CJ of Orissa HC
Shiva Kirti Singh 19 September 2013 11 November 2016 3 years, 54 days 43rd CJ of Allahabad HC
Anil Ramesh Dave 30 April 2010 18 November 2016 6 years, 203 days 38th CJ of Bombay HC
Tirath Singh Thakur (CJI) 17 November 2009 3 January 2017 7 years, 48 days 28th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Pinaki Chandra Ghose 8 March 2013 27 May 2017 4 years, 81 days CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
Jagdish Singh Khehar (CJI) 13 September 2011 27 August 2017 5 years, 349 days 7th CJ of Uttarakhand HC
25th CJ of Karnataka HC
Prafulla Chandra Pant 13 August 2014 29 August 2017 3 years, 17 days 2nd CJ of Meghalaya HC
Amitava Roy 27 February 2015 1 March 2018 3 years, 3 days 31st CJ of Rajasthan HC
27tht CJ of Orissa HC
Rajesh Kumar Agrawal 17 February 2014 4 May 2018 4 years, 77 days 37th CJ of Madras HC
Jasti Chelameswar 10 October 2011 22 June 2018 6 years, 256 days 31st CJ of Gauhati HC
29th CJ of Kerala HC
Adarsh Kumar Goel 7 July 2014 6 July 2018 4 years, 0 days 34th CJ of Gauhati HC
26th CJ of Orissa HC
Dipak Misra (CJI) 10 October 2011 2 October 2018 6 years, 358 days 36th CJ of Patna HC
26th CJ of Delhi HC
Kurian Joseph[24] 8 March 2013 29 November 2018 5 years, 267 days 20th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
Madan Lokur 4 June 2012 30 December 2018 6 years, 210 days 33rd CJ of Gauhati HC
Arjan Kumar Sikri[25] 12 April 2013 6 March 2019 5 years, 329 days 31st CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Abhay Manohar Sapre 13 August 2014 27 August 2019 5 years, 15 days 1st CJ of Manipur HC
33rd CJ of Gauhati HC
Ranjan Gogoi (CJI) 23 April 2012 17 November 2019 7 years, 209 days 30th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Deepak Gupta 17 February 2017 6 May 2020 3 years, 80 days 1st CJ of Tripura HC
10th CJ of Chhattisgarh HC
R. Banumathi 13 August 2014 19 July 2020 5 years, 342 days 9th CJ of Jharkhand HC
Arun Kumar Mishra 7 July 2014 2 September 2020 6 years, 58 days 30th CJ of Rajasthan HC
36th CJ of Calcutta HC
Indu Malhotra[26] 27 April 2018 13 March 2021 2 years, 321 days
Sharad Arvind Bobde (CJI) 12 April 2013 23 April 2021 8 years, 12 days 21st CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Mohan Shantanagoudar[27] 17 February 2017 24 April 2021[†] 4 years, 67 days 32nd CJ of Kerala HC
Ashok Bhushan 13 May 2016 4 July 2021 5 years, 53 days 31st CJ of Kerala HC
Rohinton Fali Nariman 7 July 2014 12 August 2021 7 years, 37 days
Navin Sinha 17 February 2017 18 August 2021 4 years, 183 days 9th CJ of Chhattisgarh HC
34th CJ of Rajasthan HC
Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy 2 November 2018 4 January 2022 3 years, 64 days 24th CJ of Gujarat HC
Vineet Saran 7 August 2018 10 May 2022 3 years, 277 days 29th CJ of Orissa HC
Lavu Nageswara Rao 13 May 2016 7 June 2022 6 years, 26 days
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar 13 May 2016 29 July 2022 6 years, 78 days 21st CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
22nd CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (CJI) 17 February 2014 26 August 2022 8 years, 191 days 28th CJ of Delhi HC
Indira Banerjee 7 August 2018 23 September 2022 4 years, 48 days 39th CJ of Madras HC
Hemant Gupta 2 November 2018 16 October 2022 3 years, 349 days 23rd CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
Uday Umesh Lalit (CJI) 13 August 2014 8 November 2022 8 years, 88 days
Syed Abdul Nazeer 17 February 2017 4 January 2023 5 years, 322 days
Dinesh Maheshwari 18 January 2019 14 May 2023 4 years, 117 days 4th CJ of Meghalaya HC
29th CJ of Karnataka HC
Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah 2 November 2018 15 May 2023 4 years, 195 days 41st CJ of Patna HC
Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph 7 August 2018 16 June 2023 4 years, 314 days 9th CJ of Uttarakhand HC
Ajay Rastogi 2 November 2018 17 June 2023 4 years, 228 days 3rd CJ of Tripura HC
V. Ramasubramanian 23 September 2019 29 June 2023 3 years, 280 days 24th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
Krishna Murari 23 September 2019 8 July 2023 3 years, 289 days 34th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
Shripathi Ravindra Bhat 23 September 2019 20 October 2023 4 years, 28 days 36th CJ of Rajasthan HC
Sanjay Kishan Kaul 17 February 2017 25 December 2023 6 years, 312 days 32nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
38th CJ of Madras HC
Aniruddha Bose 24 May 2019 10 April 2024 4 years, 323 days 12th CJ of Jharkhand HC
Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna 24 May 2019 19 May 2024 4 years, 362 days 37th CJ of Gauhati HC
Hima Kohli 31 August 2021 1 September 2024 3 years, 2 days 3rd CJ of Telangana HC
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (CJI) 13 May 2016 10 November 2024 8 years, 182 days 44th CJ of Allahabad HC
Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar 31 August 2021 5 January 2025 3 years, 128 days
Hrishikesh Roy 23 September 2019 31 January 2025 5 years, 251 days 35th CJ of Kerala HC
Sanjiv Khanna (CJI) 18 January 2019 13 May 2025 6 years, 116 days
Abhay Shreeniwas Oka 31 August 2021 24 May 2025 3 years, 267 days 30th CJ of Karnataka HC
Bela Trivedi 31 August 2021 9 June 2025 3 years, 283 days
Sudhanshu Dhulia 9 May 2022 9 August 2025 3 years, 93 days 39th CJ of Gauhati HC

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