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The following is a list of former Judges of the Supreme Court of India since its inception on 26 January 1950. A total of 249 judges have served in the court (excluding sitting judges). The list has been arranged on the basis of date of retirement with Chief Justices mentioned first.
| Sr.No. | Portrait | Name of the Chief Justice | Date of appointment | Date of appointment as CJI | Date of retirement | Tenure Length | Tenure Length as CJI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | H. J. Kania | 26 January 1950 | 26 January 1950 | 6 November 1951 | 1 year, 284 days | 1 year, 284 days |
| 2 | | M. Patanjali Sastri | 26 January 1950 | 7 November 1951 | 3 January 1954 | 3 years, 342 days | 2 years, 57 days |
| 3 | | Mehr Chand Mahajan | 26 January 1950 | 4 January 1954 | 22 December 1954 | 4 years, 330 days | 352 days |
| 4 | | Bijan Kumar Mukherjea | 26 January 1950 | 23 December 1954 | 31 January 1956 | 6 years, 5 days | 1 year, 39 days |
| 5 | | Sudhi Ranjan Das | 26 January 1950 | 1 February 1956 | 30 September 1959 | 9 years, 247 days | 3 years, 241 days |
| 6 | | Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 3 December 1954 | 1 October 1959 | 31 January 1964 | 9 years, 59 days | 4 years, 122 days |
| 7 | | P. B. Gajendragadkar | 17 January 1957 | 1 February 1964 | 15 March 1966 | 9 years, 57 days | 2 years, 42 days |
| 8 | | Amal Kumar Sarkar | 4 March 1957 | 16 March 1966 | 29 June 1966 | 9 years, 117 days | 105 days |
| 9 | | Koka Subba Rao | 31 January 1958 | 30 June 1966 | 11 April 1967‡ | 9 years, 70 days | 285 days |
| 10 | | Kailas Nath Wanchoo | 11 August 1958 | 12 April 1967 | 24 February 1968 | 9 years, 197 days | 318 days |
| 11 | | Mohammad Hidayatullah [1] | 1 December 1958 | 25 February 1968 | 16 December 1970 | 12 years, 15 days | 2 years, 294 days |
| 12 | | Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah | 12 October 1959 | 17 December 1970 | 21 January 1971 | 11 years, 101 days | 35 days |
| 13 | | S.M. Sikri | 3 February 1964 | 22 January 1971 | 25 April 1973 | 9 years, 81 days | 2 years, 93 days |
| 14 | | A. N. Ray | 1 August 1969 | 26 April 1973 | 27 January 1977 | 7 years, 179 days | 3 years, 276 days |
| 15 | | Mirza Hameedullah Beg | 10 December 1971 | 29 January 1977 | 21 February 1978 | 6 years, 73 days | 1 year, 23 days |
| 16 | | Y. V. Chandrachud | 28 August 1972 | 22 February 1978 | 11 July 1985 | 12 years, 317 days | 7 years, 139 days |
| 17 | | P. N. Bhagwati | 17 July 1973 | 12 July 1985 | 20 December 1986 | 13 years, 156 days | 1 year, 161 days |
| 18 | | Raghunandan Swarup Pathak | 20 February 1978 | 21 December 1986 | 18 June 1989 | 11 years, 118 days | 2 years, 179 days |
| 19 | | Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah | 8 March 1979 | 19 June 1989 | 17 December 1989 | 10 years, 284 days | 181 days |
| 20 | | Sabyasachi Mukherjee | 15 March 1983 | 18 December 1989 | 25 September 1990 | 7 years, 194 days | 281 days |
| 21 | | Ranganath Misra | 15 March 1983 | 26 September 1990 | 24 November 1991 | 8 years, 254 days | 1 year, 59 days |
| 22 | | Kamal Narain Singh | 10 March 1986 | 25 November 1991 | 12 December 1991 | 5 years, 277 days | 17 days |
| 23 | | Madhukar Hiralal Kania | 1 May 1987 | 13 December 1991 | 17 November 1992 | 5 years, 200 days | 340 days |
| 24 | | Lalit Mohan Sharma | 5 October 1987 | 18 November 1992 | 11 February 1993 | 5 years, 129 days | 85 days |
| 25 | | M. N. Venkatachaliah | 5 October 1987 | 12 February 1993 | 24 October 1994 | 7 years, 19 days | 1 year, 254 days |
| 26 | | Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi | 14 December 1988 | 25 October 1994 | 24 March 1997 | 8 years, 100 days | 2 years, 150 days |
| 27 | | J. S. Verma | 3 June 1989 | 25 March 1997 | 17 January 1998 | 8 years, 228 days | 298 days |
| 28 | | Madan Mohan Punchhi | 6 October 1989 | 18 January 1998 | 9 October 1998 | 9 years, 3 days | 264 days |
| 29 | | Adarsh Sein Anand | 18 November 1991 | 10 October 1998 | 31 October 2001 | 9 years, 347 days | 3 years, 21 days |
| 30 | | Sam Piroj Bharucha | 1 July 1992 | 1 November 2001 | 5 May 2002 | 9 years, 308 days | 185 days |
| 31 | | Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | 11 September 1995 | 6 May 2002 | 7 November 2002 | 7 years, 57 days | 185 days |
| 32 | | Gopal Ballav Pattanaik | 11 September 1995 | 8 November 2002 | 18 December 2002 | 7 years, 98 days | 40 days |
| 33 | | Vishweshwar Nath Khare | 21 March 1997 | 19 December 2002 | 1 May 2004 | 7 years, 41 days | 1 year, 134 days |
| 34 | | S. Rajendra Babu | 25 September 1997 | 2 May 2004 | 31 May 2004 | 6 years, 249 days | 29 days |
| 35 | | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti | 9 December 1998 | 1 June 2004 | 31 October 2005 | 6 years, 326 days | 1 year, 152 days |
| 36 | | Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal | 28 January 2000 | 1 November 2005 | 13 January 2007 | 6 years, 350 days | 1 year, 73 days |
| 37 | | K. G. Balakrishnan | 8 June 2000 | 14 January 2007 | 12 May 2010 | 9 years, 338 days | 3 years, 118 days |
| 38 | | S. H. Kapadia | 18 December 2003 | 12 May 2010 | 28 September 2012 | 8 years, 285 days | 2 years, 139 days |
| 39 | | Altamas Kabir | 9 September 2005 | 29 September 2012 | 18 July 2013 | 7 years, 312 days | 292 days |
| 40 | | P. Sathasivam | 21 August 2007 | 19 July 2013 | 26 April 2014 | 6 years, 248 days | 281 days |
| 41 | | Rajendra Mal Lodha | 17 December 2008 | 27 April 2014 | 27 September 2014 | 5 years, 284 days | 153 days |
| 42 | | H. L. Dattu | 17 December 2008 | 28 September 2014 | 2 December 2015 | 6 years, 350 days | 1 year, 65 days |
| 43 | | T. S. Thakur | 17 November 2009 | 3 December 2015 | 3 January 2017 | 7 years, 47 days | 1 year, 31 days |
| 44 | | Jagdish Singh Khehar | 13 September 2011 | 4 January 2017 | 27 August 2017 | 5 years, 348 days | 235 days |
| 45 | | Dipak Misra | 10 October 2011 | 28 August 2017 | 2 October 2018 | 6 years, 357 days | 1 year, 35 days |
| 46 | | Ranjan Gogoi | 23 April 2012 | 3 October 2018 | 17 November 2019 | 7 years, 208 days | 1 year, 45 days |
| 47 | | Sharad Arvind Bobde | 12 April 2013 | 18 November 2019 | 23 April 2021 | 8 years, 11 days | 1 year, 156 days |
| 48 | | N. V. Ramana | 17 February 2014 | 24 April 2021 | 26 August 2022 | 8 years, 190 days | 1 year, 124 days |
| 49 | | Uday Umesh Lalit | 13 August 2014 | 27 August 2022 | 8 November 2022 | 8 years, 87 days | 73 days |
| 50 | | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | 13 May 2016 | 9 November 2022 | 10 November 2024 | 8 years, 181 days | 2 years, 1 day |
| 51 | | Sanjiv Khanna | 18 January 2019 | 11 November 2024 | 13 May 2025 | 6 years, 115 days | 183 days |
| 52 | | Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai | 24 May 2019 | 14 May 2025 | 23 November 2025 | 6 years, 184 days | 194 days |
| Name | Image | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Tenure length | Date of initial appointment as HC Judge | Tenure as HC Judge (Including as CJ) | Parent High Court | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harilal Jekisundas Kania (CJI) | | 26 January 1950 | 6 November 1951 [†] | 1 year, 285 days | June 1933 | Bombay | ||
| Saiyid Fazl Ali [2] | | 18 September 1951 | 1 year, 236 days | April 1928 | Patna | 5th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri (CJI) | | 3 January 1954 | 3 years, 343 days | 15 March 1939 | 8 years, 266 days | Madras | ||
| Mehr Chand Mahajan (CJI) | | 22 December 1954 | 4 years, 331 days | 27 September 1943 | 5 years, 5 days | Lahore | ||
| Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (CJI) | | 31 January 1956 | 6 years, 6 days | 8 July 1936 | 12 years, 98 days | Calcutta | ||
| Sudhi Ranjan Das (CJI) | | 30 September 1959 | 9 years, 248 days | 1 December 1942 | 7 years, 50 days | Calcutta | 2nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Nagapudi Chandrasekhara Aiyar [3] | 23 September 1950 | 24 January 1953 | 2 years, 124 days | 16 July 1941 | 6 years, 194 days | Madras | ||
| Vivian Bose [4] | 5 March 1951 | 8 June 1956 | 5 years, 96 days | 9 January 1936 | 15 years, 55 days | Nagpur | CJ of erstwhile Nagpur HC | |
| Ghulam Hasan | 8 September 1952 | 5 November 1954 [†] | 2 years, 59 days | 25 July 1948 | 2 years, 344 days | Allahabad | ||
| Natwarlal Harilal Bhagwati | | 6 June 1959 | 6 years, 272 days | August 1944 | Bombay | |||
| Bachu Jagannadha Das | | 9 March 1953 | 26 July 1958 | 5 years, 140 days | 26 July 1948 | 4 years, 226 days | Orissa | 2nd CJ of Orissa HC |
| Tirunelveli Lakshmanasuri Venkatarama Iyer | 4 January 1954 | 24 November 1958 | 4 years, 325 days | 7 January 1951 | 2 years, 322 days | Madras | ||
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha (CJI) | | 3 December 1954 | 31 January 1964 | 9 years, 60 days | 19 January 1943 | 11 years, 318 days | Patna | CJ of erstwhile Nagpur HC |
| Syed Jaffer Imam | 10 January 1955 | 31 January 1964 [RES] | 9 years, 22 days | 25 October 1943 | 11 years, 77 days | Patna | 10th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Sudhansu Kumar Das | 30 April 1956 | 2 September 1963 | 7 years, 126 days | 4 November 1944 | 11 years, 178 days | Patna | 11th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Parakulangara Govinda Menon | 1 September 1956 | 16 October 1957 [†] | 1 year, 46 days | 28 July 1947 | 9 years, 35 days | Madras | ||
| Jeevan Lal Kapur | 14 January 1957 | 12 December 1962 | 5 years, 333 days | 6 June 1949 | 7 years, 222 days | Punjab & Haryana | ||
| Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar (CJI) | | 17 January 1957 | 15 March 1966 | 9 years, 58 days | 6 March 1945 | 11 years, 317 days | Bombay | |
| Amal Kumar Sarkar (CJI) | | 4 March 1957 | 29 June 1966 | 9 years, 118 days | 25 January 1949 | 8 years, 38 days | Calcutta | |
| Koka Subba Rao (CJI) | | 31 January 1958 | 11 April 1967 [RES] | 9 years, 71 days | 22 March 1948 | 9 years, 315 days | Madras | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC |
| Kailas Nath Wanchoo (CJI) | | 11 August 1958 | 24 February 1968 | 9 years, 198 days | 17 February 1947 | 11 years, 175 days | Allahabad | 2nd CJ of Rajasthan HC |
| Mohammad Hidayatullah (CJI) | | 1 December 1958 | 16 December 1970 | 12 years, 16 days | 27 June 1946 | 12 years, 157 days | Nagpur | 1st CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC |
| Kulada Charan Das Gupta | | 29 August 1959 | 2 January 1965 | 5 years, 132 days | June 1948 | Calcutta | 12th CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah (CJI) | | 12 October 1959 | 21 January 1971 | 11 years, 102 days | 1 March 1949 | 10 years, 225 days | Bombay | |
| Raghubar Dayal | 27 July 1960 | 25 October 1965 | 5 years, 91 days | 22 July 1946 | 14 years, 5 days | Allahabad | ||
| Narsimha Rajagopala Ayyangar | 14 December 1964 | 4 years, 141 days | November 1953 | Madras | ||||
| Janardan Raghunath Mudholkar | 3 October 1960 | 3 July 1966 [RES] | 5 years, 274 days | 11 November 1948 | 11 years, 327 days | Nagpur | ||
| Sarv Mittra Sikri (CJI) | | 3 February 1964 | 25 April 1973 | 9 years, 82 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | |
| Ranadhir Singh Bachawat | 7 September 1964 | 31 July 1969 | 4 years, 328 days | 23 January 1950 | 14 years, 228 days | Calcutta | ||
| Vaidyanathier Ramaswami | 4 January 1965 | 30 October 1969 | 4 years, 300 days | 28 October 1948 | 16 years, 68 days | Patna | 12th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju | 20 October 1965 | 20 April 1966 [†] | 183 days | 1 January 1954 | 11 years, 292 days | Andhra Pradesh | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | |
| Jaishanker Manilal Shelat | 24 February 1966 | 30 April 1973 [RES] | 7 years, 66 days | 6 January 1957 | 9 years, 49 days | Bombay | 3rd CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| Vashishtha Bhargava | 8 August 1966 | 4 February 1971 | 4 years, 181 days | 1 August 1949 | 17 years, 7 days | Allahabad | 17th CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| Gopendra Krishna Mitter | 29 August 1966 | 23 September 1971 | 5 years, 26 days | 24 November 1952 | 13 years, 278 days | Calcutta | ||
| Chittur Anantakrishna Iyer Vaidyialingam | 10 October 1966 | 29 June 1972 | 5 years, 264 days | 27 March 1957 | 9 years, 197 days | Kerala | ||
| Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde | | 17 July 1967 | 30 April 1973 [RES] | 5 years, 288 days | 26 August 1957 | 9 years, 325 days | Karnataka | 1st CJ of Delhi HC |
| Amar Nath Grover | 11 February 1968 | 31 May 1973 [RES] | 5 years, 110 days | 10 October 1957 | 10 years, 124 days | Punjab & Haryana | ||
| Ajit Nath Ray (CJI) | | 1 August 1969 | 27 January 1977 | 7 years, 180 days | 23 December 1957 | 11 years, 221 days | Calcutta | |
| Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy | 22 January 1975 | 5 years, 175 days | 16 February 1952 | 17 years, 166 days | Andhra Pradesh | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | ||
| Inder Dev Dua | 3 October 1972 | 3 years, 64 days | 11 August 1958 | 10 years, 355 days | Punjab & Haryana | 2nd CJ of Delhi HC | ||
| Subimal Chandra Roy | 19 July 1971 | 12 November 1971 [†] | 117 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Devidas Ganpat Palekar | 3 September 1974 | 3 years, 47 days | 14 October 1961 | 9 years, 278 days | Bombay | |||
| Hans Raj Khanna | 22 September 1971 | 11 March 1977 [RES] | 5 years, 171 days | 7 May 1962 | 9 years, 138 days | Punjab & Haryana | 3rd CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Kuttyil Kurien Mathew | 4 October 1971 | 2 January 1976 | 4 years, 91 days | 5 June 1962 | 9 years, 121 days | Kerala | ||
| Mirza Hameedullah Beg (CJI) | | 10 December 1971 | 21 February 1978 | 6 years, 74 days | 11 June 1963 | 8 years, 182 days | Allahabad | 1st CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC |
| Surendra Narayan Dwivedi | 14 August 1972 | 8 December 1974 [†] | 2 years, 117 days | 12 May 1959 | 13 years, 94 days | Allahabad | ||
| Arun Kumar Mukherjea | 23 October 1973 [†] | 1 year, 71 days | 27 February 1962 | 10 years, 169 days | Calcutta | |||
| Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (CJI) | | 28 August 1972 | 11 July 1985 | 12 years, 318 days | 19 March 1961 | 11 years, 162 days | Bombay | |
| A. Alagiriswami | 17 October 1972 | 16 October 1975 | 3 years, 0 days | 11 August 1966 | 6 years, 67 days | Madras | ||
| Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (CJI) | | 17 July 1973 | 20 December 1986 | 13 years, 157 days | 21 July 1960 | 12 years, 361 days | Gujarat | 5th CJ of Gujarat HC |
| Vaidyanathapuram Rama Krishna Iyer | | 14 November 1980 | 7 years, 121 days | 12 July 1968 | 5 years, 5 days | Kerala | ||
| Parbati Kumar Goswami | 10 September 1973 | 31 December 1977 | 4 years, 113 days | 12 May 1967 | 6 years, 121 days | Gauhati | 9th CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Ranjit Singh Sarkaria | 17 September 1973 | 15 January 1981 | 7 years, 121 days | 12 June 1967 | 6 years, 97 days | Punjab & Haryana | ||
| Alak Chandra Gupta | 2 September 1974 | 31 December 1981 | 7 years, 121 days | 24 February 1964 | 10 years, 190 days | Calcutta | ||
| Nand Lall Untwalia | 3 October 1974 | 31 July 1980 | 5 years, 303 days | 2 January 1958 | 16 years, 274 days | Patna | 16th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali [5] | 2 April 1975 | 20 August 1985 [†] | 10 years, 141 days | 9 April 1958 | 16 years, 358 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 8th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Prakash Narayan Shinghal | 6 November 1975 | 14 October 1980 | 4 years, 344 days | 21 June 1961 | 14 years, 138 days | Rajasthan | 9th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Jaswant Singh | 23 January 1976 | 24 January 1979 | 3 years, 2 days | 3 December 1967 | 8 years, 51 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 9th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam | 3 January 1977 | 11 September 1980 | 3 years, 253 days | 20 October 1960 | 16 years, 75 days | Madras | 17th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Vidyaranya Dattatreya Tulzapurkar | 30 September 1977 | 9 March 1986 | 8 years, 161 days | 21 December 1963 | 13 years, 283 days | Bombay | ||
| Dhirajlal Ambelal Desai | 8 May 1985 | 7 years, 221 days | 19 February 1968 | 9 years, 223 days | Gujarat | |||
| Raghunandan Swarup Pathak (CJI) | | 20 February 1978 | 18 June 1989 [RES] | 11 years, 119 days | 1 October 1962 | 15 years, 142 days | Allahabad | 2nd CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC |
| Anand Dev Koshal | 17 July 1978 | 6 March 1982 | 3 years, 233 days | 28 May 1968 | 10 years, 50 days | Punjab & Haryana | 11th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Ontethupalli Chinnappa Reddy | 24 September 1987 | 9 years, 70 days | 21 August 1967 | 10 years, 330 days | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| Ananda Prakash Sen | 19 September 1988 | 10 years, 65 days | 7 November 1967 | 10 years, 252 days | Madhya Pradesh | 7th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | ||
| Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah (CJI) | | 8 March 1979 | 17 December 1989 | 10 years, 285 days | 25 June 1970 | 8 years, 256 days | Karnataka | |
| Baharul Islam [6] | | 4 December 1980 | 12 January 1983 [RES] | 2 years, 40 days | 20 January 1972 | 8 years, 41 days | Gauhati | 13th CJ of Gauhati HC |
| Appajee Varadarajan | 10 December 1980 | 16 August 1985 | 4 years, 250 days | 15 February 1973 | 7 years, 299 days | Madras | ||
| Amarendra Nath Sen | 28 January 1981 | 30 September 1985 | 4 years, 246 days | 15 November 1965 | 15 years, 74 days | Calcutta | 18th CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Vettath Balakrishna Eradi | 30 January 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 6 years, 140 days | 5 April 1967 | 13 years, 300 days | Kerala | 9th CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Ram Briksha Misra | 15 June 1986 | 5 years, 137 days | 3 January 1968 | 13 years, 27 days | Allahabad | |||
| Dinshah Pirosha Madon | 15 March 1983 | 6 April 1986 | 3 years, 23 days | 25 September 1967 | 15 years, 171 days | Bombay | 21st CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Sabyasachi Mukherjee (CJI) | | 25 September 1990 [†] | 7 years, 195 days | 31 July 1968 | 14 years, 227 days | Calcutta | ||
| Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar | 3 November 1988 | 5 years, 234 days | 2 July 1969 | 13 years, 256 days | Gujarat | 8th CJ of Gujarat HC | ||
| Ranganath Misra (CJI) | | 24 November 1991 | 8 years, 255 days | 4 July 1969 | 13 years, 254 days | Orissa | 10th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid | 25 June 1984 | 30 June 1987 | 3 years, 6 days | 7 March 1974 | 10 years, 110 days | Kerala | 13th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Goverdhan Lal Oza | 29 October 1985 | 11 December 1989 | 4 years, 44 days | 29 July 1968 | 17 years, 92 days | Madhya Pradesh | 9th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Bankim Chandra Ray | 31 October 1991 | 6 years, 3 days | 10 June 1974 | 11 years, 141 days | Calcutta | |||
| Murari Mohan Dutt [7] | 10 March 1986 | 29 October 1989 | 3 years, 234 days | 18 September 1969 | 16 years, 173 days | Calcutta | ||
| Kamal Narain Singh (CJI) | | 12 December 1991 | 5 years, 278 days | 25 August 1970 | 15 years, 197 days | Allahabad | ||
| Sivasankar Natarajan | 28 October 1989 | 3 years, 233 days | 15 February 1973 | 13 years, 23 days | Madras | |||
| Madhukar Hiralal Kania (CJI) | | 1 May 1987 | 17 November 1992 | 5 years, 201 days | 4 November 1969 | 17 years, 178 days | Bombay | 24th CJ of Bombay HC |
| Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty | 14 December 1991 | 4 years, 228 days | 25 June 1970 | 16 years, 310 days | Karnataka | 27th CJ of Allahabad HC | ||
| Lalit Mohan Sharma (CJI) | | 5 October 1987 | 11 February 1993 | 5 years, 130 days | 12 April 1973 | 14 years, 176 days | Patna | |
| Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah (CJI) | | 24 October 1994 | 7 years, 20 days | 6 November 1975 | 11 years, 333 days | Karnataka | ||
| Srinivasachar Ranganathan | 30 October 1992 | 5 years, 26 days | 14 November 1977 | 9 years, 325 days | Delhi | |||
| Narayan Dutta Ojha | 18 January 1988 | 18 January 1991 | 3 years, 1 day | 3 September 1971 | 16 years, 139 days | Allahabad | 11th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| S. Ratnavel Pandian | 14 December 1988 | 12 March 1994 | 5 years, 89 days | February 1974 | Madras | |||
| Thamarappallil Kochu Thommen | 25 September 1993 | 4 years, 286 days | 9 May 1975 | 13 years, 219 days | Kerala | |||
| Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi (CJI) | | 24 March 1997 | 8 years, 101 days | 2 September 1976 | 12 years, 103 days | Gujarat | ||
| Khagendra Nath Saika | 28 February 1991 | 2 years, 77 days | 12 February 1979 | 9 years, 18 days | Gauhati | 18th CJ of Gauhati HC | ||
| Kuldip Singh [8] | 21 December 1996 | 8 years, 8 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | |||
| Jagdish Sharan Verma (CJI) | | 3 June 1989 | 17 January 1998 | 8 years, 229 days | 12 September 1972 | 16 years, 264 days | Madhya Pradesh | 16th CJ of Rajasthan HC |
| Veeraswami Ramaswami | 6 October 1989 | 14 February 1994 | 4 years, 132 days | 31 January 1971 | 18 years, 248 days | Madras | 16th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Parshuram Babaram Sawant [9] | 29 June 1995 | 5 years, 267 days | 29 March 1973 | 16 years, 191 days | Bombay | |||
| Narendra Mohan Kasliwal [10] | 3 April 1993 | 3 years, 180 days | 15 June 1978 | 11 years, 113 days | Rajasthan | 16th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | ||
| Madan Mohan Punchhi (CJI) | | 9 October 1998 | 9 years, 4 days | 24 October 1979 | 9 years, 347 days | Punjab & Haryana | ||
| Katikithala Ramaswamy | 12 July 1997 | 7 years, 280 days | 29 September 1982 | 7 years, 7 days | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| Fathima Beevi [11] | | 29 April 1992 | 2 years, 207 days | 4 August 1983 | 5 years, 264 days | Kerala | ||
| K. Jayachandra Reddy | 11 January 1990 | 14 July 1994 | 4 years, 185 days | 7 March 1975 | 14 years, 310 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| Suresh Chandra Agrawal | 4 September 1998 | 8 years, 237 days | 15 June 1978 | 11 years, 210 days | Rajasthan | |||
| Ram Manohar Sahai | 24 June 1995 | 5 years, 165 days | 27 January 1976 | 13 years, 349 days | Allahabad | |||
| Yogeshwar Dayal | 22 March 1991 | 2 August 1994 [†] | 3 years, 134 days | 28 February 1974 | 17 years, 22 days | Delhi | 13th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Shanmughasundaram Mohan | 7 October 1991 | 10 February 1995 | 3 years, 127 days | February 1974 | Madras | 12th CJ of Karnataka HC | ||
| Benjaram Pranaya Jeevan Reddy | 13 March 1997 | 5 years, 158 days | 17 July 1975 | 16 years, 82 days | Andhra Pradesh | 31st CJ of Allahabad HC | ||
| Ganendra Narayan Ray [12] | 30 April 1998 | 6 years, 206 days | 23 December 1976 | 14 years, 288 days | Calcutta | 11th CJ of Gujarat HC | ||
| Adarsh Sein Anand (CJI) | | 18 November 1991 | 31 October 2001 | 9 years, 348 days | 26 May 1975 | 16 years, 176 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 24th CJ of Madras HC |
| Radha Charan Patnaik | 3 December 1991 | 30 May 1992 [†] | 180 days | 18 September 1981 | 10 years, 76 days | Orissa | ||
| Nagendra Prasad Singh | 15 June 1992 | 24 December 1996 | 4 years, 193 days | 12 April 1973 | 19 years, 65 days | Patna | 26th CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Sam Piroj Bharucha (CJI) | | 1 July 1992 | 5 May 2002 | 9 years, 309 days | 19 September 1977 | 14 years, 286 days | Bombay | 13th CJ of Karnataka HC |
| Nanje Gowda Venkatachala | 2 July 1995 | 3 years, 2 days | 28 November 1977 | 14 years, 216 days | Karnataka | |||
| Manoj Kumar Mukherjee | 14 December 1993 | 30 November 1998 | 4 years, 352 days | 17 June 1977 | 16 years, 180 days | Calcutta | 27th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Faizanuddin | 4 February 1997 | 3 years, 53 days | 27 November 1978 | 15 years, 17 days | Madhya Pradesh | |||
| Banwari Lal Hansaria | | 24 December 1996 | 3 years, 11 days | 12 February 1979 | 14 years, 305 days | Gauhati | 13th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Suhas C. Sen | 11 June 1994 | 20 December 1997 | 3 years, 193 days | 23 November 1981 | 12 years, 200 days | Calcutta | ||
| Krishnaswami Sundara Paripoornan | 11 June 1997 | 3 years, 1 day | 23 December 1982 | 11 years, 170 days | Kerala | 25th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Shailesh Bhadrayulal Majumdar | 19 September 1994 | 19 August 2000 | 5 years, 336 days | 3 October 1978 | 15 years, 351 days | Gujarat | 14th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Sujata Manohar [13] | | 8 November 1994 | 27 August 1999 | 4 years, 293 days | 23 January 1978 | 16 years, 289 days | Bombay | 14th CJ of Kerala HC |
| Girish Thakorlal Nanavati | | 6 March 1995 | 16 February 2000 | 4 years, 348 days | 19 July 1979 | 15 years, 230 days | Gujarat | 15th CJ of Karnataka HC |
| Saiyed Saghir Ahmad | 30 June 2000 | 5 years, 117 days | 2 November 1981 | 13 years, 124 days | Allahabad | 17th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | ||
| Konduswami Venkataswamy | 18 September 1999 | 4 years, 197 days | 24 July 1983 | 11 years, 225 days | Madras | 26th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Bhupinder Nath Kirpal (CJI) | | 11 September 1995 | 7 November 2002 | 7 years, 58 days | 20 November 1979 | 15 years, 295 days | Delhi | 13th CJ of Gujarat HC |
| Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (CJI) | | 18 December 2002 | 7 years, 99 days | 1 June 1983 | 12 years, 102 days | Orissa | 27th CJ of Patna HC | |
| Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar [14] | 29 March 1996 | 15 January 2000 | 3 years, 293 days | 25 April 1978 | 17 years, 339 days | Bombay | 22nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Thomas Kallupurackal Thomas | | 30 January 2002 | 5 years, 308 days | 12 August 1985 | 10 years, 230 days | Kerala | ||
| Mamidanna Jagannadha Rao | 21 March 1997 | 1 December 2000 | 3 years, 256 days | 29 November 1982 | 14 years, 112 days | Andhra Pradesh | 17th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Vishweshwar Nath Khare (CJI) | | 1 May 2004 | 7 years, 42 days | 25 June 1983 | 13 years, 269 days | Allahabad | 29th CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Devinder Pratap Wadhwa | 4 May 2000 | 3 years, 45 days | 12 August 1983 | 13 years, 221 days | Delhi | 28th CJ of Patna HC | ||
| Madhavachari Srinivasan | 25 September 1997 | 25 February 2000 [†] | 2 years, 154 days | 2 June 1986 | 10 years, 292 days | Madras | 13th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | |
| S. Rajendra Babu (CJI) | | 31 May 2004 | 6 years, 250 days | 19 February 1988 | 9 years, 218 days | Karnataka | ||
| Ajay Prakash Misra | 4 December 1997 | 31 August 2001 | 3 years, 271 days | 24 May 1984 | 13 years, 194 days | Allahabad | 18th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri [15] | 5 April 2003 | 5 years, 123 days | 11 July 1986 | 11 years, 146 days | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| Manharlal Bhikhalal Shah | 9 December 1998 | 24 September 2003 | 4 years, 290 days | 28 January 1983 | 15 years, 315 days | Gujarat | 30th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Deba Priya Mohapatra | 2 August 2002 | 3 years, 237 days | 18 November 1983 | 15 years, 21 days | Orissa | 35th CJ of Allahabad HC | ||
| Umesh Chandra Banerjee [16] | | 17 November 2002 | 3 years, 344 days | 9 January 1984 | 14 years, 334 days | Calcutta | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | |
| Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (CJI) | | 31 October 2005 | 6 years, 327 days | 3 May 1988 | 10 years, 220 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| N. Santosh Hegde [17] | 8 January 1999 | 16 June 2005 | 6 years, 160 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Ram Prakash Sethi [18] | 6 July 2002 | 3 years, 180 days | 30 May 1986 | 12 years, 223 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 18th CJ of Karnataka HC | ||
| Sailendu Nath Phukan | | 28 January 1999 | 31 March 2002 | 3 years, 63 days | 11 October 1985 | 14 years, 109 days | Gauhati | 16th CJ of Orissa HC |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal (CJI) | | 28 January 2000 | 13 January 2007 | 6 years, 351 days | 17 November 1986 | 13 years, 72 days | Delhi | 31st CJ of Bombay HC |
| Doraiswamy Raju | 1 July 2004 | 4 years, 156 days | 14 January 1990 | 10 years, 14 days | Madras | 15th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | ||
| Ruma Pal | | 3 June 2006 | 6 years, 127 days | 6 August 1990 | 9 years, 175 days | Calcutta | ||
| Sam Nariman Variava | 15 March 2000 | 7 November 2005 | 5 years, 238 days | 21 November 1986 | 13 years, 115 days | Bombay | 19th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Shivaraj Virupanna Patil | 11 January 2005 | 4 years, 303 days | 29 March 1990 | 9 years, 352 days | Karnataka | 21st CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan (CJI) | | 8 June 2000 | 12 May 2010 | 9 years, 339 days | 26 September 1985 | 14 years, 256 days | Kerala | 29th CJ of Madras HC |
| Brijesh Kumar | 19 October 2000 | 9 June 2004 | 3 years, 235 days | 24 May 1984 | 16 years, 148 days | Allahabad | 25th CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Biswanath Agrawal | | 15 October 2009 | 8 years, 362 days | 17 November 1986 | 13 years, 337 days | Patna | 17th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| P. Venkatarama Reddi | 17 August 2001 | 9 August 2005 | 3 years, 358 days | 16 March 1990 | 11 years, 154 days | Andhra Pradesh | 20th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Ashok Bhan | 2 October 2008 | 7 years, 108 days | 15 June 1990 | 11 years, 63 days | Punjab & Haryana | |||
| Arijit Pasayat | 19 October 2001 | 10 May 2009 | 7 years, 204 days | 20 March 1989 | 12 years, 213 days | Orissa | 20th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Bisheshwar Prasad Singh | 14 December 2001 | 8 July 2007 | 5 years, 207 days | 9 March 1987 | 14 years, 280 days | Patna | 32nd CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Devdatta Madhav Dharmadhikari | 5 March 2002 | 13 August 2005 | 3 years, 162 days | 24 March 1989 | 12 years, 346 days | Madhya Pradesh | 17th CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| H. K. Sema | 9 April 2002 | 1 June 2008 | 6 years, 54 days | 24 May 1989 | 12 years, 320 days | Gauhati | 21st CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Satyabrata Sinha | 3 October 2002 | 8 August 2009 | 6 years, 341 days | 9 March 1987 | 15 years, 208 days | Patna | 21st CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Arun Kumar | 11 April 2006 | 5 years, 191 days | 13 July 1990 | 12 years, 82 days | Delhi | 23rd CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| Bellur Narayanswamy Srikrishna | 20 May 2006 | 5 years, 230 days | 30 July 1990 | 12 years, 65 days | Bombay | 21st CJ of Kerala HC | ||
| Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan | | 20 December 2002 | 21 March 2007 | 4 years, 92 days | 14 June 1990 | 12 years, 189 days | Madras | 22nd CJ of Rajasthan HC |
| Govind Prasad Mathur | 19 January 2008 | 5 years, 31 days | 6 July 1990 | 12 years, 167 days | Allahabad | |||
| Sarosh Homi Kapadia (CJI) | | 18 December 2003 | 28 September 2012 | 8 years, 286 days | 8 October 1991 | 12 years, 71 days | Bombay | 2nd CJ of Uttarakhand HC |
| Ashok Kumar Mathur | 7 June 2004 | 7 August 2008 | 4 years, 62 days | 13 July 1985 | 18 years, 330 days | Rajasthan | 31st CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Chunilal Karsandas Thakker | 10 November 2008 | 4 years, 157 days | 21 June 1990 | 13 years, 352 days | Gujarat | 33rd CJ of Bombay HC | ||
| Tarun Chatterjee | 27 August 2004 | 14 January 2010 | 5 years, 141 days | 6 August 1990 | 14 years, 21 days | Calcutta | 38th CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| Perubhemba Krishna Ayer Balasubramanyan | | 27 August 2007 | 3 years, 1 day | 4 June 1992 | 12 years, 84 days | Kerala | 2nd CJ of Jharkhand HC | |
| Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar | 29 June 2008 | 3 years, 308 days | 15 June 1992 | 12 years, 73 days | Madhya Pradesh | 28th CJ of Gauhati HC | ||
| Altamas Kabir (CJI) | | 9 September 2005 | 18 July 2013 | 7 years, 313 days | 6 August 1990 | 15 years, 34 days | Calcutta | 3rd CJ of Jharkhand HC |
| Raju Varadarajulu Raveendran | 15 October 2011 | 6 years, 37 days | 22 February 1993 | 12 years, 199 days | Karnataka | 18th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | ||
| Dalveer Bhandari [19] | | 28 October 2005 | 27 April 2012 [RES] | 6 years, 183 days | 19 March 1991 | 14 years, 223 days | Delhi | 34th CJ of Bombay HC |
| Lokeshwar Singh Panta | 3 February 2006 | 23 September 2009 | 3 years, 80 days | 20 August 1991 | 14 years, 167 days | Himachal Pradesh | ||
| Devinder Kumar Jain | 10 April 2006 | 24 January 2013 | 6 years, 290 days | 19 March 1991 | 15 years, 22 days | Delhi | 26th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Markandey Katju | 19 September 2011 | 5 years, 163 days | 30 November 1991 | 14 years, 131 days | Allahabad | 23rd CJ of Delhi HC | ||
| Harjit Singh Bedi | 12 January 2007 | 4 September 2011 | 4 years, 236 days | 15 March 1991 | 15 years, 303 days | Punjab & Haryana | 36th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Vikas Sridhar Sirpurkar | 21 August 2011 | 4 years, 228 days | 9 November 1992 | 14 years, 64 days | Bombay | 32nd CJ of Calcutta HC | ||
| Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy | | 7 July 2011 | 4 years, 177 days | 2 May 1995 | 11 years, 255 days | Andhra Pradesh | 30th CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Palanisamy Sathasivam (CJI) | | 21 August 2007 | 26 April 2014 | 6 years, 249 days | 8 August 1996 | 11 years, 13 days | Madras | |
| Ganpat Singh Singhvi | 12 November 2007 | 12 December 2013 | 6 years, 31 days | 20 July 1990 | 17 years, 115 days | Rajasthan | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC | |
| Aftab Alam | 18 April 2013 | 5 years, 158 days | 27 July 1990 | 17 years, 108 days | Patna | |||
| Jagdish Madhurlal Panchal | 5 October 2011 | 3 years, 328 days | 22 November 1990 | 16 years, 355 days | Gujarat | 26th CJ of Rajasthan HC | ||
| Mukundakam Sharma | 9 April 2008 | 17 September 2011 | 3 years, 162 days | 10 January 1994 | 14 years, 90 days | Gauhati | 24th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Cyriac Joseph [20] | 7 July 2008 | 27 January 2012 | 3 years, 205 days | 6 July 1994 | 14 years, 1 day | Kerala | 23rd CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Asok Kumar Ganguly | | 17 December 2008 | 3 February 2012 | 3 years, 49 days | 10 January 1994 | 14 years, 342 days | Calcutta | 34th CJ of Madras HC |
| Rajendra Mal Lodha (CJI) | | 27 September 2014 | 5 years, 285 days | 31 January 1994 | 14 years, 321 days | Rajasthan | 33rd CJ of Patna HC | |
| Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu (CJI) | | 2 December 2015 | 6 years, 351 days | 18 December 1995 | 12 years, 365 days | Karnataka | 27th CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Deepak Verma | 11 May 2009 | 28 August 2012 | 3 years, 110 days | 15 December 1994 | 14 years, 147 days | Madhya Pradesh | 28th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Balbir Singh Chauhan | | 1 July 2014 | 5 years, 52 days | 5 April 1995 | 14 years, 36 days | Allahabad | 22nd CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Ananga Kumar Patnaik | 17 November 2009 | 2 June 2014 | 4 years, 198 days | 13 January 1994 | 15 years, 308 days | Orissa | 19th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Tirath Singh Thakur (CJI) | | 3 January 2017 | 7 years, 48 days | 16 February 1994 | 15 years, 274 days | Jammu & Kashmir | 28th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Kalavamkodath Sivasankara Panicker Radhakrishnan | | 14 May 2014 | 4 years, 179 days | 17 May 1995 | 14 years, 184 days | Kerala | 21st CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| Surinder Singh Nijjar | | 6 June 2014 | 4 years, 202 days | 8 April 1996 | 13 years, 223 days | Punjab & Haryana | 33rd CJ of Calcutta HC | |
| Swatanter Kumar | 18 December 2009 | 19 December 2012 | 3 years, 2 days | 10 November 1994 | 15 years, 38 days | Delhi | 37th CJ of Bombay HC | |
| Chandramauli Kumar Prasad [21] | | 8 February 2010 | 14 July 2014 | 4 years, 157 days | 8 November 1994 | 15 years, 92 days | Patna | 41st CJ of Allahabad HC |
| Hemant Laxman Gokhale | 30 April 2010 | 10 March 2014 | 3 years, 315 days | 20 January 1994 | 16 years, 100 days | Bombay | 35th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Gyan Sudha Misra [22] | | 27 April 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | 16 March 1994 | 16 years, 45 days | Patna | 6th CJ of Jharkhand HC | |
| Anil Ramesh Dave | 18 November 2016 | 6 years, 203 days | 18 September 1995 | 14 years, 224 days | Gujarat | 38th CJ of Bombay HC | ||
| Sudhanshu Joshi Mukhopadhaya | | 13 September 2011 | 14 March 2015 | 3 years, 183 days | 8 November 1994 | 16 years, 309 days | Patna | 22nd CJ of Gujarat HC |
| Ranjana Prakash Desai [23] | | 29 October 2014 | 3 years, 47 days | 15 April 1996 | 15 years, 151 days | Bombay | ||
| Jagdish Singh Khehar (CJI) | | 27 August 2017 | 5 years, 349 days | 8 February 1999 | 12 years, 217 days | Punjab & Haryana | 25th CJ of Karnataka HC | |
| Dipak Misra (CJI) | | 10 October 2011 | 2 October 2018 | 6 years, 358 days | 17 January 1996 | 15 years, 266 days | Orissa | 26th CJ of Delhi HC |
| Jasti Chelameswar | | 22 June 2018 | 6 years, 256 days | 23 June 1997 | 14 years, 109 days | Andhra Pradesh | 29th CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla | 2 April 2012 | 22 July 2016 | 4 years, 112 days | 2 March 2000 | 12 years, 31 days | Madras | 29th CJ of Jammu & Kashmir HC | |
| Ranjan Gogoi (CJI) | | 23 April 2012 | 17 November 2019 | 7 years, 209 days | 28 February 2001 | 11 years, 55 days | Gauhati | 30th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC |
| Madan Lokur | | 4 June 2012 | 30 December 2018 | 6 years, 210 days | 19 February 1999 | 13 years, 106 days | Delhi | 33rd CJ of Gauhati HC |
| Mokhtarajama Yusuf Eqbal | | 24 December 2012 | 12 February 2016 | 3 years, 51 days | 9 May 1996 | 16 years, 229 days | Jharkhand | 36th CJ of Madras HC |
| Venkate Gopala Gowda | | 5 October 2016 | 3 years, 287 days | 11 June 1997 | 15 years, 196 days | Karnataka | 24th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Vikramajit Sen | 30 December 2015 | 3 years, 7 days | 7 July 1999 | 13 years, 170 days | Delhi | 26th CJ of Karnataka HC | ||
| Pinaki Chandra Ghose | | 8 March 2013 | 27 May 2017 | 4 years, 81 days | 17 July 1997 | 15 years, 234 days | Calcutta | CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC |
| Kurian Joseph [24] | | 29 November 2018 | 5 years, 267 days | 12 July 2000 | 12 years, 239 days | Kerala | 20th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | |
| Arjan Kumar Sikri [25] | 12 April 2013 | 6 March 2019 | 5 years, 329 days | 7 July 1999 | 13 years, 279 days | Delhi | 31st CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC | |
| Sharad Arvind Bobde (CJI) | | 23 April 2021 | 8 years, 12 days | 29 March 2000 | 13 years, 14 days | Bombay | 21st CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC | |
| Shiva Kirti Singh | | 19 September 2013 | 11 November 2016 | 3 years, 54 days | 29 December 1998 | 14 years, 264 days | Patna | 44th CJ of Allahabad HC |
| Chokkalingam Nagappan | | 3 October 2016 | 3 years, 15 days | 27 September 2000 | 12 years, 357 days | Madras | 25th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Rajesh Kumar Agrawal | 17 February 2014 | 4 May 2018 | 4 years, 77 days | 5 February 1999 | 15 years, 12 days | Allahabad | 37th CJ of Madras HC | |
| Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (CJI) | | 26 August 2022 | 8 years, 191 days | 27 June 2000 | 13 years, 235 days | Andhra Pradesh | 28th CJ of Delhi HC | |
| Arun Kumar Mishra | | 7 July 2014 | 2 September 2020 | 6 years, 58 days | 25 October 1999 | 14 years, 255 days | Madhya Pradesh | 36th CJ of Calcutta HC |
| Adarsh Kumar Goel | | 6 July 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | 2 July 2001 | 13 years, 5 days | Punjab & Haryana | 26th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Rohinton Fali Nariman | | 12 August 2021 | 7 years, 37 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Abhay Manohar Sapre | | 13 August 2014 | 27 August 2019 | 5 years, 15 days | 25 October 1999 | 14 years, 292 days | Madhya Pradesh | 33rd CJ of Gauhati HC |
| R. Banumathi | | 19 July 2020 | 5 years, 342 days | 3 April 2003 | 11 years, 132 days | Madras | 9th CJ of Jharkhand HC | |
| Prafulla Chandra Pant | | 29 August 2017 | 3 years, 17 days | 29 June 2004 | 10 years, 45 days | Uttarakhand | 2nd CJ of Meghalaya HC | |
| Uday Umesh Lalit (CJI) | | 8 November 2022 | 8 years, 88 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Amitava Roy | | 27 February 2015 | 1 March 2018 | 3 years, 3 days | 4 February 2002 | 13 years, 23 days | Gauhati | 27tht CJ of Orissa HC |
| Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar | | 13 May 2016 | 29 July 2022 | 6 years, 78 days | 29 March 2000 | 16 years, 45 days | Bombay | 22nd CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC |
| Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (CJI) | | 10 November 2024 | 8 years, 182 days | 29 March 2000 | 16 years, 45 days | Bombay | 45th CJ of Allahabad HC | |
| Ashok Bhushan | | 4 July 2021 | 5 years, 53 days | 24 April 2001 | 15 years, 19 days | Allahabad | 31st CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Lavu Nageswara Rao | | 7 June 2022 | 6 years, 26 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | ||
| Sanjay Kishan Kaul | | 17 February 2017 | 25 December 2023 | 6 years, 312 days | 3 May 2001 | 15 years, 290 days | Delhi | 38th CJ of Madras HC |
| Mohan Shantanagoudar [26] | | 24 April 2021 [†] | 4 years, 67 days | 12 May 2003 | 13 years, 281 days | Karnataka | 32nd CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Syed Abdul Nazeer | | 4 January 2023 | 5 years, 322 days | 12 May 2003 | 13 years, 281 days | Karnataka | ||
| Navin Sinha | | 18 August 2021 | 4 years, 183 days | 11 February 2004 | 13 years, 6 days | Patna | 34th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| Deepak Gupta | | 6 May 2020 | 3 years, 80 days | 4 October 2004 | 12 years, 136 days | Himachal Pradesh | 10th CJ of Chhattisgarh HC | |
| Indu Malhotra [27] | | 27 April 2018 | 13 March 2021 | 2 years, 321 days | N/A | N/A | Bar Council | |
| Indira Banerjee | | 7 August 2018 | 23 September 2022 | 4 years, 48 days | 5 February 2002 | 16 years, 183 days | Calcutta | 39th CJ of Madras HC |
| Vineet Saran | | 10 May 2022 | 3 years, 277 days | 14 February 2002 | 16 years, 174 days | Allahabad | 29th CJ of Orissa HC | |
| Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph | | 16 June 2023 | 4 years, 314 days | 14 October 2004 | 13 years, 297 days | Kerala | 9th CJ of Uttarakhand HC | |
| Hemant Gupta | | 2 November 2018 | 16 October 2022 | 3 years, 349 days | 2 July 2002 | 16 years, 123 days | Punjab & Haryana | 23rd CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC |
| Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy | | 4 January 2022 | 3 years, 64 days | 2 December 2002 | 15 years, 335 days | Andhra Pradesh | 24th CJ of Gujarat HC | |
| Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah | | 15 May 2023 | 4 years, 195 days | 7 March 2004 | 14 years, 240 days | Gujarat | 41st CJ of Patna HC | |
| Ajay Rastogi | | 17 June 2023 | 4 years, 228 days | 2 September 2004 | 14 years, 61 days | Rajasthan | 3rd CJ of Tripura HC | |
| Dinesh Maheshwari | | 18 January 2019 | 14 May 2023 | 4 years, 117 days | 2 September 2004 | 14 years, 138 days | Rajasthan | 29th CJ of Karnataka HC |
| Sanjiv Khanna (CJI) | | 13 May 2025 | 6 years, 116 days | 24 June 2005 | 13 years, 208 days | Delhi | ||
| Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai (CJI) | | 24 May 2019 | 23 November 2025 | 6 years, 184 days | 14 November 2003 | 15 years, 191 days | Bombay | |
| Aniruddha Bose | | 10 April 2024 | 4 years, 323 days | 19 January 2004 | 15 years, 125 days | Calcutta | 12th CJ of Jharkhand HC | |
| Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna | | 19 May 2024 | 4 years, 362 days | 6 January 2006 | 13 years, 138 days | Karnataka | 37th CJ of Gauhati HC | |
| Krishna Murari | | 23 September 2019 | 8 July 2023 | 3 years, 289 days | 7 January 2004 | 15 years, 259 days | Allahabad | 34th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC |
| Shripathi Ravindra Bhat | | 20 October 2023 | 4 years, 28 days | 16 July 2004 | 15 years, 69 days | Delhi | 36th CJ of Rajasthan HC | |
| V. Ramasubramanian | | 29 June 2023 | 3 years, 280 days | 31 July 2006 | 13 years, 54 days | Madras | 24th CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC | |
| Hrishikesh Roy | | 31 January 2025 | 5 years, 251 days | 12 October 2006 | 12 years, 346 days | Gauhati | 35th CJ of Kerala HC | |
| Abhay Shreeniwas Oka | | 31 August 2021 | 24 May 2025 | 3 years, 267 days | 29 August 2003 | 18 years, 2 days | Bombay | 30th CJ of Karnataka HC |
| Hima Kohli | | 1 September 2024 | 3 years, 2 days | 29 May 2006 | 15 years, 94 days | Delhi | 3rd CJ of Telangana HC | |
| Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar | | 5 January 2025 | 3 years, 128 days | 5 January 2009 | 12 years, 238 days | Kerala | ||
| Bela Trivedi | | 9 June 2025 | 3 years, 283 days | 17 February 2011 | 10 years, 195 days | Gujarat | ||
| Sudhanshu Dhulia | | 9 May 2022 | 9 August 2025 | 3 years, 93 days | 1 November 2008 | 13 years, 189 days | Uttarakhand | 39th CJ of Gauhati HC |