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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 239 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 |
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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 | 3 April 1957 | 16 March 1966 | 29 June 1966 | 9 years, 87 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 | 8 November 1958 | 12 April 1967 | 24 February 1968 | 9 years, 108 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 | 10 December 1959 | 17 December 1970 | 21 January 1971 | 11 years, 42 days | 35 days | |
13 | S.M. Sikri | 2 March 1964 | 22 January 1971 | 25 April 1973 | 9 years, 54 days | 2 years, 93 days | |
14 | A. N. Ray | 8 January 1969 | 26 April 1973 | 27 January 1977 | 8 years, 19 days | 3 years, 276 days | |
15 | Mirza Hameedullah Beg | 12 December 1971 | 29 January 1977 | 21 February 1978 | 6 years, 71 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 | 3 October 1986 | 25 November 1991 | 12 December 1991 | 5 years, 70 days | 17 days | |
23 | Madhukar Hiralal Kania | 5 January 1987 | 13 December 1991 | 17 November 1992 | 5 years, 317 days | 340 days | |
24 | Lalit Mohan Sharma | 10 May 1987 | 18 November 1992 | 11 February 1993 | 5 years, 277 days | 85 days | |
25 | M. N. Venkatachaliah | 10 May 1987 | 12 February 1993 | 24 October 1994 | 7 years, 167 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 | 6 March 1989 | 25 March 1997 | 17 January 1998 | 8 years, 317 days | 298 days | |
28 | Madan Mohan Punchhi | 10 June 1989 | 18 January 1998 | 9 October 1998 | 9 years, 121 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 | 7 January 1992 | 1 November 2001 | 5 May 2002 | 10 years, 118 days | 185 days | |
31 | Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | 9 November 1995 | 6 May 2002 | 7 November 2002 | 6 years, 363 days | 185 days | |
32 | Gopal Ballav Pattanaik | 9 November 1995 | 8 November 2002 | 18 December 2002 | 7 years, 39 days | 40 days | |
33 | V. N. 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 | 12 September 1998 | 1 June 2004 | 31 October 2005 | 7 years, 49 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 | 6 August 2000 | 14 January 2007 | 12 May 2010 | 9 years, 279 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 |
Sr.No. | Name | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Tenure length |
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1 | Fazl Ali [2] | 26 January 1950 | 18 September 1951 | 2 years, 125 days |
2 | N. Chandrasekhara Aiyar [3] | 23 September 1950 | 24 January 1953 | 2 years, 123 days |
3 | Ghulam Hasan | 8 September 1952 | 5 November 1954 | 2 years, 58 days |
4 | Vivian Bose [4] | 5 March 1951 | 8 June 1956 | 5 years, 95 days |
5 | P. Govinda Menon | 1 September 1956 | 16 October 1957 | 1 year, 45 days |
6 | B. Jagannadha Das | 9 March 1953 | 26 July 1958 | 5 years, 139 days |
7 | T. L. Venkatarama Aiyyar | 4 January 1954 | 24 November 1958 | 4 years, 324 days |
8 | Natwarlal Harilal Bhagwati | 8 September 1952 | 6 June 1959 | 6 years, 271 days |
9 | J. L. Kapur | 14 January 1957 | 12 December 1962 | 5 years, 332 days |
10 | S. K. Das | 30 April 1956 | 2 September 1963 | 7 years, 125 days |
11 | Syed Jaffer Imam | 10 January 1955 | 31 January 1964 | 9 years, 21 days |
12 | N. Rajagopala Ayyangar | 27 July 1960 | 14 December 1964 | 4 years, 140 days |
13 | K. C. Das Gupta | 24 August 1959 | 2 January 1965 | 5 years, 131 days |
14 | Raghubar Dayal | 27 July 1960 | 25 October 1965 | 5 years, 90 days |
15 | P. Satyanarayana Raju | 20 October 1965 | 20 April 1966 | 182 days |
16 | J. R. Mudholkar | 3 October 1960 | 3 July 1966 | 5 years, 273 days |
17 | R. S. Bachawat | 7 September 1964 | 31 July 1969 | 4 years, 327 days |
18 | V. Ramaswami | 4 January 1965 | 29 October 1969 | 4 years, 298 days |
19 | Vashishtha Bhargava | 8 August 1966 | 4 February 1971 | 4 years, 180 days |
20 | G. K. Mitter | 29 August 1966 | 23 September 1971 | 5 years, 25 days |
21 | Subimal Chandra Roy | 19 June 1971 | 12 November 1971 | 146 days |
22 | C. A. Vaidyialingam | 10 October 1966 | 29 June 1972 | 5 years, 263 days |
23 | I. D. Dua | 1 August 1969 | 3 October 1972 | 3 years, 63 days |
24 | J. M. Shelat | 24 February 1966 | 30 April 1973 | 7 years, 65 days |
25 | K. S. Hegde | 17 July 1967 | 30 April 1973 | 5 years, 287 days |
26 | A. N. Grover | 11 February 1968 | 31 May 1973 | 5 years, 109 days |
27 | A. K. Mukherjea | 14 August 1972 | 23 October 1973 | 1 year, 70 days |
28 | D. G. Palekar | 19 July 1971 | 3 September 1974 | 3 years, 46 days |
29 | S. N. Dwivedi | 14 August 1972 | 8 December 1974 | 2 years, 55 days |
30 | P. Jaganmohan Reddy | 1 August 1969 | 22 January 1975 | 5 years, 174 days |
31 | A. Alagiriswami | 17 October 1972 | 16 October 1975 | 2 years, 364 days |
32 | K. K. Mathew | 4 October 1971 | 2 January 1976 | 4 years, 90 days |
33 | Hans Raj Khanna | 22 September 1971 | 11 March 1977 | 5 years, 170 days |
34 | Parbati Kumar Goswami | 10 September 1973 | 31 December 1977 | 4 years, 112 days |
35 | Jaswant Singh | 23 January 1976 | 24 January 1979 | 3 years, 1 day |
36 | N. L. Untwalia | 3 October 1974 | 31 July 1980 | 5 years, 302 days |
37 | P. S. Kailasam | 3 January 1977 | 11 September 1980 | 3 years, 252 days |
38 | P. N. Shingal | 6 November 1975 | 14 October 1980 | 4 years, 343 days |
39 | V. R. Krishna Iyer | 17 July 1973 | 14 November 1980 | 7 years, 120 days |
40 | R. S. Sarkaria | 17 September 1973 | 15 January 1981 | 7 years, 120 days |
41 | Alak Chandra Gupta | 2 September 1974 | 31 December 1981 | 7 years, 120 days |
42 | A. D. Koshal | 17 July 1978 | 6 March 1982 | 3 years, 232 days |
43 | Baharul Islam [5] | 4 December 1980 | 12 January 1983 | 2 years, 39 days |
44 | D. A. Desai | 30 September 1977 | 8 May 1985 | 7 years, 220 days |
45 | A. Varadarajan | 10 December 1980 | 16 August 1985 | 4 years, 249 days |
46 | Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali [6] | 2 April 1975 | 20 August 1985 | 10 years, 140 days |
47 | Amarendra Nath Sen | 28 January 1981 | 30 September 1985 | 4 years, 245 days |
48 | V. D. Tulzapurkar | 30 September 1977 | 8 March 1986 | 8 years, 159 days |
49 | Dinshah Pirosha Madon | 15 March 1983 | 6 April 1986 | 3 years, 22 days |
50 | R. B. Misra | 30 January 1981 | 14 June 1986 | 5 years, 135 days |
51 | V. Balakrishna Eradi | 30 January 1981 | 18 June 1987 | 6 years, 139 days |
52 | Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid | 25 June 1984 | 30 June 1987 | 3 years, 5 days |
53 | O. Chinnappa Reddy | 17 July 1978 | 24 September 1987 | 9 years, 69 days |
54 | Ananda Prakash Sen | 17 July 1978 | 19 September 1988 | 10 years, 64 days |
55 | Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar | 15 March 1983 | 3 November 1988 | 5 years, 233 days |
56 | S. Natarajan | 10 March 1986 | 28 October 1989 | 3 years, 232 days |
57 | M. M. Dutt [7] | 10 March 1986 | 29 October 1989 | 3 years, 233 days |
58 | Goverdhan Lal Oza | 29 October 1985 | 11 December 1989 | 4 years, 43 days |
59 | Narayan Dutta Ojha | 18 January 1988 | 18 January 1991 | 3 years, 0 days |
60 | K. N. Saikia | 14 December 1988 | 28 February 1991 | 2 years, 76 days |
61 | B. C. Ray | 29 October 1985 | 31 October 1991 | 6 years, 2 days |
62 | K. Jagannatha Shetty | 1 May 1987 | 14 December 1991 | 4 years, 227 days |
63 | Fathima Beevi [8] | 6 October 1989 | 29 April 1992 | 2 years, 206 days |
64 | R. C. Patnaik | 3 December 1991 | 30 May 1992 | 179 days |
65 | S. Ranganathan | 5 October 1987 | 30 October 1992 | 5 years, 25 days |
66 | Narendra Mohan Kasliwal [9] | 6 October 1989 | 3 April 1993 | 3 years, 179 days |
67 | T. K. Thommen | 14 December 1988 | 25 September 1993 | 4 years, 285 days |
68 | V. Ramaswami | 6 October 1989 | 14 February 1994 | 4 years, 131 days |
69 | S. Ratnavel Pandian | 14 December 1988 | 12 March 1994 | 5 years, 88 days |
70 | K. Jayachandra Reddy | 11 January 1990 | 14 July 1994 | 4 years, 184 days |
71 | Yogeshwar Dayal | 22 March 1991 | 2 August 1994 | 3 years, 133 days |
72 | Shanmughasundaram Mohan | 7 October 1991 | 10 February 1995 | 3 years, 126 days |
73 | R. M. Sahai | 11 January 1990 | 24 June 1995 | 5 years, 164 days |
74 | P. B. Sawant [10] | 6 October 1989 | 29 June 1995 | 5 years, 266 days |
75 | N. Venkatachala | 1 July 1992 | 2 July 1995 | 3 years, 1 day |
76 | Kuldip Singh [11] | 14 December 1988 | 21 December 1996 | 8 years, 7 days |
77 | N. P. Singh | 15 June 1992 | 24 December 1996 | 4 years, 192 days |
78 | B. L. Hansaria | 14 December 1993 | 24 December 1996 | 3 years, 71 days |
79 | Faizanuddin | 14 December 1993 | 4 February 1997 | 3 years, 113 days |
80 | B. P. Jeevan Reddy | 7 October 1991 | 13 March 1997 | 5 years, 157 days |
81 | K. S. Paripoornan | 11 June 1994 | 11 June 1997 | 3 years, 0 days |
82 | K. Ramaswamy | 6 October 1989 | 12 July 1997 | 7 years, 279 days |
83 | S. C. Sen | 11 June 1994 | 20 December 1997 | 3 years, 192 days |
84 | Ganendra Narayan Ray [12] | 7 October 1991 | 30 April 1998 | 6 years, 205 days |
85 | S. C. Agrawal | 11 January 1990 | 4 September 1998 | 8 years, 236 days |
86 | M. K. Mukherjee | 14 December 1993 | 30 November 1998 | 4 years, 351 days |
87 | Sujata Manohar [13] | 8 November 1994 | 27 August 1999 | 4 years, 292 days |
88 | K. Venkataswami | 6 March 1995 | 18 September 1999 | 4 years, 196 days |
89 | Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar [14] | 29 March 1996 | 15 January 2000 | 3 years, 292 days |
90 | G. T. Nanavati [15] | 6 March 1995 | 16 February 2000 | 4 years, 347 days |
91 | Madhavachari Srinivasan | 25 September 1997 | 25 February 2000 | 2 years, 153 days |
92 | D. P. Wadhwa | 21 March 1997 | 4 May 2000 | 3 years, 44 days |
93 | Saiyed Saghir Ahmad | 6 March 1995 | 30 June 2000 | 5 years, 116 days |
94 | S. B. Majmudar | 19 September 1994 | 19 August 2000 | 5 years, 335 days |
95 | M. Jagannadha Rao | 21 March 1997 | 1 December 2000 | 3 years, 255 days |
96 | Ajay Prakash Misra | 4 December 1997 | 31 August 2001 | 3 years, 270 days |
97 | K. T. Thomas | 29 March 1996 | 29 January 2002 | 5 years, 306 days |
98 | Sailendu Nath Phukan | 28 January 1999 | 31 March 2002 | 3 years, 62 days |
99 | Ram Prakash Sethi [16] | 8 January 1999 | 6 July 2002 | 3 years, 179 days |
100 | D. P. Mohapatra | 9 December 1998 | 2 August 2002 | 3 years, 236 days |
101 | Umesh Chandra Banerjee [17] | 9 December 1998 | 17 November 2002 | 3 years, 343 days |
102 | Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri [18] | 4 December 1997 | 4 April 2003 | 5 years, 121 days |
103 | M. B. Shah | 9 December 1998 | 24 September 2003 | 4 years, 289 days |
104 | Brijesh Kumar | 19 October 2000 | 9 June 2004 | 3 years, 234 days |
105 | Doraiswamy Raju | 28 January 2000 | 1 July 2004 | 4 years, 155 days |
106 | N. Santosh Hegde [19] | 8 January 1999 | 16 June 2005 | 6 years, 159 days |
107 | Shivaraj Patil | 15 March 2000 | 11 January 2005 | 4 years, 302 days |
108 | P. Venkatarama Reddi | 17 August 2001 | 9 August 2005 | 3 years, 357 days |
109 | D. M. Dharmadhikari | 5 March 2002 | 13 August 2005 | 3 years, 161 days |
110 | Sam Nariman Variava | 15 March 2000 | 7 November 2005 | 5 years, 237 days |
111 | Arun Kumar | 3 October 2002 | 11 April 2006 | 3 years, 190 days |
112 | B. N. Srikrishna | 3 October 2002 | 20 May 2006 | 3 years, 229 days |
113 | Ruma Pal | 28 January 2000 | 2 June 2006 | 6 years, 125 days |
114 | A. R. Lakshmanan | 20 December 2002 | 21 March 2007 | 4 years, 91 days |
115 | B. P. Singh | 14 December 2001 | 8 July 2007 | 5 years, 206 days |
116 | P. K. Balasubramanyan | 27 August 2004 | 27 August 2007 | 3 years, 0 days |
117 | G. P. Mathur | 20 December 2002 | 19 January 2008 | 5 years, 30 days |
118 | H. K. Sema | 9 April 2002 | 1 June 2008 | 6 years, 53 days |
119 | P. P. Naolekar | 27 August 2004 | 29 June 2008 | 3 years, 307 days |
120 | Ashok Kumar Mathur | 7 June 2004 | 7 August 2008 | 4 years, 61 days |
121 | Ashok Bhan | 17 August 2001 | 2 October 2008 | 7 years, 46 days |
122 | C. K. Thakker | 7 June 2004 | 10 November 2008 | 4 years, 156 days |
123 | Lokeshwar Singh Panta | 3 February 2006 | 23 April 2009 | 3 years, 79 days |
124 | Arijit Pasayat | 19 October 2001 | 10 May 2009 | 7 years, 203 days |
125 | S. B. Sinha | 3 October 2002 | 8 August 2009 | 6 years, 309 days |
126 | B. N. Agrawal | 19 October 2000 | 15 October 2009 | 8 years, 361 days |
127 | Tarun Chatterjee | 27 August 2004 | 14 January 2010 | 5 years, 140 days |
128 | B. Sudarshan Reddy | 12 January 2007 | 7 July 2011 | 4 years, 176 days |
129 | V. S. Sirpurkar | 12 January 2007 | 21 August 2011 | 4 years, 221 days |
130 | H. S. Bedi | 12 January 2007 | 4 September 2011 | 4 years, 235 days |
131 | Mukundakam Sharma | 9 April 2008 | 17 September 2011 | 3 years, 161 days |
132 | Markandey Katju | 10 April 2006 | 19 September 2011 | 5 years, 162 days |
133 | J. M. Panchal | 12 November 2007 | 5 October 2011 | 3 years, 327 days |
134 | R. V. Raveendran | 9 September 2005 | 15 October 2011 | 6 years, 36 days |
135 | Cyriac Joseph [20] | 7 July 2008 | 27 January 2012 | 3 years, 204 days |
136 | Asok Kumar Ganguly | 17 December 2008 | 3 February 2012 | 3 years, 48 days |
137 | Dalveer Bhandari [21] | 28 October 2005 | 27 April 2012 | 6 years, 182 days |
138 | Deepak Verma | 11 May 2009 | 28 August 2012 | 3 years, 109 days |
139 | Swatanter Kumar | 18 December 2009 | 19 December 2012 | 3 years, 1 day |
140 | D. K. Jain | 10 April 2006 | 24 January 2013 | 6 years, 289 days |
141 | Aftab Alam | 12 November 2007 | 18 April 2013 | 5 years, 157 days |
142 | G. S. Singhvi | 12 November 2007 | 12 December 2013 | 6 years, 30 days |
143 | Hemant Gokhale | 30 April 2010 | 10 March 2014 | 3 years, 314 days |
144 | Gyan Sudha Misra [22] | 30 April 2010 | 27 April 2014 | 3 years, 362 days |
145 | K. S. Panicker Radhakrishnan | 17 November 2009 | 14 May 2014 | 4 years, 178 days |
146 | Ananga Kumar Patnaik | 17 November 2009 | 2 June 2014 | 4 years, 197 days |
147 | S. S. Nijjar | 17 November 2009 | 6 June 2014 | 4 years, 201 days |
148 | B. S. Chauhan [23] | 11 May 2009 | 1 July 2014 | 5 years, 51 days |
149 | Chandramauli Kumar Prasad [24] | 8 February 2010 | 14 July 2014 | 4 years, 156 days |
150 | Ranjana Desai [25] | 13 September 2011 | 29 October 2014 | 3 years, 46 days |
151 | S. J. Mukhopadhaya [26] | 13 September 2011 | 14 March 2015 | 3 years, 182 days |
152 | Vikramajit Sen | 24 December 2012 | 30 December 2015 | 3 years, 6 days |
153 | M. Y. Eqbal | 24 December 2012 | 31 December 2015 | 3 years, 7 days |
154 | Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla | 2 April 2012 | 22 July 2016 | 4 years, 111 days |
155 | Chokkalingam Nagappan | 19 September 2013 | 3 October 2016 | 3 years, 14 days |
156 | Venkate Gopala Gowda | 24 December 2012 | 5 October 2016 | 3 years, 286 days |
157 | Shiva Kirti Singh | 19 September 2013 | 11 November 2016 | 3 years, 53 days |
158 | Anil R. Dave | 30 April 2010 | 18 November 2016 | 6 years, 202 days |
159 | Pinaki Chandra Ghose | 8 March 2013 | 27 May 2017 | 4 years, 80 days |
160 | Prafulla Chandra Pant | 13 August 2014 | 29 August 2017 | 3 years, 16 days |
161 | Amitava Roy | 27 February 2015 | 1 March 2018 | 3 years, 2 days |
162 | Rajesh Kumar Agrawal | 17 February 2014 | 4 May 2018 | 4 years, 76 days |
163 | Jasti Chelameswar | 10 October 2011 | 22 June 2018 | 6 years, 255 days |
164 | Adarsh Kumar Goel | 7 July 2014 | 6 July 2018 | 3 years, 364 days |
165 | Kurian Joseph [27] | 8 March 2013 | 29 November 2018 | 5 years, 266 days |
166 | Madan Lokur | 4 June 2012 | 30 December 2018 | 6 years, 209 days |
167 | Arjan Kumar Sikri [28] | 12 April 2013 | 6 March 2019 | 5 years, 328 days |
168 | Abhay Manohar Sapre | 13 April 2014 | 27 August 2019 | 5 years, 136 days |
169 | Deepak Gupta | 17 February 2017 | 6 May 2020 | 3 years, 79 days |
170 | R. Banumathi | 13 August 2014 | 19 July 2020 | 5 years, 341 days |
171 | Arun Kumar Mishra | 7 July 2014 | 2 September 2020 | 6 years, 57 days |
172 | Indu Malhotra [29] | 27 April 2018 | 13 March 2021 | 2 years, 320 days |
173 | Mohan Shantanagoudar [30] | 17 February 2017 | 24 April 2021 | 4 years, 66 days |
174 | Ashok Bhushan | 13 May 2016 | 4 July 2021 | 5 years, 52 days |
175 | Rohinton Fali Nariman | 7 July 2014 | 12 August 2021 | 7 years, 36 days |
176 | Navin Sinha | 17 February 2017 | 18 August 2021 | 4 years, 182 days |
177 | Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy | 2 November 2018 | 4 January 2022 | 3 years, 63 days |
178 | Vineet Saran | 7 August 2018 | 10 May 2022 | 3 years, 276 days |
179 | L. Nageswara Rao | 13 May 2016 | 7 June 2022 | 6 years, 25 days |
180 | A. M. Khanwilkar | 13 May 2016 | 29 July 2022 | 6 years, 77 days |
181 | Indira Banerjee | 7 August 2018 | 23 September 2022 | 4 years, 47 days |
182 | Hemant Gupta | 2 November 2018 | 16 October 2022 | 3 years, 348 days |
183 | Syed Abdul Nazeer | 17 February 2017 | 4 January 2023 | 5 years, 321 days |
184 | Dinesh Maheshwari | 18 January 2019 | 14 May 2023 | 4 years, 116 days |
185 | Mukesh Shah | 2 November 2018 | 15 May 2023 | 4 years, 194 days |
186 | K. M. Joseph | 7 August 2018 | 16 June 2023 | 4 years, 313 days |
187 | Ajay Rastogi | 2 November 2018 | 17 June 2023 | 4 years, 227 days |
188 | V. Ramasubramanian | 23 September 2019 | 29 June 2023 | 3 years, 279 days |
189 | Krishna Murari | 23 September 2019 | 8 July 2023 | 3 years, 288 days |
190 | Shripathi Ravindra Bhat | 23 September 2019 | 20 October 2023 | 4 years, 27 days |
191 | Sanjay Kishan Kaul | 16 February 2017 | 25 December 2023 | 6 years, 312 days |
192 | Aniruddha Bose | 24 May 2019 | 10 April 2024 | 4 years, 322 days |
193 | Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna | 24 May 2019 | 19 May 2024 | 4 years, 361 days |
194 | Hima Kohli | 31 August 2021 | 1 September 2024 | 3 years, 1 day |
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Bisheshwar Prasad Singh is an Indian Judge and former Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh is a Judge of Supreme Court of India. Previously, he has served as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. He is former Judge of Gauhati High Court and Manipur High Court. He has also served as the Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court for three times and Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court for two times.