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History in Nutshell

Former Hon’ble the Chief Justice of IndiaIndia Bharat Varsha (Jambu Dvipa) is the name of this land mass. The people of this land are Sanatan Dharmin and they always defeated invaders. Indra (10000 yrs) was the oldest deified King of this land. Manu's jurisprudence enlitened this land. Vedas have been the civilizational literature of this land. Guiding principles of this land are : सत्यं वद । धर्मं चर । स्वाध्यायान्मा प्रमदः । Read more
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania Term of Office: (DoA) 26-01-1950 to (DoR) 06-11-1951 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 26-01-1950
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Patanjali Sastri Term of Office: (DoA) 26-01-1950 to (DoR) 03-01-1954 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 07-11-1951
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan Term of Office: (DoA) 26-01-1950 to (DoR) 22-12-1954 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 04-01-1954
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea Term of Office: (DoA) 26-01-1950 to (DoR) 31-01-1956 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 23-12-1954
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das Term of Office: (DoA) 26-01-1950 to (DoR) 30-09-1959 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 01-02-1956
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha Term of Office: (DoA) 03-12-1954 to (DoR) 31-01-1964 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 01-10-1959
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar Term of Office: (DoA) 17-01-1957 to (DoR) 15-03-1966 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 01-02-1964
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sarkar Term of Office: (DoA) 03-04-1957 to (DoR) 29-06-1966 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 16-03-1966
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K. Subba Rao Term of Office: (DoA) 31-01-1958 to (DoR) 11-04-1967 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 30-06-1966 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.N. Wanchoo Term of Office: (DoA) 08-11-1958 to (DoR) 24-02-1968 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 12-04-1967 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Hidayatullah Term of Office: (DoA) 12-01-1958 to (DoR) 16-12-1970 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 25-02-1968 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.C. Shah Term of Office: (DoA) 10-12-1959 to (DoR) 21-01-1971 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 17-12-1970 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.M. Sikri Term of Office: (DoA) 02-03-1964 to (DoR) 25-04-1973 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 22-01-1971 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.N. Ray Term of Office: (DoA) 08-01-1969 to (DoR) 28-01-1977 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 26-04-1973 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Hameedullah Beg Term of Office: (DoA) 12-10-1971 to (DoR) 21-02-1978 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 29-01-1977 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud Term of Office: (DoA) 28-08-1972 to (DoR) 11-07-1985 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 22-02-1978 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.N. Bhagwati Term of Office: (DoA) 17-07-1973 to (DoR) 20-12-1986 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 12-07-1985 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak Term of Office: (DoA) 20-02-1978 to (DoR) 18-06-1989 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 21-12-1986 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice E.S. Venkataramiah Term of Office: (DoA) 08-03-1979 to (DoR) 17-12-1989 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 19-06-1989 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee Term of Office: (DoA) 15-03-1983 to (DoR) 25-09-1990 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 18-12-1989 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ranganath Misra Term of Office: (DoA) 15-03-1983 to (DoR) 24-11-1991 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 25-09-1990 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.N. Singh Term of Office: (DoA) 03-10-1986 to (DoR) 12-12-1991 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 25-11-1991 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.H. Kania Term of Office: (DoA) 05-01-1987 to (DoR) 17-11-1992 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 13-12-1991 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice L.M. Sharma Term of Office: (DoA) 10-05-1987 to (DoR) 11-02-1993 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 18-11-1992 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah Term of Office: (DoA) 10-05-1987 to (DoR) 24-10-1994 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 12-02-1993 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi Term of Office: (DoA) 14-12-1988 to (DoR) 24-03-1997 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 25-10-1994 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice J.S. Verma Term of Office: (DoA) 06-03-1989 to (DoR) 17-01-1998 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 25-03-1997 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Punchhi Term of Office: (DoA) 10-06-1989 to (DoR) 09-10-1998 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 18-01-1998 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Dr. Justice A.S. Anand Term of Office: (DoA) 18-11-1991 to (DoR) 31-10-2001 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 10-10-1998 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha Term of Office: (DoA) 07-01-1992 to (DoR) 05-05-2002 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 01-11-2001 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Kirpal Term of Office: (DoA) 09-11-1995 to (DoR) 07-11-2002 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 06-05-2002 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice G.B. Pattanaik Term of Office: (DoA) 09-11-1995 to (DoR) 18-12-2002 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 08-11-2002 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.N. Khare Term of Office: (DoA) 21-03-1997 to (DoR) 01-05-2004 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 19-12-2002 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Rajendra Babu Term of Office: (DoA) 25-09-1997 to (DoR) 31-05-2004 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 02-05-2004 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti Term of Office: (DoA) 12-09-1998 to (DoR) 31-10-2005 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 01-06-2004 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.K. Sabharwal Term of Office: (DoA) 28-01-2000 to (DoR) 13-01-2007 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 01-11-2005 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan Term of Office: (DoA) 06-08-2000 to (DoR) 12-05-2010 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 14-01-2007 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.H. Kapadia Term of Office: (DoA) 18-12-2003 to (DoR) 28-09-2012 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 12-05-2010 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir Term of Office: (DoA) 09-09-2005 to (DoR) 18-07-2013 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 29-09-2012 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Sathasivam Term of Office: (DoA) 21-08-2007 to (DoR) 26-04-2014 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 19-07-2013 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice R. M. Lodha Term of Office: (DoA) 17-12-2008 to (DoR) 27-09-2014 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 27-04-2014 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.L. Dattu Term of Office: (DoA) 17-12-2008 to (DoR) 28-09-2014 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 02-12-2015 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice T.S. Thakur Term of Office: (DoA) 17-11-2009 to (DoR) 03-01-2017 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 03-12-2015 PROFILE

Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar (DoB.) 28-08-1952 Term of Office: (DoA) 13-09-2011 to (DoR) 27-08-2017 Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 04-01-2017 PROFILE
	Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra (DoB.) 03-10-1953 Term of Office: (DoA) 10-10-2011 to (DoR) 02-10-2018 PROFILE