| S.No. | Name of the Justice | Period of office (Start and End date) |
Length of term (days) |
Parent High Court | Appointer (President of India) |
|
| 1 | H. J. Kania | 26-Jan-50 | 6-Nov-51 | 649 | Bombay | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | M. Patanjali Sastri | 7-Nov-51 | 3-Jan-54 | 788 | Madras | Rajendra Prasad |
| 3 | Mehr Chand Mahajan | 4-Jan-54 | 22-Dec-54 | 352 | Lahore | Rajendra Prasad |
| 4 | Bijan Kumar Mukherjea | 23-Dec-54 | 31-Jan-56 | 404 | Calcutta | Rajendra Prasad |
| 5 | Sudhi Ranjan Das | 1-Feb-56 | 30-Sep-59 | 1,337 | Calcutta | Rajendra Prasad |
| 6 | Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | 1-Oct-59 | 31-Jan-64 | 1,583 | Patna | Rajendra Prasad |
| 7 | P. B. Gajendragadkar | 1-Feb-64 | 15-Mar-66 | 773 | Bombay | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 8 | Amal Kumar Sarkar | 16-Mar-66 | 29-Jun-66 | 105 | Calcutta | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 9 | Koka Subba Rao | 30-Jun-66 | 11-Apr-67 | 285 | Madras | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 10 | Kailas Nath Wanchoo | 12-Apr-67 | 24-Feb-68 | 318 | Allahabad | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 11 | Mohammad Hidayatullah | 25-Feb-68 | 16-Dec-70 | 1,025 | Bombay | Zakir Hussain |
| 12 | Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah | 17-Dec-70 | 21-Jan-71 | 35 | Bombay | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| 13 | Sarv Mittra Sikri | 22-Jan-71 | 25-Apr-73 | 824 | Lahore | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| 14 | A. N. Ray | 26-Apr-73 | 27-Jan-77 | 1,372 | Calcutta | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
| 15 | Mirza Hameedullah Beg | 29-Jan-77 | 21-Feb-78 | 389 | Allahabad | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 16 | Y. V. Chandrachud | 22-Feb-78 | 11-Jul-85 | 2,696 | Bombay | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 17 | P. N. Bhagwati | 12-Jul-85 | 20-Dec-86 | 526 | Gujarat | Zail Singh |
| 18 | Raghunandan Swarup Pathak | 21-Dec-86 | 18-Jun-89 | 940 | Allahabad | Zail Singh |
| 19 | Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah | 19-Jun-89 | 17-Dec-89 | 181 | Karnataka | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 20 | Sabyasachi Mukharji | 18-Dec-89 | 25-Sep-90 | 281 | Calcutta | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 21 | Ranganath Misra | 26-Sep-90 | 24-Nov-91 | 424 | Orissa | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 22 | Kamal Narain Singh | 25-Nov-91 | 12-Dec-91 | 17 | Allahabad | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 23 | Madhukar Hiralal Kania | 13-Dec-91 | 17-Nov-92 | 340 | Bombay | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 24 | Lalit Mohan Sharma | 18-Nov-92 | 11-Feb-93 | 85 | Patna | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 25 | M. N. Venkatachaliah | 12-Feb-93 | 24-Oct-94 | 619 | Karnataka | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 26 | Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi | 25-Oct-94 | 24-Mar-97 | 881 | Gujarat | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 27 | J. S. Verma | 25-Mar-97 | 17-Jan-98 | 298 | Madhya Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 28 | Madan Mohan Punchhi | 18-Jan-98 | 9-Oct-98 | 264 | Punjab and Haryana | Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
| 29 | Adarsh Sein Anand | 10-Oct-98 | 31-Oct-01 | 1,117 | Jammu and Kashmir | Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
| 30 | Sam Piroj Bharucha | 1-Nov-01 | 5-May-02 | 185 | Bombay | Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
| 31 | Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | 6-May-02 | 7-Nov-02 | 185 | Delhi | Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
| 32 | Gopal Ballav Pattanaik | 8-Nov-02 | 18-Dec-02 | 40 | Orissa | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 33 | V. N. Khare | 19-Dec-02 | 1-May-04 | 499 | Allahabad | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 34 | S. Rajendra Babu | 2-May-04 | 31-May-04 | 29 | Karnataka | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 35 | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti | 1-Jun-04 | 31-Oct-05 | 517 | Madhya Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 36 | Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal | 1-Nov-05 | 13-Jan-07 | 438 | Delhi | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 37 | K. G. Balakrishnan | 14-Jan-07 | 12-May-10 | 1,214 | Kerala | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 38 | S. H. Kapadia | 12-May-10 | 28-Sep-12 | 870 | Bombay | Pratibha Patil |
| 39 | Altamas Kabir | 29-Sep-12 | 18-Jul-13 | 292 | Calcutta | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 40 | P. Sathasivam | 19-Jul-13 | 26-Apr-14 | 281 | Madras | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 41 | Rajendra Mal Lodha | 27-Apr-14 | 27-Sep-14 | 153 | Rajasthan | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 42 | H. L. Dattu | 28-Sep-14 | 2-Dec-15 | 430 | Karnataka | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 43 | T. S. Thakur | 3-Dec-15 | 3-Jan-17 | 397 | Jammu and Kashmir | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 44 | Jagdish Singh Khehar | 4-Jan-17 | 27-Aug-17 | 235 | Punjab and Haryana | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 45 | Dipak Misra | 28-Aug-17 | 2-Oct-18 | 400 | Orissa | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 46 | Ranjan Gogoi | 3-Oct-18 | 17-Nov-19 | 410 | Gawhati | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 47 | Sharad Arvind Bobde | 18 November 2019 | 23 April 2021 | 1 year, 156 days | Bombay | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 48 | Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana | 24 April 2021 | 26 August 2022 | 1 year, 124 days | Andhra Pradesh | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 49 | Uday Umesh Lalit | 27 August 2022 | 8 November 2022 | 73 days | Bar Council | Droupadi Murmu |
| 50 | Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud | 9 November 2022 | Incumbent | 294 days | Bombay | Droupadi Murmu |