List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India
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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
[edit]| 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 | |
| 52 | Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai | 24 May 2019 | 14 May 2025 | 23 November 2025 | 6 years, 184 days | 194 days |
Former judges including CJIs
[edit]| Name | Image | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Tenure length | Date of initial appointment as HC Judge | Tenure as HC Judge (Including as CJ) | Parent High Court | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harilal Jekisundas Kania (CJI) | 26 January 1950 | 6 November 1951[†] | 1 year, 285 days | June 1933 | Bombay | |||
| Saiyid Fazl Ali[2] | 18 September 1951 | 1 year, 236 days | April 1928 | Patna | 5th CJ of Patna HC | |||
| Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri (CJI) | 3 January 1954 | 3 years, 343 days | 15 March 1939 | 8 years, 266 days | Madras | |||
| Mehr Chand Mahajan (CJI) | 22 December 1954 | 4 years, 331 days | 27 September 1943 | 5 years, 5 days | Lahore | |||
| Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (CJI) | 31 January 1956 | 6 years, 6 days | 8 July 1936 | 12 years, 98 days | Calcutta | |||
| Sudhi Ranjan Das (CJI) | 30 September 1959 | 9 years, 248 days | 1 December 1942 | 7 years, 50 days | Calcutta | 2nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | ||
| Nagapudi Chandrasekhara Aiyar[3] | 23 September 1950 | 24 January 1953 | 2 years, 124 days | 16 July 1941 | 6 years, 194 days | Madras | ||
| Vivian Bose[4] | 5 March 1951 | 8 June 1956 | 5 years, 96 days | 9 January 1936 | 15 years, 55 days | Nagpur | CJ of erstwhile Nagpur HC | |
| Ghulam Hasan | 8 September 1952 | 5 November 1954[†] | 2 years, 59 days | 25 July 1948 | 2 years, 344 days | Allahabad | ||
| Natwarlal Harilal Bhagwati | 6 June 1959 | 6 years, 272 days | August 1944 | Bombay | ||||
| Bachu Jagannadha Das | 9 March 1953 | 26 July 1958 | 5 years, 140 days | 26 July 1948 | 4 years, 226 days | Orissa | 2nd CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Tirunelveli Lakshmanasuri Venkatarama Iyer | 4 January 1954 | 24 November 1958 | 4 years, 325 days | 7 January 1951 | 2 years, 322 days | Madras | ||
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (CJI) | 3 December 1954 | 31 January 1964 | 9 years, 60 days | 19 January 1943 | 11 years, 318 days | Patna | CJ of erstwhile Nagpur HC | |
| Syed Jaffer Imam | 10 January 1955 | 31 January 1964[RES] | 9 years, 22 days | 25 October 1943 | 11 years, 77 days | Patna | 10th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Sudhansu Kumar Das | 30 April 1956 | 2 September 1963 | 7 years, 126 days | 4 November 1944 | 11 years, 178 days | Patna | 11th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Parakulangara Govinda Menon | 1 September 1956 | 16 October 1957[†] | 1 year, 46 days | 28 July 1947 | 9 years, 35 days | Madras | ||
| Jeevan Lal Kapur | 14 January 1957 | 12 December 1962 | 5 years, 333 days | 6 June 1949 | 7 years, 222 days | Punjab & Haryana | ||
| Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar (CJI) | 17 January 1957 | 15 March 1966 | 9 years, 58 days | 6 March 1945 | 11 years, 317 days | Bombay | ||
| Amal Kumar Sarkar (CJI) | 4 March 1957 | 29 June 1966 | 9 years, 118 days | 25 January 1949 | 8 years, 38 days | Calcutta | ||
| Koka Subba Rao (CJI) | 31 January 1958 | 11 April 1967[RES] | 9 years, 71 days | 22 March 1948 | 9 years, 315 days | Madras | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | |
| Kailas Nath Wanchoo (CJI) | 11 August 1958 | 24 February 1968 | 9 years, 198 days | 17 February 1947 | 11 years, 175 days | Allahabad | 2nd CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Mohammad Hidayatullah (CJI) | 1 December 1958 | 16 December 1970 | 12 years, 16 days | 27 June 1946 | 12 years, 157 days | Nagpur | 1st CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Kulada Charan Das Gupta | 29 August 1959 | 2 January 1965 | 5 years, 132 days | June 1948 | Calcutta | 12th CJ of Calcutta HC | ||
| Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah (CJI) | 12 October 1959 | 21 January 1971 | 11 years, 102 days | 1 March 1949 | 10 years, 225 days | Bombay | ||
| Raghubar Dayal | 27 July 1960 | 25 October 1965 | 5 years, 91 days | 22 July 1946 | 14 years, 5 days | Allahabad | ||
| Narsimha Rajagopala Ayyangar | 14 December 1964 | 4 years, 141 days | November 1953 | Madras | ||||
| Janardan Raghunath Mudholkar | 3 October 1960 | 3 July 1966[RES] | 5 years, 274 days | 11 November 1948 | 11 years, 327 days | Nagpur | ||
| Sarv Mittra Sikri (CJI) | 3 February 1964 | 25 April 1973 | 9 years, 82 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Ranadhir Singh Bachawat | 7 September 1964 | 31 July 1969 | 4 years, 328 days | 23 January 1950 | 14 years, 228 days | Calcutta | ||
| Vaidyanathier Ramaswami | 4 January 1965 | 30 October 1969 | 4 years, 300 days | 28 October 1948 | 16 years, 68 days | Patna | 12th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju | 20 October 1965 | 20 April 1966[†] | 183 days | 1 January 1954 | 11 years, 292 days | Andhra Pradesh | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | |
| Jaishanker Manilal Shelat | 24 February 1966 | 30 April 1973[RES] | 7 years, 66 days | 6 January 1957 | 9 years, 49 days | Bombay | 3rd CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| Vashishtha Bhargava | 8 August 1966 | 4 February 1971 | 4 years, 181 days | 1 August 1949 | 17 years, 7 days | Allahabad | 17th CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| Gopendra Krishna Mitter | 29 August 1966 | 23 September 1971 | 5 years, 26 days | 24 November 1952 | 13 years, 278 days | Calcutta | ||
| Chittur Anantakrishna Iyer Vaidyialingam | 10 October 1966 | 29 June 1972 | 5 years, 264 days | 27 March 1957 | 9 years, 197 days | Kerala | ||
| Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde | 17 July 1967 | 30 April 1973[RES] | 5 years, 288 days | 26 August 1957 | 9 years, 325 days | Karnataka | 1st CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Amar Nath Grover | 11 February 1968 | 31 May 1973[RES] | 5 years, 110 days | 10 October 1957 | 10 years, 124 days | Punjab & Haryana | ||
| Ajit Nath Ray (CJI) | 1 August 1969 | 27 January 1977 | 7 years, 180 days | 23 December 1957 | 11 years, 221 days | Calcutta | ||
| Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy | 22 January 1975 | 5 years, 175 days | 16 February 1952 | 17 years, 166 days | Andhra Pradesh | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | ||
| Inder Dev Dua | 3 October 1972 | 3 years, 64 days | 11 August 1958 | 10 years, 355 days | Punjab & Haryana | 2nd CJ of Delhi HC | ||
| Subimal Chandra Roy | 19 July 1971 | 12 November 1971[†] | 117 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Devidas Ganpat Palekar | 3 September 1974 | 3 years, 47 days | 14 October 1961 | 9 years, 278 days | Bombay | |||
| Hans Raj Khanna | 22 September 1971 | 11 March 1977[RES] | 5 years, 171 days | 7 May 1962 | 9 years, 138 days | Punjab & Haryana | 3rd CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Kuttyil Kurien Mathew | 4 October 1971 | 2 January 1976 | 4 years, 91 days | 5 June 1962 | 9 years, 121 days | Kerala | ||
| Mirza Hameedullah Beg (CJI) | 10 December 1971 | 21 February 1978 | 6 years, 74 days | 11 June 1963 | 8 years, 182 days | Allahabad | 1st CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | |
| Surendra Narayan Dwivedi | 14 August 1972 | 8 December 1974[†] | 2 years, 117 days | 12 May 1959 | 13 years, 94 days | Allahabad | ||
| Arun Kumar Mukherjea | 23 October 1973[†] | 1 year, 71 days | 27 February 1962 | 10 years, 169 days | Calcutta | |||
| Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (CJI) | 28 August 1972 | 11 July 1985 | 12 years, 318 days | 19 March 1961 | 11 years, 162 days | Bombay | ||
| A. Alagiriswami | 17 October 1972 | 16 October 1975 | 3 years, 0 days | 11 August 1966 | 6 years, 67 days | Madras | ||
| Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (CJI) | 17 July 1973 | 20 December 1986 | 13 years, 157 days | 21 July 1960 | 12 years, 361 days | Gujarat | 5th CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| Vaidyanathapuram Rama Krishna Iyer | 14 November 1980 | 7 years, 121 days | 12 July 1968 | 5 years, 5 days | Kerala | |||
| Parbati Kumar Goswami | 10 September 1973 | 31 December 1977 | 4 years, 113 days | 12 May 1967 | 6 years, 121 days | Gauhati | 9th CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Ranjit Singh Sarkaria | 17 September 1973 | 15 January 1981 | 7 years, 121 days | 12 June 1967 | 6 years, 97 days | Punjab & Haryana | ||
| Alak Chandra Gupta | 2 September 1974 | 31 December 1981 | 7 years, 121 days | 24 February 1964 | 10 years, 190 days | Calcutta | ||
| Nand Lall Untwalia | 3 October 1974 | 31 July 1980 | 5 years, 303 days | 2 January 1958 | 16 years, 274 days | Patna | 16th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali[5] | 2 April 1975 | 20 August 1985[†] | 10 years, 141 days | 9 April 1958 | 16 years, 358 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 8th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Prakash Narayan Shinghal | 6 November 1975 | 14 October 1980 | 4 years, 344 days | 21 June 1961 | 14 years, 138 days | Rajasthan | 9th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Jaswant Singh | 23 January 1976 | 24 January 1979 | 3 years, 2 days | 3 December 1967 | 8 years, 51 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 9th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam | 3 January 1977 | 11 September 1980 | 3 years, 253 days | 20 October 1960 | 16 years, 75 days | Madras | 17th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Vidyaranya Dattatreya Tulzapurkar | 30 September 1977 | 9 March 1986 | 8 years, 161 days | 21 December 1963 | 13 years, 283 days | Bombay | ||
| Dhirajlal Ambelal Desai | 8 May 1985 | 7 years, 221 days | 19 February 1968 | 9 years, 223 days | Gujarat | |||
| Raghunandan Swarup Pathak (CJI) | 20 February 1978 | 18 June 1989[RES] | 11 years, 119 days | 1 October 1962 | 15 years, 142 days | Allahabad | 2nd CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | |
| Anand Dev Koshal | 17 July 1978 | 6 March 1982 | 3 years, 233 days | 28 May 1968 | 10 years, 50 days | Punjab & Haryana | 11th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Ontethupalli Chinnappa Reddy | 24 September 1987 | 9 years, 70 days | 21 August 1967 | 10 years, 330 days | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| Ananda Prakash Sen | 19 September 1988 | 10 years, 65 days | 7 November 1967 | 10 years, 252 days | Madhya Pradesh | 7th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | ||
| Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah (CJI) | 8 March 1979 | 17 December 1989 | 10 years, 285 days | 25 June 1970 | 8 years, 256 days | Karnataka | ||
| Baharul Islam[6] | 4 December 1980 | 12 January 1983[RES] | 2 years, 40 days | 20 January 1972 | 8 years, 41 days | Gauhati | 13th CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Appajee Varadarajan | 10 December 1980 | 16 August 1985 | 4 years, 250 days | 15 February 1973 | 7 years, 299 days | Madras | ||
| Amarendra Nath Sen | 28 January 1981 | 30 September 1985 | 4 years, 246 days | 15 November 1965 | 15 years, 74 days | Calcutta | 18th CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Vettath Balakrishna Eradi | 30 January 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 6 years, 140 days | 5 April 1967 | 13 years, 300 days | Kerala | 9th CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Ram Briksha Misra | 15 June 1986 | 5 years, 137 days | 3 January 1968 | 13 years, 27 days | Allahabad | |||
| Dinshah Pirosha Madon | 15 March 1983 | 6 April 1986 | 3 years, 23 days | 25 September 1967 | 15 years, 171 days | Bombay | 21st CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Sabyasachi Mukherjee (CJI) | 25 September 1990[†] | 7 years, 195 days | 31 July 1968 | 14 years, 227 days | Calcutta | |||
| Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar | 3 November 1988 | 5 years, 234 days | 2 July 1969 | 13 years, 256 days | Gujarat | 8th CJ of Gujarat HC | ||
| Ranganath Misra (CJI) | 24 November 1991 | 8 years, 255 days | 4 July 1969 | 13 years, 254 days | Orissa | 10th CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid | 25 June 1984 | 30 June 1987 | 3 years, 6 days | 7 March 1974 | 10 years, 110 days | Kerala | 13th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Goverdhan Lal Oza | 29 October 1985 | 11 December 1989 | 4 years, 44 days | 29 July 1968 | 17 years, 92 days | Madhya Pradesh | 9th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Bankim Chandra Ray | 31 October 1991 | 6 years, 3 days | 10 June 1974 | 11 years, 141 days | Calcutta | |||
| Murari Mohan Dutt[7] | 10 March 1986 | 29 October 1989 | 3 years, 234 days | 18 September 1969 | 16 years, 173 days | Calcutta | ||
| Kamal Narain Singh (CJI) | 12 December 1991 | 5 years, 278 days | 25 August 1970 | 15 years, 197 days | Allahabad | |||
| Sivasankar Natarajan | 28 October 1989 | 3 years, 233 days | 15 February 1973 | 13 years, 23 days | Madras | |||
| Madhukar Hiralal Kania (CJI) | 1 May 1987 | 17 November 1992 | 5 years, 201 days | 4 November 1969 | 17 years, 178 days | Bombay | 24th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty | 14 December 1991 | 4 years, 228 days | 25 June 1970 | 16 years, 310 days | Karnataka | 27th CJ of Allahabad HC | ||
| Lalit Mohan Sharma (CJI) | 5 October 1987 | 11 February 1993 | 5 years, 130 days | 12 April 1973 | 14 years, 176 days | Patna | ||
| Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah (CJI) | 24 October 1994 | 7 years, 20 days | 6 November 1975 | 11 years, 333 days | Karnataka | |||
| Srinivasachar Ranganathan | 30 October 1992 | 5 years, 26 days | 14 November 1977 | 9 years, 325 days | Delhi | |||
| Narayan Dutta Ojha | 18 January 1988 | 18 January 1991 | 3 years, 1 day | 3 September 1971 | 16 years, 139 days | Allahabad | 11th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| S. Ratnavel Pandian | 14 December 1988 | 12 March 1994 | 5 years, 89 days | February 1974 | Madras | |||
| Thamarappallil Kochu Thommen | 25 September 1993 | 4 years, 286 days | 9 May 1975 | 13 years, 219 days | Kerala | |||
| Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi (CJI) | 24 March 1997 | 8 years, 101 days | 2 September 1976 | 12 years, 103 days | Gujarat | |||
| Khagendra Nath Saika | 28 February 1991 | 2 years, 77 days | 12 February 1979 | 9 years, 18 days | Gauhati | 18th CJ of Gauhati HC | ||
| Kuldip Singh[8] | 21 December 1996 | 8 years, 8 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | |||
| Jagdish Sharan Verma (CJI) | 3 June 1989 | 17 January 1998 | 8 years, 229 days | 12 September 1972 | 16 years, 264 days | Madhya Pradesh | 16th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Veeraswami Ramaswami | 6 October 1989 | 14 February 1994 | 4 years, 132 days | 31 January 1971 | 18 years, 248 days | Madras | 16th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Parshuram Babaram Sawant[9] | 29 June 1995 | 5 years, 267 days | 29 March 1973 | 16 years, 191 days | Bombay | |||
| Narendra Mohan Kasliwal[10] | 3 April 1993 | 3 years, 180 days | 15 June 1978 | 11 years, 113 days | Rajasthan | 16th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | ||
| Madan Mohan Punchhi (CJI) | 9 October 1998 | 9 years, 4 days | 24 October 1979 | 9 years, 347 days | Punjab & Haryana | |||
| Katikithala Ramaswamy | 12 July 1997 | 7 years, 280 days | 29 September 1982 | 7 years, 7 days | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| Fathima Beevi[11] | 29 April 1992 | 2 years, 207 days | 4 August 1983 | 5 years, 264 days | Kerala | |||
| K. Jayachandra Reddy | 11 January 1990 | 14 July 1994 | 4 years, 185 days | 7 March 1975 | 14 years, 310 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| Suresh Chandra Agrawal | 4 September 1998 | 8 years, 237 days | 15 June 1978 | 11 years, 210 days | Rajasthan | |||
| Ram Manohar Sahai | 24 June 1995 | 5 years, 165 days | 27 January 1976 | 13 years, 349 days | Allahabad | |||
| Yogeshwar Dayal | 22 March 1991 | 2 August 1994[†] | 3 years, 134 days | 28 February 1974 | 17 years, 22 days | Delhi | 13th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Shanmughasundaram Mohan | 7 October 1991 | 10 February 1995 | 3 years, 127 days | February 1974 | Madras | 12th CJ of Karnataka HC | ||
| Benjaram Pranaya Jeevan Reddy | 13 March 1997 | 5 years, 158 days | 17 July 1975 | 16 years, 82 days | Andhra Pradesh | 31st CJ of Allahabad HC | ||
| Ganendra Narayan Ray[12] | 30 April 1998 | 6 years, 206 days | 23 December 1976 | 14 years, 288 days | Calcutta | 11th CJ of Gujarat HC | ||
| Adarsh Sein Anand (CJI) | 18 November 1991 | 31 October 2001 | 9 years, 348 days | 26 May 1975 | 16 years, 176 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 24th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Radha Charan Patnaik | 3 December 1991 | 30 May 1992[†] | 180 days | 18 September 1981 | 10 years, 76 days | Orissa | ||
| Nagendra Prasad Singh | 15 June 1992 | 24 December 1996 | 4 years, 193 days | 12 April 1973 | 19 years, 65 days | Patna | 26th CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Sam Piroj Bharucha (CJI) | 1 July 1992 | 5 May 2002 | 9 years, 309 days | 19 September 1977 | 14 years, 286 days | Bombay | 13th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Nanje Gowda Venkatachala | 2 July 1995 | 3 years, 2 days | 28 November 1977 | 14 years, 216 days | Karnataka | |||
| Manoj Kumar Mukherjee | 14 December 1993 | 30 November 1998 | 4 years, 352 days | 17 June 1977 | 16 years, 180 days | Calcutta | 27th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Faizanuddin | 4 February 1997 | 3 years, 53 days | 27 November 1978 | 15 years, 17 days | Madhya Pradesh | |||
| Banwari Lal Hansaria | 24 December 1996 | 3 years, 11 days | 12 February 1979 | 14 years, 305 days | Gauhati | 13th CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| Suhas C. Sen | 11 June 1994 | 20 December 1997 | 3 years, 193 days | 23 November 1981 | 12 years, 200 days | Calcutta | ||
| Krishnaswami Sundara Paripoornan | 11 June 1997 | 3 years, 1 day | 23 December 1982 | 11 years, 170 days | Kerala | 25th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Shailesh Bhadrayulal Majumdar | 19 September 1994 | 19 August 2000 | 5 years, 336 days | 3 October 1978 | 15 years, 351 days | Gujarat | 14th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Sujata Manohar[13] | 8 November 1994 | 27 August 1999 | 4 years, 293 days | 23 January 1978 | 16 years, 289 days | Bombay | 14th CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Girish Thakorlal Nanavati | 6 March 1995 | 16 February 2000 | 4 years, 348 days | 19 July 1979 | 15 years, 230 days | Gujarat | 15th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Saiyed Saghir Ahmad | 30 June 2000 | 5 years, 117 days | 2 November 1981 | 13 years, 124 days | Allahabad | 17th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | ||
| Konduswami Venkataswamy | 18 September 1999 | 4 years, 197 days | 24 July 1983 | 11 years, 225 days | Madras | 26th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Bhupinder Nath Kirpal (CJI) | 11 September 1995 | 7 November 2002 | 7 years, 58 days | 20 November 1979 | 15 years, 295 days | Delhi | 13th CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (CJI) | 18 December 2002 | 7 years, 99 days | 1 June 1983 | 12 years, 102 days | Orissa | 27th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar[14] | 29 March 1996 | 15 January 2000 | 3 years, 293 days | 25 April 1978 | 17 years, 339 days | Bombay | 22nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Thomas Kallupurackal Thomas | 30 January 2002 | 5 years, 308 days | 12 August 1985 | 10 years, 230 days | Kerala | |||
| Mamidanna Jagannadha Rao | 21 March 1997 | 1 December 2000 | 3 years, 256 days | 29 November 1982 | 14 years, 112 days | Andhra Pradesh | 17th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Vishweshwar Nath Khare (CJI) | 1 May 2004 | 7 years, 42 days | 25 June 1983 | 13 years, 269 days | Allahabad | 29th CJ of Calcutta HC | ||
| Devinder Pratap Wadhwa | 4 May 2000 | 3 years, 45 days | 12 August 1983 | 13 years, 221 days | Delhi | 28th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Madhavachari Srinivasan | 25 September 1997 | 25 February 2000[†] | 2 years, 154 days | 2 June 1986 | 10 years, 292 days | Madras | 13th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | |
| S. Rajendra Babu (CJI) | 31 May 2004 | 6 years, 250 days | 19 February 1988 | 9 years, 218 days | Karnataka | |||
| Ajay Prakash Misra | 4 December 1997 | 31 August 2001 | 3 years, 271 days | 24 May 1984 | 13 years, 194 days | Allahabad | 18th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri[15] | 5 April 2003 | 5 years, 123 days | 11 July 1986 | 11 years, 146 days | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah | 9 December 1998 | 24 September 2003 | 4 years, 290 days | 28 January 1983 | 15 years, 315 days | Gujarat | 30th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Deba Priya Mohapatra | 2 August 2002 | 3 years, 237 days | 18 November 1983 | 15 years, 21 days | Orissa | 35th CJ of Allahabad HC | ||
| Umesh Chandra Banerjee[16] | 17 November 2002 | 3 years, 344 days | 9 January 1984 | 14 years, 334 days | Calcutta | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | ||
| Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (CJI) | 31 October 2005 | 6 years, 327 days | 3 May 1988 | 10 years, 220 days | Madhya Pradesh | |||
| N. Santosh Hegde[17] | 8 January 1999 | 16 June 2005 | 6 years, 160 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Ram Prakash Sethi[18] | 6 July 2002 | 3 years, 180 days | 30 May 1986 | 12 years, 223 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 18th CJ of Karnataka HC | ||
| Sailendu Nath Phukan | 28 January 1999 | 31 March 2002 | 3 years, 63 days | 11 October 1985 | 14 years, 109 days | Gauhati | 16th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (CJI) | 28 January 2000 | 13 January 2007 | 6 years, 351 days | 17 November 1986 | 13 years, 72 days | Delhi | 31st CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Doraiswamy Raju | 1 July 2004 | 4 years, 156 days | 14 January 1990 | 10 years, 14 days | Madras | 15th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | ||
| Ruma Pal | 3 June 2006 | 6 years, 127 days | 6 August 1990 | 9 years, 175 days | Calcutta | |||
| Sam Nariman Variava | 15 March 2000 | 7 November 2005 | 5 years, 238 days | 21 November 1986 | 13 years, 115 days | Bombay | 19th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Shivaraj Virupanna Patil | 11 January 2005 | 4 years, 303 days | 29 March 1990 | 9 years, 352 days | Karnataka | 21st CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (CJI) | 8 June 2000 | 12 May 2010 | 9 years, 339 days | 26 September 1985 | 14 years, 256 days | Kerala | 29th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Brijesh Kumar | 19 October 2000 | 9 June 2004 | 3 years, 235 days | 24 May 1984 | 16 years, 148 days | Allahabad | 25th CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Biswanath Agrawal | 15 October 2009 | 8 years, 362 days | 17 November 1986 | 13 years, 337 days | Patna | 17th CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| P. Venkatarama Reddi | 17 August 2001 | 9 August 2005 | 3 years, 358 days | 16 March 1990 | 11 years, 154 days | Andhra Pradesh | 20th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Ashok Bhan | 2 October 2008 | 7 years, 108 days | 15 June 1990 | 11 years, 63 days | Punjab & Haryana | |||
| Arijit Pasayat | 19 October 2001 | 10 May 2009 | 7 years, 204 days | 20 March 1989 | 12 years, 213 days | Orissa | 20th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Bisheshwar Prasad Singh | 14 December 2001 | 8 July 2007 | 5 years, 207 days | 9 March 1987 | 14 years, 280 days | Patna | 32nd CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Devdatta Madhav Dharmadhikari | 5 March 2002 | 13 August 2005 | 3 years, 162 days | 24 March 1989 | 12 years, 346 days | Madhya Pradesh | 17th CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| H. K. Sema | 9 April 2002 | 1 June 2008 | 6 years, 54 days | 24 May 1989 | 12 years, 320 days | Gauhati | 21st CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Satyabrata Sinha | 3 October 2002 | 8 August 2009 | 6 years, 341 days | 9 March 1987 | 15 years, 208 days | Patna | 21st CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Arun Kumar | 11 April 2006 | 5 years, 191 days | 13 July 1990 | 12 years, 82 days | Delhi | 23rd CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| Bellur Narayanswamy Srikrishna | 20 May 2006 | 5 years, 230 days | 30 July 1990 | 12 years, 65 days | Bombay | 21st CJ of Kerala HC | ||
| Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan | 20 December 2002 | 21 March 2007 | 4 years, 92 days | 14 June 1990 | 12 years, 189 days | Madras | 22nd CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Govind Prasad Mathur | 19 January 2008 | 5 years, 31 days | 6 July 1990 | 12 years, 167 days | Allahabad | |||
| Sarosh Homi Kapadia (CJI) | 18 December 2003 | 28 September 2012 | 8 years, 286 days | 8 October 1991 | 12 years, 71 days | Bombay | 2nd CJ of Uttarakhand HC | |
| Ashok Kumar Mathur | 7 June 2004 | 7 August 2008 | 4 years, 62 days | 13 July 1985 | 18 years, 330 days | Rajasthan | 31st CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Chunilal Karsandas Thakker | 10 November 2008 | 4 years, 157 days | 21 June 1990 | 13 years, 352 days | Gujarat | 33rd CJ of Bombay HC | ||
| Tarun Chatterjee | 27 August 2004 | 14 January 2010 | 5 years, 141 days | 6 August 1990 | 14 years, 21 days | Calcutta | 38th CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| Perubhemba Krishna Ayer Balasubramanyan | 27 August 2007 | 3 years, 1 day | 4 June 1992 | 12 years, 84 days | Kerala | 2nd CJ of Jharkhand HC | ||
| Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar | 29 June 2008 | 3 years, 308 days | 15 June 1992 | 12 years, 73 days | Madhya Pradesh | 28th CJ of Gauhati HC | ||
| Altamas Kabir (CJI) | 9 September 2005 | 18 July 2013 | 7 years, 313 days | 6 August 1990 | 15 years, 34 days | Calcutta | 3rd CJ of Jharkhand HC | |
| Raju Varadarajulu Raveendran | 15 October 2011 | 6 years, 37 days | 22 February 1993 | 12 years, 199 days | Karnataka | 18th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | ||
| Dalveer Bhandari[19] | 28 October 2005 | 27 April 2012[RES] | 6 years, 183 days | 19 March 1991 | 14 years, 223 days | Delhi | 34th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Lokeshwar Singh Panta | 3 February 2006 | 23 September 2009 | 3 years, 80 days | 20 August 1991 | 14 years, 167 days | Himachal Pradesh | ||
| Devinder Kumar Jain | 10 April 2006 | 24 January 2013 | 6 years, 290 days | 19 March 1991 | 15 years, 22 days | Delhi | 26th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Markandey Katju | 19 September 2011 | 5 years, 163 days | 30 November 1991 | 14 years, 131 days | Allahabad | 23rd CJ of Delhi HC | ||
| Harjit Singh Bedi | 12 January 2007 | 4 September 2011 | 4 years, 236 days | 15 March 1991 | 15 years, 303 days | Punjab & Haryana | 36th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Vikas Sridhar Sirpurkar | 21 August 2011 | 4 years, 228 days | 9 November 1992 | 14 years, 64 days | Bombay | 32nd CJ of Calcutta HC | ||
| Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy | 7 July 2011 | 4 years, 177 days | 2 May 1995 | 11 years, 255 days | Andhra Pradesh | 30th CJ of Gauhati HC | ||
| Palanisamy Sathasivam (CJI) | 21 August 2007 | 26 April 2014 | 6 years, 249 days | 8 August 1996 | 11 years, 13 days | Madras | ||
| Ganpat Singh Singhvi | 12 November 2007 | 12 December 2013 | 6 years, 31 days | 20 July 1990 | 17 years, 115 days | Rajasthan | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | |
| Aftab Alam | 18 April 2013 | 5 years, 158 days | 27 July 1990 | 17 years, 108 days | Patna | |||
| Jagdish Madhurlal Panchal | 5 October 2011 | 3 years, 328 days | 22 November 1990 | 16 years, 355 days | Gujarat | 26th CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| Mukundakam Sharma | 9 April 2008 | 17 September 2011 | 3 years, 162 days | 10 January 1994 | 14 years, 90 days | Gauhati | 24th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Cyriac Joseph[20] | 7 July 2008 | 27 January 2012 | 3 years, 205 days | 6 July 1994 | 14 years, 1 day | Kerala | 23rd CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Asok Kumar Ganguly | 17 December 2008 | 3 February 2012 | 3 years, 49 days | 10 January 1994 | 14 years, 342 days | Calcutta | 34th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Rajendra Mal Lodha (CJI) | 27 September 2014 | 5 years, 285 days | 31 January 1994 | 14 years, 321 days | Rajasthan | 33rd CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu (CJI) | 2 December 2015 | 6 years, 351 days | 18 December 1995 | 12 years, 365 days | Karnataka | 27th CJ of Kerala HC | ||
| Deepak Verma | 11 May 2009 | 28 August 2012 | 3 years, 110 days | 15 December 1994 | 14 years, 147 days | Madhya Pradesh | 28th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Balbir Singh Chauhan | 1 July 2014 | 5 years, 52 days | 5 April 1995 | 14 years, 36 days | Allahabad | 22nd CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| Ananga Kumar Patnaik | 17 November 2009 | 2 June 2014 | 4 years, 198 days | 13 January 1994 | 15 years, 308 days | Orissa | 19th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Tirath Singh Thakur (CJI) | 3 January 2017 | 7 years, 48 days | 16 February 1994 | 15 years, 274 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 28th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | ||
| Kalavamkodath Sivasankara Panicker Radhakrishnan | 14 May 2014 | 4 years, 179 days | 17 May 1995 | 14 years, 184 days | Kerala | 21st CJ of Gujarat HC | ||
| Surinder Singh Nijjar | 6 June 2014 | 4 years, 202 days | 8 April 1996 | 13 years, 223 days | Punjab & Haryana | 33rd CJ of Calcutta HC | ||
| Swatanter Kumar | 18 December 2009 | 19 December 2012 | 3 years, 2 days | 10 November 1994 | 15 years, 38 days | Delhi | 37th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Chandramauli Kumar Prasad[21] | 8 February 2010 | 14 July 2014 | 4 years, 157 days | 8 November 1994 | 15 years, 92 days | Patna | 41st CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| Hemant Laxman Gokhale | 30 April 2010 | 10 March 2014 | 3 years, 315 days | 20 January 1994 | 16 years, 100 days | Bombay | 35th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Gyan Sudha Misra[22] | 27 April 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | 16 March 1994 | 16 years, 45 days | Patna | 6th CJ of Jharkhand HC | ||
| Anil Ramesh Dave | 18 November 2016 | 6 years, 203 days | 18 September 1995 | 14 years, 224 days | Gujarat | 38th CJ of Bombay HC | ||
| Sudhanshu Joshi Mukhopadhaya | 13 September 2011 | 14 March 2015 | 3 years, 183 days | 8 November 1994 | 16 years, 309 days | Patna | 22nd CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| Ranjana Prakash Desai[23] | 29 October 2014 | 3 years, 47 days | 15 April 1996 | 15 years, 151 days | Bombay | |||
| Jagdish Singh Khehar (CJI) | 27 August 2017 | 5 years, 349 days | 8 February 1999 | 12 years, 217 days | Punjab & Haryana | 25th CJ of Karnataka HC | ||
| Dipak Misra (CJI) | 10 October 2011 | 2 October 2018 | 6 years, 358 days | 17 January 1996 | 15 years, 266 days | Orissa | 26th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Jasti Chelameswar | 22 June 2018 | 6 years, 256 days | 23 June 1997 | 14 years, 109 days | Andhra Pradesh | 29th CJ of Kerala HC | ||
| Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla | 2 April 2012 | 22 July 2016 | 4 years, 112 days | 2 March 2000 | 12 years, 31 days | Madras | 29th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Ranjan Gogoi (CJI) | 23 April 2012 | 17 November 2019 | 7 years, 209 days | 28 February 2001 | 11 years, 55 days | Gauhati | 30th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Madan Lokur | 4 June 2012 | 30 December 2018 | 6 years, 210 days | 19 February 1999 | 13 years, 106 days | Delhi | 33rd CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Mokhtarajama Yusuf Eqbal | 24 December 2012 | 12 February 2016 | 3 years, 51 days | 9 May 1996 | 16 years, 229 days | Jharkhand | 36th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Venkate Gopala Gowda | 5 October 2016 | 3 years, 287 days | 11 June 1997 | 15 years, 196 days | Karnataka | 24th CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| Vikramajit Sen | 30 December 2015 | 3 years, 7 days | 7 July 1999 | 13 years, 170 days | Delhi | 26th CJ of Karnataka HC | ||
| Pinaki Chandra Ghose | 8 March 2013 | 27 May 2017 | 4 years, 81 days | 17 July 1997 | 15 years, 234 days | Calcutta | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | |
| Kurian Joseph[24] | 29 November 2018 | 5 years, 267 days | 12 July 2000 | 12 years, 239 days | Kerala | 20th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | ||
| Arjan Kumar Sikri[25] | 12 April 2013 | 6 March 2019 | 5 years, 329 days | 7 July 1999 | 13 years, 279 days | Delhi | 31st CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Sharad Arvind Bobde (CJI) | 23 April 2021 | 8 years, 12 days | 29 March 2000 | 13 years, 14 days | Bombay | 21st CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | ||
| Shiva Kirti Singh | 19 September 2013 | 11 November 2016 | 3 years, 54 days | 29 December 1998 | 14 years, 264 days | Patna | 44th CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| Chokkalingam Nagappan | 3 October 2016 | 3 years, 15 days | 27 September 2000 | 12 years, 357 days | Madras | 25th CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| Rajesh Kumar Agrawal | 17 February 2014 | 4 May 2018 | 4 years, 77 days | 5 February 1999 | 15 years, 12 days | Allahabad | 37th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (CJI) | 26 August 2022 | 8 years, 191 days | 27 June 2000 | 13 years, 235 days | Andhra Pradesh | 28th CJ of Delhi HC | ||
| Arun Kumar Mishra | 7 July 2014 | 2 September 2020 | 6 years, 58 days | 25 October 1999 | 14 years, 255 days | Madhya Pradesh | 36th CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Adarsh Kumar Goel | 6 July 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | 2 July 2001 | 13 years, 5 days | Punjab & Haryana | 26th CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| Rohinton Fali Nariman | 12 August 2021 | 7 years, 37 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | |||
| Abhay Manohar Sapre | 13 August 2014 | 27 August 2019 | 5 years, 15 days | 25 October 1999 | 14 years, 292 days | Madhya Pradesh | 33rd CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| R. Banumathi | 19 July 2020 | 5 years, 342 days | 3 April 2003 | 11 years, 132 days | Madras | 9th CJ of Jharkhand HC | ||
| Prafulla Chandra Pant | 29 August 2017 | 3 years, 17 days | 29 June 2004 | 10 years, 45 days | Uttarakhand | 2nd CJ of Meghalaya HC | ||
| Uday Umesh Lalit (CJI) | 8 November 2022 | 8 years, 88 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | |||
| Amitava Roy | 27 February 2015 | 1 March 2018 | 3 years, 3 days | 4 February 2002 | 13 years, 23 days | Gauhati | 27tht CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar | 13 May 2016 | 29 July 2022 | 6 years, 78 days | 29 March 2000 | 16 years, 45 days | Bombay | 22nd CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (CJI) | 10 November 2024 | 8 years, 182 days | 29 March 2000 | 16 years, 45 days | Bombay | 45th CJ of Allahabad HC | ||
| Ashok Bhushan | 4 July 2021 | 5 years, 53 days | 24 April 2001 | 15 years, 19 days | Allahabad | 31st CJ of Kerala HC | ||
| Lavu Nageswara Rao | 7 June 2022 | 6 years, 26 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | |||
| Sanjay Kishan Kaul | 17 February 2017 | 25 December 2023 | 6 years, 312 days | 3 May 2001 | 15 years, 290 days | Delhi | 38th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Mohan Shantanagoudar[26] | 24 April 2021[†] | 4 years, 67 days | 12 May 2003 | 13 years, 281 days | Karnataka | 32nd CJ of Kerala HC | ||
| Syed Abdul Nazeer | 4 January 2023 | 5 years, 322 days | 12 May 2003 | 13 years, 281 days | Karnataka | |||
| Navin Sinha | 18 August 2021 | 4 years, 183 days | 11 February 2004 | 13 years, 6 days | Patna | 34th CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| Deepak Gupta | 6 May 2020 | 3 years, 80 days | 4 October 2004 | 12 years, 136 days | Himachal Pradesh | 10th CJ of Chhattisgarh HC | ||
| Indu Malhotra[27] | 27 April 2018 | 13 March 2021 | 2 years, 321 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Indira Banerjee | 7 August 2018 | 23 September 2022 | 4 years, 48 days | 5 February 2002 | 16 years, 183 days | Calcutta | 39th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Vineet Saran | 10 May 2022 | 3 years, 277 days | 14 February 2002 | 16 years, 174 days | Allahabad | 29th CJ of Orissa HC | ||
| Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph | 16 June 2023 | 4 years, 314 days | 14 October 2004 | 13 years, 297 days | Kerala | 9th CJ of Uttarakhand HC | ||
| Hemant Gupta | 2 November 2018 | 16 October 2022 | 3 years, 349 days | 2 July 2002 | 16 years, 123 days | Punjab & Haryana | 23rd CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy | 4 January 2022 | 3 years, 64 days | 2 December 2002 | 15 years, 335 days | Andhra Pradesh | 24th CJ of Gujarat HC | ||
| Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah | 15 May 2023 | 4 years, 195 days | 7 March 2004 | 14 years, 240 days | Gujarat | 41st CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Ajay Rastogi | 17 June 2023 | 4 years, 228 days | 2 September 2004 | 14 years, 61 days | Rajasthan | 3rd CJ of Tripura HC | ||
| Dinesh Maheshwari | 18 January 2019 | 14 May 2023 | 4 years, 117 days | 2 September 2004 | 14 years, 138 days | Rajasthan | 29th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Sanjiv Khanna (CJI) | 13 May 2025 | 6 years, 116 days | 24 June 2005 | 13 years, 208 days | Delhi | |||
| Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai (CJI) | 24 May 2019 | 23 November 2025 | 6 years, 184 days | 14 November 2003 | 15 years, 191 days | Bombay | ||
| Aniruddha Bose | 10 April 2024 | 4 years, 323 days | 19 January 2004 | 15 years, 125 days | Calcutta | 12th CJ of Jharkhand HC | ||
| Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna | 19 May 2024 | 4 years, 362 days | 6 January 2006 | 13 years, 138 days | Karnataka | 37th CJ of Gauhati HC | ||
| Krishna Murari | 23 September 2019 | 8 July 2023 | 3 years, 289 days | 7 January 2004 | 15 years, 259 days | Allahabad | 34th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Shripathi Ravindra Bhat | 20 October 2023 | 4 years, 28 days | 16 July 2004 | 15 years, 69 days | Delhi | 36th CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| V. Ramasubramanian | 29 June 2023 | 3 years, 280 days | 31 July 2006 | 13 years, 54 days | Madras | 24th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | ||
| Hrishikesh Roy | 31 January 2025 | 5 years, 251 days | 12 October 2006 | 12 years, 346 days | Gauhati | 35th CJ of Kerala HC | ||
| Abhay Shreeniwas Oka | 31 August 2021 | 24 May 2025 | 3 years, 267 days | 29 August 2003 | 18 years, 2 days | Bombay | 30th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Hima Kohli | 1 September 2024 | 3 years, 2 days | 29 May 2006 | 15 years, 94 days | Delhi | 3rd CJ of Telangana HC | ||
| Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar | 5 January 2025 | 3 years, 128 days | 5 January 2009 | 12 years, 238 days | Kerala | |||
| Bela Trivedi | 9 June 2025 | 3 years, 283 days | 17 February 2011 | 10 years, 195 days | Gujarat | |||
| Sudhanshu Dhulia | 9 May 2022 | 9 August 2025 | 3 years, 93 days | 1 November 2008 | 13 years, 189 days | Uttarakhand | 39th CJ of Gauhati HC |
See also
[edit]- List of chief justices of India
- List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
- List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India
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