chief justice of india is Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud .The 50th Chief Justice of India is Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, who was sworn in on 9 November 2022. The Constitution of India grants the President of India the power to appoint the Chief Justice in consultation with the outgoing Chief Justice, who will serve until the age of 65 or if removed through impeachment. According to convention, the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court often receives the suggestion for the appointment of the next Chief Justice. This custom has, however, been broken twice with the appointment of A. N.Ray in 1973 and Mirza Hameedullah Beg in 1977. As the head of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice is responsible for allocating cases and appointing Constitutional benches to deal with important matters of law as per Article 145 of the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966. The Chief Justice also attends to administrative functions such as allotting a roster, appointing court officials and managing general court proceedings.

First chief justice of India

Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the first Chief Justice of India. He was appointed in 1950, after the country gained independence from British rule. He served from 1950 to 1951 before resigning due to ill health.

Who decides chief justice of India?

The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the President of India under Article 124 of the Constitution of India, after consulting with such judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts of India, as the President considers necessary for the purpose.

How many judjes are in supreme court in India?

There are currently 30 active Judges in the Supreme Court of India.

Chief justice of India list

Chief Justice of India – ListTenure
H.J Kania26 January 1950 – 6 November 1951
M. Patanjali Sastri7 November 1951 – 3 January 1954
Mehr Chand Mahajan4 January 1954 – 22 December 1954
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea23 December 1954 – 31 January 1956
Sudhi Ranjan Das1 February 1956 – 30 September 1959
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964
P. B. Gajendragadkar1 February 1964 – 15 March 1966
Amal Kumar Sarkar16 March 1966 – 29 June 1966
Koka Subba Rao30 June 1966 – 11 April 1967
Kailas Nath Wanchoo12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968
Mohammad Hidayatullah25 February 1968 – 16 December 1970
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah17 December 1970 – 21 January 1971
Sarv Mittra Sikri22 January 1971 – 25 April 1973
A. N. Ray26 April 1973 – 27 January 1977
Mirza Hameedullah Beg29 January 1977 – 21 February 1978
Y. V. Chandrachud22 February 1978 – 11 July 1985
P. N. Bhagwati12 July 1985 – 20 December 1986
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak21 December 1986 – 18 June 1989
Engalaguppe Seetharamaiah Venkataramiah19 June 1989 – 17 December 1989
Sabyasachi Mukharji18 December 1989 – 25 September 1990
Ranganath Misra26 September 1990 – 24 November 1991
Kamal Narain Singh25 November 1991 – 12 December 1991
Madhukar Hiralal Kania13 December 1991 – 17 November 1992
Lalit Mohan Sharma18 November 1992 – 11 February 1993
M. N. Venkatachaliah12 February 1993 – 24 October 1994
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi25 October 1994 – 24 March 1997
J. S. Verma25 March 1997 – 17 January 1998
Madan Mohan Punchhi18 January 1998 – 9 October 1998
Adarsh Sein Anand10 October 1998 – 31 October 2001
Sam Piroj Bharucha1 November 2001 – 5 May 2002
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal6 May 2002 – 7 November 2002
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik8 November 2002 – 18 December 2002
V. N. Khare19 December 2002 – 1 May 2004
S. Rajendra Babu2 May 2004 – 31 May 2004
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti1 June 2004 – 31 October 2005
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal1 November 2005 – 13 January 2007
K. G. Balakrishnan14 January 2007 – 12 May 2010
S. H. Kapadia12 May 2010 – 28 September 2012
Altamas Kabir29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013
P. Sathasivam19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014
Rajendra Mal Lodha27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014
H. L. Dattu28 September 2014 – 2 December 2015
T. S. Thakur3 December 2015 – 3 January 2017
Jagdish Singh Khehar4 January 2017 – 27 August 2017
Dipak Misra28 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
Ranjan Gogoi3 October 2018 – 17 November 2019
Sharad Arvind Bobde18 November 2019 – 23 April 2021
N. V. Ramana24 April 2021 – 26 August 2022
U. U. Lalit27 August 2022 – 8 November 2022
D. Y. Chandrachud9 November 2022 – Incumbent

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *