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CHIEF JUSTICE OF

CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

The (CJI) is the head of the and the . The CJI also heads their administrative functions. In accordance with Article 145 of the and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966, the Chief Justice allocates all work to the other judges who are bound to refer the matter back to him or her (for re-allocation) in any case where they require it to be looked into by a larger bench of more judges. The present CJI is Justice and is the 45th CJI since January 1950, the year the Constitution came into effect and the Supreme Court came into being. He succeeded Justice on 28 August 2017 and will remain in office till 2 October 2018, the day he retires on turning 65 years in age.

S.No Name Period 1 H. J. Kania 1950-1951 2 M. Patanjali Sastri 1951-1954 3 1954 4 Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 1954-1956 5 1956-1959 6 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1959-1964 7 P. B. Gajendragadkar 1964-1966 8 1966 9 1966-1967 10 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 1967-1968 11 [10] 1968-1970 12 Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 1970-1971 13 Sarv Mittra Sikri 1971-1973 14 Ajit Nath Ray 1973-1977 15 1977-1978 16 Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud 1978-1985 17 Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati 1985-1986 18 Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 1986-1989 19 Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah 1989 20 1989-1990 21 1990-1991 22 1991 23 Madhukar Hiralal Kania 1991-1992 24 1992-1993 25 Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah 1993-1994 26 1994-1997 27 Jagdish Sharan Verma 1997-1998

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CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

28 1998 29 1998-2001 30 Sam Piroj Bharucha 2001-2002 31 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 2002 32 Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 2002 33 V. N. Khare 2002-2004 34 S. Rajendra Babu 2004 35 2004-2005 36 2005-2007 37 K. G. Balakrishnan 2007-2010 38 S. H. Kapadia 2010-2012 39 2012-2013 40 P. Sathasivam 2013-2014 41 2014 42 H. L. Dattu 2014-2015 43 T. S. Thakur 2015-2017 44 J. S. Khehar 2017 45 Dipak Misra 2017-Till date

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