Here mention all Chief Justices of India from 1950 to 2018.
| Name | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Harilal J. Kania | 26 January 1950 – 6 November 1951 |
| M. Patanjali Sastri | 7 November 1951 – 3 January 1954 |
| Mehar Chand Mahajan | 4 January 1954 – 22 December 1954 |
| B.K. Mukherjea | 23 December 1954 – 31 January 1956 |
| S.R. Das | 01 February 1956 – 30 September 1959 |
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 1 October 1959 – 31 January 1964 |
| P.B. Gajendragadkar | 1 February 1964 – 15 March 1966 |
| A.K. Sarkar | 16 March 1966 – 29 June 1966 |
| K. Subba Rao | 30 June 1966 – 11 April 1967 |
| K.N. Wanchoo | 12 April 1967 – 24 February 1968 |
| M. Hidayatullah | 25 February 1968 – 16 December 1970 |
| I.C. Shah | 17 December 1970 – 21 January 1971 |
| S.M. Sikri | 22 January 1971 – 25 April 1973 |
| A.N. Ray | 26 April 1973 – 27 January 1977 |
| M.H. Beg | 28 January 1977 – 21 February 1978 |
| Y.V. Chandrachud | 22 February 1978 – 11 July 1985 |
| P.N. Bhagwati | 12 July 1985 – 20 December 1986 |
| R.S. Pathak | 21 December 1986 – 18 June 1989 |
| E.S. Venkataramaiah | 19 June 1989 – 17 December 1989 |
| S. Mukherjee | 18 December 1989 – 25 September 1990 |
| Ranganath Mishra | 26 September 1990 – 24 November 1991 |
| K.N. Singh | 25 November 1991 – 12 December 1991 |
| M.H. Kania | 13 December 1991 – 17 November 1992 |
| I.M. Sharma | 18 November 1992 – 11 February 1993 |
| M.N. Venkatachalaiah | 12 February 1993 – 24 October 1994 |
| A.M. Ahmadi | 25 October 1994 – 24 March 1997 |
| J.S. Verma | 25 March 1997 – 17 January 1998 |
| M.M. Punchhi | 18 January 1998 – 9 October 1998 |
| A.S. Anand | 10 October 1998 – 31 October 2001 |
| S.P. Bharucha | 01 November 2001 – 5 May 2002 |
| B.N. Kirpal | 6 May 2002 – 7 November 2002 |
| G.B. Pattanaiak | 8 November 2002 – 18 December 2002 |
| V.N. Khare | 19 December 2002 – 1 May 2004 |
| S. Rajendra Babu | 02 May 2004 – 31 May 2004 |
| R.C. Lahoti | 01 June 2004 – 31 October 2005 |
| Y.K. Sabharwal | 01 November 2005 – 14 January 2007 |
| K.G.Balakrishnan | 14 January 2007 – 12 May 2010 |
| S.H.Kapadia | 12 May 2010 – 28 September 2012 |
| Altamas Kabir | 29 September 2012 – 19 July 2013 |
| Palanisamy Sathasivam | 19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014 |
| Rajendra Mal Lodha | 27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014 |
| H.L. Dattu | 28 September 2014 – 02 December 2015 |
| T.S. Thakur | 03 December 2015 – 03 January 2017 |
| Jagdish Singh Khehar | 04 January 2017 – 27 August 2017 |
| Dipak Misra | 28 August 2017 – 02 October 2018 |
| Ranjan Gogoi | 03 October 2018 – Incumbent |