Union government appointed the Justice Dipak Misra, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, as the next Chief Justice of India.
- Justice Misra, who will be the 45th Chief Justice of India, will succeed incumbent J. S. Khehar, who retires on August 27.
- Justice Dipak Misra's appointment notification was issued by the Law Ministry on 8.8.2017.
The Federal Court Of India (1937-1950)
- The Federal Court came into being on 1 October 1937. The seat of the court was the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building in Delhi.
- The first Chief Justice was Sir Maurice Gwyer and the other Two Judges were Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman and M. R. Jayakar.
- It functioned until the establishment of the Supreme Court of India on 26 January 1950.
- Since the birth of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 43 people have served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
- While H. J. Kania is the Inaugural CJI, the current incumbent is Jagdish Singh Khehar who was appointed as 44th Chief Justice of India on 04.01.2017.
- Justice Y. V. Chandrachud is the Longest Serving Chief Justice (February 1978 - July 1985).
Sl. No.
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Name
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Chief Justice Tenure
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1
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Harilal Jekisundas Kania
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26/01/1950
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06/11/1951
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2
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M. Patanjali Sastri
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07/11/1951
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03/01/1954
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3
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Mehr Chand Mahajan
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04/01/1954
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22/12/1954
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4
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Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
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23/12/1954
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31/01/1956
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5
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Sudhi Ranjan Das
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01/02/1956
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30/09/1959
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6
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Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha
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01/10/1959
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31/01/1964
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7
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P.B. Gajendragadkar
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01/02/1964
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15/03/1966
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8
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A.K. Sarkar
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16/03/1966
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29/06/1966
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9
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K. Subba Rao
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30/06/1966
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11/04/1967
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10
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K.N. Wanchoo
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12/04/1967
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24/02/1968
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11
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M. Hidayatullah
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25/02/1968
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16/12/1970
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12
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J.C. Shah
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17/12/1970
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21/01/1971
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13
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S.M. Sikri
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22/01/1971
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25/04/1973
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14
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A.N. Ray
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26/04/1973
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28/01/1977
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15
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M. Hameedullah Beg
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29/01/1977
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21/02/1978
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16
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Y.V. Chandrachud
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22/02/1978
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11/07/1985
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17
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P.N. Bhagwati
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12/07/1985
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20/12/1986
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18
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R.S. Pathak
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21/12/1986
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18/06/1989
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19
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E.S. Venkataramiah
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19/06/1989
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17/12/1989
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20
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Sabyasachi Mukherjee
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18/12/1989
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25/09/1990
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21
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Ranganath Misra
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25/09/1990
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24/11/1991
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22
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K.N. Singh
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25/11/1991
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12/12/1991
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23
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M.H. Kania
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13/12/1991
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17/11/1992
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24
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L.M. Sharma
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18/11/1992
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11/02/1993
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25
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M.N. Venkatachaliah
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12/02/1993
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24/10/1994
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26
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A.M. Ahmadi
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25/10/1994
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24/03/1997
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27
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J.S. Verma
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25/03/1997
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17/01/1998
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28
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M.M. Punchhi
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18/01/1998
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09/10/1998
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29
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A.S. Anand
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10/10/1998
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31/10/2001
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30
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Justice S.P. Bharucha
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01/11/2001
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05/05/2002
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31
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Justice B.N. Kirpal
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06/05/2002
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07/11/2002
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32
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G.B. Pattanaik
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08/11/2002
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18/12/2002
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33
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V.N. Khare
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19/12/2002
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01/05/2004
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34
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S. Rajendra Babu
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02/05/2004
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31/05/2004
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35
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R.C. Lahoti
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01/06/2004
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31/10/2005
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36
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Y.K. Sabharwal
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01/11/2005
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13/01/2007
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37
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K.G. Balakrishnan
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14/01/2007
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11/05/2010
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38
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S.H. Kapadia
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12/05/2010
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28/09/2012
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39
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Altamas Kabir
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29/09/2012
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18/07/2013
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40
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P. Sathasivam
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19/07/2013
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26/04/2014
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41
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R. M. Lodha
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27/04/2014
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27/09/2014
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42
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H.L. Dattu
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28/09/2014
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02/12/2015
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43
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T. S. Thakur
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03/12/2015
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03.01.2017
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44
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Jagdish Singh Khehar
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04.01.2017
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27/08/2017
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45
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Dipak Misra
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28.08.2017
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02/10/2018
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