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list of the Chief Justices of India (CJI)
(CJI) from the establishment of the Supreme Court in 1950 to the present:
1. Harilal Jekisundas Kania (1950-1951)
2 . M. Patanjali Sastri (1951-1954)
3. Mehr Chand Mahajan (1954-1954)
4. Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (1954-1956)
5. Sudhi Ranjan Das (1956-1959)
6. Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (1959-1964)
7. P. B. Gajendragadkar (1964-1966)
8. A. K. Sarkar (1966-1966)
9. K. Subba Rao (1966-1967)
10. K. N. Wanchoo (1967-1968)
11. M. Hidayatullah (1968-1970)
13. S. M. Sikri (1971-1973)
14. A. N. Ray (1973-1977)
15. M. H. Beg (1977-1978)
16. Y. V. Chandrachud (1978-1985)
17. P. N. Bhagwati (1985-1986)
18. R. S. Pathak (1986-1989)
19. E. S. Venkataramiah (1989-1989)
20. S. Ranganath Misra (1990-1991)
21. K. N. Singh (1991-1991)
22. M. H. Kania (1991-1992)
23. Lalit Mohan Sharma (1992-1993)
24. M. N. Venkatachaliah (1993-1994)
25. A. M. Ahmadi (1994-1997)
26. J. S. Verma (1997-1998)
27. M. M. Punchhi (1998-1998)
28. A. S. Anand (1998-2001)
29. S. P. Bharucha (2001-2002)
30. B. N. Kirpal (2002-2002)
31. G. B. Pattanaik (2002-2002)
32. V. N. Khare (2002-2004)
33. S. Rajendra Babu (2004-2004)
34. R. C. Lahoti (2004-2005)
35. Y. K. Sabharwal (2005-2007)
36. K. G. Balakrishnan (2007-2010)
37. S. H. Kapadia (2010-2012)
38. Altamas Kabir (2012-2013)
39. P. Sathasivam (2013-2014)
40 .R. M. Lodha (2014-2014)
41. H. L. Dattu (2014-2015)
42. T. S. Thakur (2015-2017)
43. J. S. Khehar (2017-2017)
44. Dipak Misra (2017-2018)
45. Ranjan Gogoi (2018-2019)
46. Sharad Arvind Bobde (2019-2021)
47. N. V. Ramana (2021-2022)
48. U. U. Lalit (2022-2022)
49. D. Y. Chandrachud (2022- 2024)
50. Sanjiv Khanna (2024- Present )
This list includes all the Chief Justices of India, highlighting their tenure and contribution to the Indian judiciary system.