List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India

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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.

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Former chief justices

Sr.No.PortraitName of the Chief JusticeDate of appointmentDate of appointment as CJIDate of retirementTenure LengthTenure Length as CJI
1
Justice H. J. Kania.jpg
H. J. Kania 26 January 195026 January 19506 November 19511 year, 284 days1 year, 284 days
2
Justice M. Patanjali Sastri.jpg
M. Patanjali Sastri 26 January 19507 November 19513 January 19543 years, 342 days2 years, 57 days
3
Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan.jpg
Mehr Chand Mahajan 26 January 19504 January 195422 December 19544 years, 330 days352 days
4
Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea.jpg
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 26 January 195023 December 195431 January 19566 years, 5 days1 year, 39 days
5
Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das.jpg
Sudhi Ranjan Das 26 January 19501 February 195630 September 19599 years, 247 days3 years, 241 days
6
Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha.jpg
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 3 December 19541 October 195931 January 19649 years, 59 days4 years, 122 days
7
Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar.jpg
P. B. Gajendragadkar 17 January 19571 February 196415 March 19669 years, 57 days2 years, 42 days
8
Justice A.K. Sarkar.jpg
Amal Kumar Sarkar 3 April 195716 March 196629 June 19669 years, 87 days105 days
9
Justice K. Subba Rao.jpg
Koka Subba Rao 31 January 195830 June 196611 April 19679 years, 70 days285 days
10
Justice K.N. Wanchoo.jpg
Kailas Nath Wanchoo 8 November 195812 April 196724 February 19689 years, 108 days318 days
11
Justice M. Hidayatullah.jpg
Mohammad Hidayatullah [1] 1 December 195825 February 196816 December 197012 years, 15 days2 years, 294 days
12
Justice J.C. Shah.jpg
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 10 December 195917 December 197021 January 197111 years, 42 days35 days
13
Justice S.M. Sikri.jpg
S.M. Sikri 2 March 196422 January 197125 April 19739 years, 54 days2 years, 93 days
14
Justice A.N. Ray.jpg
A. N. Ray 8 January 196926 April 197327 January 19778 years, 19 days3 years, 276 days
15
Justice M. Hameedullah Beg.jpg
Mirza Hameedullah Beg 12 December 197129 January 197721 February 19786 years, 71 days1 year, 23 days
16
Justice Y.V. Chandrachud.jpg
Y. V. Chandrachud 28 August 197222 February 197811 July 198512 years, 317 days7 years, 139 days
17
Justice P.N. Bhagwati.jpg
P. N. Bhagwati 17 July 197312 July 198520 December 198613 years, 156 days1 year, 161 days
18
Justice R.S. Pathak.jpg
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 20 February 197821 December 198618 June 198911 years, 118 days2 years, 179 days
19
Justice E.S. Venkataramiah.jpg
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah 8 March 197919 June 198917 December 198910 years, 284 days181 days
20
Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee.jpg
Sabyasachi Mukherjee 15 March 198318 December 198925 September 19907 years, 194 days281 days
21
Justice Ranganath Misra.jpg
Ranganath Misra 15 March 198326 September 199024 November 19918 years, 254 days1 year, 59 days
22
Justice K.N. Singh.jpg
Kamal Narain Singh 3 October 198625 November 199112 December 19915 years, 70 days17 days
23
Justice M.H. Kania.jpg
Madhukar Hiralal Kania 5 January 198713 December 199117 November 19925 years, 317 days340 days
24
Justice L.M. Sharma.jpg
Lalit Mohan Sharma 10 May 198718 November 199211 February 19935 years, 277 days85 days
25
Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah.jpg
M. N. Venkatachaliah 10 May 198712 February 199324 October 19947 years, 167 days1 year, 254 days
26
Justice A.M. Ahmadi.jpg
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi 14 December 198825 October 199424 March 19978 years, 100 days2 years, 150 days
27
Justice J.S. Verma.jpg
J. S. Verma 6 March 198925 March 199717 January 19988 years, 317 days298 days
28
Justice M.M. Punchhi.jpg
Madan Mohan Punchhi 10 June 198918 January 19989 October 19989 years, 121 days264 days
29
Justice A.S. Anand.jpg
Adarsh Sein Anand 18 November 199110 October 199831 October 20019 years, 347 days3 years, 21 days
30
Justice S.P. Bharucha.jpg
Sam Piroj Bharucha 7 January 19921 November 20015 May 200210 years, 118 days185 days
31
Justice B.N. Kirpal.jpg
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 9 November 19956 May 20027 November 20026 years, 363 days185 days
32
Justice G.B. Pattanaik.jpg
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 9 November 19958 November 200218 December 20027 years, 39 days40 days
33
Justice V.N. Khare.jpg
V. N. Khare 21 March 199719 December 20021 May 20047 years, 41 days1 year, 134 days
34
Justice S. Rajendra Babu.jpg
S. Rajendra Babu 25 September 19972 May 200431 May 20046 years, 249 days29 days
35
Justice R.C. Lahoti.jpg
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 12 September 19981 June 200431 October 20057 years, 49 days1 year, 152 days
36
Justice Y.K. Sabharwal.jpg
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 28 January 20001 November 200513 January 20076 years, 350 days1 year, 73 days
37
Justice K.G. Balakrishnan.jpg
K. G. Balakrishnan 6 August 200014 January 200712 May 20109 years, 279 days3 years, 118 days
38
Justice S.H. Kapadia.jpg
S. H. Kapadia 18 December 200312 May 201028 September 20128 years, 285 days2 years, 139 days
39
Justice Altamas Kabir.jpg
Altamas Kabir 9 September 200529 September 201218 July 20137 years, 312 days292 days
40
Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam.jpg
P. Sathasivam 21 August 200719 July 201326 April 20146 years, 248 days281 days
41
Justice R. M. Lodha.jpg
Rajendra Mal Lodha 17 December 200827 April 201427 September 20145 years, 284 days153 days
42
Justice H.L. Dattu.jpg
H. L. Dattu 17 December 200828 September 20142 December 20156 years, 350 days1 year, 65 days
43
Justice T.S. Thakur.jpg
T. S. Thakur 17 November 20093 December 20153 January 20177 years, 47 days1 year, 31 days
44
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar.jpg
Jagdish Singh Khehar 13 September 20114 January 201727 August 20175 years, 348 days235 days
45
Justice Dipak Misra.jpg
Dipak Misra 10 October 201128 August 20172 October 20186 years, 357 days1 year, 35 days
46
CJI Ranjan gogoi.jpg
Ranjan Gogoi 23 April 20123 October 201817 November 20197 years, 208 days1 year, 45 days
47
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.jpg
Sharad Arvind Bobde 12 April 201318 November 201923 April 20218 years, 11 days1 year, 156 days
48
Justice N.V. Ramana.jpg
N. V. Ramana 17 February 201424 April 202126 August 20228 years, 190 days1 year, 124 days
49
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit.jpg
Uday Umesh Lalit 13 August 201427 August 20228 November 20228 years, 87 days73 days

Former judges

Sr.No.NameDate of appointmentDate of retirementTenure length
1 Fazl Ali [2] 26 January 195018 September 19512 years, 125 days
2N. Chandrasekhara Aiyar [3] 23 September 195024 January 19532 years, 123 days
3Ghulam Hasan8 September 19525 November 19542 years, 58 days
4 Vivian Bose [4] 5 March 19518 June 19565 years, 95 days
5P. Govinda Menon1 September 195616 October 19571 year, 45 days
6 B. Jagannadha Das 9 March 195326 July 19585 years, 139 days
7T. L. Venkatarama Aiyyar4 January 195424 November 19584 years, 324 days
8Natwarlal Harilal Bhagwati8 September 19526 June 19596 years, 271 days
9J. L. Kapur14 January 195712 December 19625 years, 332 days
10S. K. Das30 April 19562 September 19637 years, 125 days
11Syed Jaffer Imam10 January 195531 January 19649 years, 21 days
12N. Rajagopala Ayyangar27 July 196014 December 19644 years, 140 days
13K. C. Das Gupta24 August 19592 January 19655 years, 131 days
14Raghubar Dayal27 July 196025 October 19655 years, 90 days
15P. Satyanarayana Raju20 October 196520 April 1966182 days
16J. R. Mudholkar3 October 19603 July 19665 years, 273 days
17R. S. Bachawat7 September 196431 July 19694 years, 327 days
18V. Ramaswami4 January 196529 October 19694 years, 298 days
19 Vashishtha Bhargava 8 August 19664 February 19714 years, 180 days
20G. K. Mitter29 August 196623 September 19715 years, 25 days
21 Subimal Chandra Roy 19 June 197112 November 1971146 days
22C. A. Vaidyialingam10 October 196629 June 19725 years, 263 days
23I. D. Dua1 August 19693 October 19723 years, 63 days
24J. M. Shelat24 February 196630 April 19737 years, 65 days
25 K. S. Hegde 17 July 196730 April 19735 years, 287 days
26A. N. Grover11 February 196831 May 19735 years, 109 days
27A. K. Mukherjea14 August 197223 October 19731 year, 70 days
28D. G. Palekar19 July 19713 September 19743 years, 46 days
29S. N. Dwivedi14 August 19728 December 19742 years, 55 days
30P. Jaganmohan Reddy1 August 196922 January 19755 years, 174 days
31A. Alagiriswami17 October 197216 October 19752 years, 364 days
32 K. K. Mathew 4 October 19712 January 19764 years, 90 days
33 Hans Raj Khanna 22 September 197111 March 19775 years, 170 days
34 Parbati Kumar Goswami 10 September 197331 December 19774 years, 112 days
35Jaswant Singh23 January 197624 January 19793 years, 1 day
36N. L. Untwalia3 October 197431 July 19805 years, 302 days
37P. S. Kailasam3 January 197711 September 19803 years, 252 days
38P. N. Shingal6 November 197514 October 19804 years, 343 days
39V. R. Krishna Iyer17 July 197314 November 19807 years, 120 days
40R. S. Sarkaria17 September 197315 January 19817 years, 120 days
41 Alak Chandra Gupta 2 September 197431 December 19817 years, 120 days
42A. D. Koshal17 July 19786 March 19823 years, 232 days
43 Baharul Islam [5] 4 December 198012 January 19832 years, 39 days
44D. A. Desai30 September 19778 May 19857 years, 220 days
45A. Varadarajan10 December 198016 August 19854 years, 249 days
46 Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali [6] 2 April 197520 August 198510 years, 140 days
47Amarendra Nath Sen28 January 198130 September 19854 years, 245 days
48V. D. Tulzapurkar30 September 19778 March 19868 years, 159 days
49 Dinshah Pirosha Madon 15 March 19836 April 19863 years, 22 days
50R. B. Misra30 January 198114 June 19865 years, 135 days
51V. Balakrishna Eradi30 January 198118 June 19876 years, 139 days
52 Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid 25 June 198430 June 19873 years, 5 days
53O. Chinnappa Reddy17 July 197824 September 19879 years, 69 days
54 Ananda Prakash Sen 17 July 197819 September 198810 years, 64 days
55 Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar 15 March 19833 November 19885 years, 233 days
56S. Natarajan10 March 198628 October 19893 years, 232 days
57M. M. Dutt [7] 10 March 198629 October 19893 years, 233 days
58 Goverdhan Lal Oza 29 October 198511 December 19894 years, 43 days
59 Narayan Dutta Ojha 18 January 198818 January 19913 years, 0 days
60K. N. Saikia14 December 198828 February 19912 years, 76 days
61B. C. Ray29 October 198531 October 19916 years, 2 days
62K. Jagannatha Shetty1 May 198714 December 19914 years, 227 days
63 Fathima Beevi [8] 6 October 198929 April 19922 years, 206 days
64R. C. Patnaik3 December 199130 May 1992179 days
65S. Ranganathan5 October 198730 October 19925 years, 25 days
66 Narendra Mohan Kasliwal [9] 6 October 19893 April 19933 years, 179 days
67T. K. Thommen14 December 198825 September 19934 years, 285 days
68V. Ramaswami6 October 198914 February 19944 years, 131 days
69S. Ratnavel Pandian14 December 198812 March 19945 years, 88 days
70K. Jayachandra Reddy11 January 199014 July 19944 years, 184 days
71 Yogeshwar Dayal 22 March 19912 August 19943 years, 133 days
72 Shanmughasundaram Mohan 7 October 199110 February 19953 years, 126 days
73R. M. Sahai11 January 199024 June 19955 years, 164 days
74 P. B. Sawant [10] 6 October 198929 June 19955 years, 266 days
75N. Venkatachala1 July 19922 July 19953 years, 1 day
76 Kuldip Singh [11] 14 December 198821 December 19968 years, 7 days
77N. P. Singh15 June 199224 December 19964 years, 192 days
78B. L. Hansaria14 December 199324 December 19963 years, 71 days
79Faizanuddin14 December 19934 February 19973 years, 113 days
80B. P. Jeevan Reddy7 October 199113 March 19975 years, 157 days
81K. S. Paripoornan11 June 199411 June 19973 years, 0 days
82 K. Ramaswamy 6 October 198912 July 19977 years, 279 days
83S. C. Sen11 June 199420 December 19973 years, 192 days
84 Ganendra Narayan Ray [12] 7 October 199130 April 19986 years, 205 days
85S. C. Agrawal11 January 19904 September 19988 years, 236 days
86M. K. Mukherjee14 December 199330 November 19984 years, 351 days
87 Sujata Manohar [13] 8 November 199427 August 19994 years, 292 days
88K. Venkataswami6 March 199518 September 19994 years, 196 days
89 Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar [14] 29 March 199615 January 20003 years, 292 days
90 G. T. Nanavati [15] 6 March 199516 February 20004 years, 347 days
91 Madhavachari Srinivasan 25 September 199725 February 20002 years, 153 days
92D. P. Wadhwa21 March 19974 May 20003 years, 44 days
93 Saiyed Saghir Ahmad 6 March 199530 June 20005 years, 116 days
94S. B. Majmudar19 September 199419 August 20005 years, 335 days
95M. Jagannadha Rao21 March 19971 December 20003 years, 255 days
96Ajay Prakash Misra4 December 199731 August 20013 years, 270 days
97K. T. Thomas29 March 199629 January 20025 years, 306 days
98 Sailendu Nath Phukan 28 January 199931 March 20023 years, 62 days
99 Ram Prakash Sethi [16] 8 January 19996 July 20023 years, 179 days
100D. P. Mohapatra9 December 19982 August 20023 years, 236 days
101 Umesh Chandra Banerjee [17] 9 December 199817 November 20023 years, 343 days
102Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri [18] 4 December 19974 April 20035 years, 121 days
103M. B. Shah9 December 199824 September 20034 years, 289 days
104Brijesh Kumar19 October 20009 June 20043 years, 234 days
105 Doraiswamy Raju 28 January 20001 July 20044 years, 155 days
106 N. Santosh Hegde [19] 8 January 199916 June 20056 years, 159 days
107 Shivaraj Patil 15 March 200011 January 20054 years, 302 days
108P. Venkatarama Reddi17 August 20019 August 20053 years, 357 days
109D. M. Dharmadhikari5 March 200213 August 20053 years, 161 days
110 Sam Nariman Variava 15 March 20007 November 20055 years, 237 days
111Arun Kumar3 October 200211 April 20063 years, 190 days
112 B. N. Srikrishna 3 October 200220 May 20063 years, 229 days
113 Ruma Pal 28 January 20002 June 20066 years, 125 days
114 A. R. Lakshmanan 20 December 200221 March 20074 years, 91 days
115B. P. Singh14 December 20018 July 20075 years, 206 days
116 P. K. Balasubramanyan 27 August 200427 August 20073 years, 0 days
117G. P. Mathur20 December 200219 January 20085 years, 30 days
118 H. K. Sema 9 April 20021 June 20086 years, 53 days
119 P. P. Naolekar 27 August 200429 June 20083 years, 307 days
120 Ashok Kumar Mathur 7 June 20047 August 20084 years, 61 days
121 Ashok Bhan 17 August 20012 October 20087 years, 46 days
122 C. K. Thakker 7 June 200410 November 20084 years, 156 days
123 Lokeshwar Singh Panta 3 February 200623 April 20093 years, 79 days
124 Arijit Pasayat 19 October 200110 May 20097 years, 203 days
125 S. B. Sinha 3 October 20028 August 20096 years, 309 days
126 B. N. Agrawal 19 October 200015 October 20098 years, 361 days
127 Tarun Chatterjee 27 August 200414 January 20105 years, 140 days
128 B. Sudarshan Reddy 12 January 20077 July 20114 years, 176 days
129 V. S. Sirpurkar 12 January 200721 August 20114 years, 221 days
130 H. S. Bedi 12 January 20074 September 20114 years, 235 days
131 Mukundakam Sharma 9 April 200817 September 20113 years, 161 days
132 Markandey Katju 10 April 200619 September 20115 years, 162 days
133J. M. Panchal12 November 20075 October 20113 years, 327 days
134 R. V. Raveendran 9 September 200515 October 20116 years, 36 days
135 Cyriac Joseph [20] 7 July 200827 January 20123 years, 204 days
136 Asok Kumar Ganguly 17 December 20083 February 20123 years, 48 days
137 Dalveer Bhandari [21] 28 October 200527 April 20126 years, 182 days
138 Deepak Verma 11 May 200928 August 20123 years, 109 days
139 Swatanter Kumar 18 December 200919 December 20123 years, 1 day
140 D. K. Jain 10 April 200624 January 20136 years, 289 days
141 Aftab Alam 12 November 200718 April 20135 years, 157 days
142 G. S. Singhvi 12 November 200712 December 20136 years, 30 days
143 Hemant Gokhale 30 April 201010 March 20143 years, 314 days
144 Gyan Sudha Misra [22] 30 April 201027 April 20143 years, 362 days
145 K. S. Panicker Radhakrishnan 17 November 200914 May 20144 years, 178 days
146 Ananga Kumar Patnaik 17 November 20092 June 20144 years, 197 days
147 S. S. Nijjar 17 November 20096 June 20144 years, 201 days
148 B. S. Chauhan [23] 11 May 20091 July 20145 years, 51 days
149 Chandramauli Kumar Prasad [24] 8 February 201014 July 20144 years, 156 days
150 Ranjana Desai [25] 13 September 201129 October 20143 years, 46 days
151 S. J. Mukhopadhaya [26] 13 September 201114 March 20153 years, 182 days
152 Vikramajit Sen 24 December 201230 December 20153 years, 6 days
153 M. Y. Eqbal 24 December 201231 December 20153 years, 7 days
154 Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla 2 April 201222 July 20164 years, 111 days
155 Chokkalingam Nagappan 19 September 20133 October 20163 years, 14 days
156 Venkate Gopala Gowda 24 December 20125 October 20163 years, 286 days
157 Shiva Kirti Singh 19 September 201311 November 20163 years, 53 days
158 Anil R. Dave 30 April 201018 November 20166 years, 202 days
159 Pinaki Chandra Ghose 8 March 201327 May 20174 years, 80 days
160 Prafulla Chandra Pant 13 August 201429 August 20173 years, 16 days
161 Amitava Roy 27 February 20151 March 20183 years, 2 days
162 Rajesh Kumar Agrawal 17 February 20144 May 20184 years, 76 days
163 Jasti Chelameswar 10 October 201122 June 20186 years, 255 days
164 Adarsh Kumar Goel 7 July 20146 July 20183 years, 364 days
165 Kurian Joseph [27] 8 March 201329 November 20185 years, 266 days
166 Madan Lokur 4 June 201230 December 20186 years, 209 days
167 Arjan Kumar Sikri [28] 12 April 20136 March 20195 years, 328 days
168 Abhay Manohar Sapre 13 April 201427 August 20195 years, 136 days
169 Deepak Gupta 17 February 20176 May 20203 years, 79 days
170 R. Banumathi 13 August 201419 July 20205 years, 341 days
171 Arun Kumar Mishra 7 July 20142 September 20206 years, 57 days
172 Indu Malhotra [29] 27 April 201813 March 20212 years, 320 days
173 Mohan Shantanagoudar [30] 17 February 201724 April 20214 years, 66 days
174 Ashok Bhushan 13 May 20164 July 20215 years, 52 days
175 Rohinton Fali Nariman 7 July 201412 August 20217 years, 36 days
176 Navin Sinha 17 February 201718 August 20214 years, 182 days
177 Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy 2 November 20184 January 20223 years, 63 days
178 Vineet Saran 7 August 201810 May 20223 years, 276 days
179 L. Nageswara Rao 13 May 20167 June 20226 years, 25 days
180 A. M. Khanwilkar 13 May 201629 July 20226 years, 77 days
181 Indira Banerjee 7 August 201823 September 20224 years, 47 days
182 Hemant Gupta 2 November 201816 October 20223 years, 348 days
183 Syed Abdul Nazeer 17 February 20174 January 20235 years, 321 days
184 Dinesh Maheshwari 18 January 201914 May 20234 years, 116 days
185 Mukesh Shah 2 November 201815 May 20234 years, 194 days
186 K. M. Joseph 7 August 201816 June 20234 years, 313 days
187 Ajay Rastogi 2 November 201817 June 20234 years, 227 days
188 V. Ramasubramanian 23 September 201929 June 20233 years, 279 days
189 Krishna Murari 23 September 20198 July 20233 years, 288 days
190 Shripathi Ravindra Bhat 23 September 201920 October 20234 years, 27 days
191 Sanjay Kishan Kaul 16 February 201725 December 20236 years, 312 days
192 Aniruddha Bose 24 May 201910 April 20244 years, 322 days

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