AGE TENURE IN WHILE PREVIOUS LEGAL DIFFERENTLY NAME STATE RELIGION GENDER EDUCATION STATUS SC AS CJI MOVING POSITION LEGACY ABLED TO SC Associate Judge of the 26th January Federal Court 1950 – 6th LLB & LLM from (then was H.J. KANIA November Gujarat 60 yrs. Hindu Male None No Government Law appointed as 1951 (1 year, College, Bombay the first CJ in 284 days) Supreme Court) Third in 7 November seniority in 1951 - 3 B.A and LLB from M. Patanjali Madras High January 1954 Madras 62 yrs. Hindu Male None No Madras University in Sastri Court, later, (2 years, 1912 Judge of the 57 days) Federal Court 4 January Prime 1954 - 22 Father LL. B degree from Mehr Chand Himachal Minister of December 65 yrs. Hindu Male (Advocate No Government Mahajan Pradesh Jammu & 1954 Lala Brij Lal) College, Lahore Kashmir (352 days) 23 Judge in December M.A.(History), B.L. Supreme Bijan Kumar 1954 – 31 (Gold Medalist), Calcutta 63 yrs. Hindu Male Court 14 Oct. None No Mukherjea January 1956 M.L.(Gold Medalist), 1948-22 (1 year, Doctor of Law Dec.1954. 39 days) 1 February Chief Justice 1956 – 30 of Punjab September L.L.B from University Sudhi Ranjan Das Calcutta 62 yrs. Hindu Male High Court None No 1959 College, London from 1949 to (3 years, 1950. 241 days) 1 October B.A. (Hons.) and 1959 – 31 Chief Justice Bhuvaneshwar M.A. Examinations January 1964 Bihar 60 yrs. Hindu Male of Bombay None No Prasad Sinha of the Patna (4 years, High Court University 122 days) 1 February M.A. from Deccan 1964 – 15 Judge of the College (Pune) in P. B. March 1966 Karnataka 63 yrs. Hindu Male Bombay High None No 1924 and LL.B. with Gajendragadkar (2 years, Court honors from the ILS 42 days) Law College in 1926 16 March Chief Justice Amal Kumar 1966 – 29 The University of Calcutta 65 yrs. Hindu Male of Bombay None No Sarkar June 1966 Calcutta High Court (105 days) Father 30 June 1966 Chief Justice Venkata - 11 April of Andhra Raman Rao- Law at Madras Law Koka Subba Rao Madras 64 yrs. Hindu Male No 1967 (285 Pradesh High Judge of College days) Court Madras High Court 12 April 1967 Chief Justice Kailas Nath - 24 February Wadham College, Allahabad 64 yrs. Hindu Male of Bombay None No Wanchoo 1968 (318 Oxford High Court days) Author: Avani Bansal 25 February Nagpur Alma mater 1968 -16 Chief Justice Grand father from Mohammad December of Madhya Advocate Lucknow 63 yrs. Muslim Male No University;Trinity Hidayatullah 1970 (2 Pradesh High Munshi in College, Cambridge years, 294 Court. Varanasi Lincoln's Inn days) 17 December Chief Justice Jayantilal Elphinstone college 1970 -21 Gujarat 64 yrs. Hindu Male of Bombay None No Chhotalal Shah in Bombay January 1971 High Court (35 days) First Chief 22 January Justice of 1971 - 25 India Trinity Hall, Sarv Mittra Sikri April 1973 (2 Lahore 63 yrs. Hindu Male None No appointed Cambridge years, 93 directly from days) the Bar 26 April Son Justice 1973- 27 Ajoy Nath Presidency Ajit Nath Ray January 1977 Kolkata 61 yrs. Hindu Male Ray in No Oriel College, Oxford College (3 years, 276 Allahabad days) High Court 29 January Chief Justice Father Mirza Trinity College and Mirza 1977- 21 of the Samiullah Cambridge Hameedullah February Hyd. 64 yrs. Muslim Male Himachal Beg -Chief No University, later Beg 1978 (1 year, Pradesh High Justice of London School of 23 days) Court Hyd. State Economics 22 February Sons D.Y, 1978- 11 July Judge in the Abhinav and Earliest LLM Y. V. 1985 (7 Pune 58 yrs. Hindu Male Supreme Chintan, No graduates at Chandrachud years, 139 Court of India lawyers and Bombay University days) legal scholars Father- 12 July 1985 Justice - 20 Chief Justice, Natwarlal H. P. N. Bhagwati December Gujarat 64 yrs. Hindu Male Gujarat High No Bombay University Bhagwati- 1986 (1 year, Court Supreme 161 days) Court judge 21 December Chief Justice Raghunandan 1986- 18 Law at Allahabad UP 62 yrs. Hindu Male of Bombay None No Swarup Pathak June 1989 (2 University High Court years, 179 days) 19 June Engalaguppe 1989- 17 Chief Justice Seetharamiah December Karnataka 65 yrs. Hindu Male of Bombay None No Not known Venkataramiah 1989 (181 High Court days) Elder Brother- 18 Justice December Chief Justice Prasanta Sabyasachi 1989- 25 of the Bihari Calcutta 62 yrs. Hindu Male No Calcutta University Mukherjee September Calcutta High Mukharji- 1990 (281 Court Chief Justice days) of the Calcutta High Court Author: Avani Bansal 26 September Son- Dipak Chief Justice Ravenshaw College 1990- 24 Misra, Chief Ranganath Misra Odisha 64 yrs. Hindu Male of Orissa High No and Allahabad November Justice of Court University 1991 (1 year, India 59 days) 25 November Chief Justice Kamal Narain 1991- 12 Allahabad 65 yrs. Hindu Male of Allahabad None No Allahabad University Singh December High Court 1991 (17 days) 13 Uncle- Harilal December Chief Justice J. Kania, the Madhukar 1991- 17 of the Government Law Mumbai 64 yrs. Hindu Male first Chief No Hiralal Kania November Bombay High College, Mumbai Justice of 1992 (340 Court India. days) 18 Father- L.N. November Chief Justice Sinha, former Lalit Mohan 1992- 11 Bihar 64 yrs. Hindu Male of Patna High Attorney No Patna University Sharma February Court General of 1993 (85 India days) 12 February 1993-24 Chief Justice Bachelor in Law M. N. October Mysore 64 yrs. Hindu Male of Karnataka None No from the Bangalore Venkatachaliah 1994 (1 year, High Court university 254 days) 25 October 1994- 24 Degree of Doctor of Chief Justice Aziz Mushabber March Laws from Gujarat 62 yrs. Muslim Male of Gujarat None No Ahmadi 1997(2 University of High Court years, 150 Leicester, England days) Chief Justice, 25 March Rajasthan B.Sc and LL.B from Jagdish Sharan 1997- 17 Madhya High Court 64 yrs. Hindu Male None No University of Verma January 1998 Pradesh and Madhya Allahabad (298 days) Pradesh High Court 18 January Chief Justice 1998- 9 Madan Mohan of Punjab and Department of Law, October Punjab 65 yrs. Hindu Male None No Punchhi Haryana High Delhi 1998 (264 Court days) 10 October Chief Justice 1998- 31 of Jammu and Adarsh Sein October Kashmir High University College Jammu 62 yrs. Hindu Male None No Anand 2001 (3 Court and London years, 21 Madras High days) Court 1 November Chief Justice Sam Piroj 2001- 5 May of the Sikkim 65 yrs. Hindu Male None No Not known Bharucha 2002 (185 Karnataka days) High Court 6 May 2002- Lahore Chief Justice Bhupinder Nath 7 November (shifted to St Stephens College, 65 yrs. Hindu Male of the Gujarat None No Kirpal 2002(185 Delhi after Delhi University High Court days) partition) Author: Avani Bansal 8 November 2002- 18 Chief Justice Ewing Christian Gopal Ballav December Odisha 65 yrs. Hindu Male of Patna High None No College, Allahabad Pattanaik 2002 (40 Court University days) 19 Chief Justice December of the St. Joseph's College, V. N. Khare 2002- 1 May Allahabad 63 yrs. Hindu Male None No Calcutta High Allahabad 2004 (1 year, Court 134 days) Raja Lakhamagouda 2 May 2004- Chief Justice Law College, S. Rajendra Babu 31 May 2004 Bangalore 65 yrs. Hindu Male of Karnataka none No Belgaum Karnataka (29 days) High Court University 1 June 2004- Chief Justice Ramesh Chandra 31 October Madhya Bar in Guna district 64 yrs. Hindu Male of Delhi High None No Lahoti 2005 (1 year, Pradesh in 1960 Court 152 days) 1 November Chief Justice Yogesh Kumar 2005- 13 Delhi 63 yrs. Hindu Male of Bombay None No Not Known Sabharwal January 2007 High court (1 14 January Maharaja's College, 2007- 12 Chief Justice K. G. Ernakulam and May 2010 (3 Kerala 62 yrs. Hindu Male of Gujarat None No Balakrishnan Government Law years, 118 High Court College, Ernakulam days) 12 May 2010- 28 Chief Justice September Zoroa- of the Government Law S. H. Kapadia Mumbai 63 yrs. Male None No 2012 (2 strian Uttarak-hand College, Mumbai years, 139 High Court. days) 29 Faridapur September Chief Justice (Now Altamas Kabir 2012- 18 July 64 yrs. Muslim Male of Jharkhand None No Presidency College Bangla- 2013 (292 High Court desh) days) 19 July 2013- Chief Justice Ayya Nadar Janaki P. Sathasivam 26 April 2014 Tamil Nadu 63 yrs. Hindu Male of Punjab and None No Ammal College, (281 days) High Court Sivakasi Father- 27 April Justice S K 2014- 27 Chief Justice Rajendra Mal Mal Lodha, BSc and LLB at the September Jodhpur 65 yrs. Hindu Male of Patna High No Lodha former Judge Jodhpur University 2014 (153 Court of Rajasthan days) High Court 28 Chief Justice September of Chhatti- 2014- 2 sgarh High H. L. Dattu Karnataka 64 yrs. Hindu Male None No Not Known December Court and 2015 (1 year, Kerala High 65 days) Court Author: Avani Bansal 3 December Father Late Chief Justice 2015- 3 Shri Devi Das of Punjab and Department of Law T. S. Thakur January 2017 J&K 63 yrs. Hindu Male Thakur, No Haryana High Jammu University (1 year, 31 Judge of High Court days) Court of J & K 4 January Chief Justice Jagdish Singh 2017- 27 of the Panjab University, Kenya 65 yrs. Sikh Male None No Khehar August 2017 Karnataka Chandigarh (235 days) High Court 28 August 2017- 2 Chief Justice Madhusudan Law Dipak Misra October Odissa 64 yrs. Hindu Male of the High None No College, Cuttack 2018 (1 year, Court of Patna 35 days) 3 October Chief Justice 2018- 17 of Punjab and Ranjan Gogoi November Assam 66 yrs.