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Chief Justice of India | List, Appointment, Salary

Posted on 27/06/202102/10/2021 By GK Questions No Comments on Chief Justice of India | List, Appointment, Salary
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1 Chief Justice of India (CJI)
1.1 Appointment of Chief Justice of India (CJI)
1.2 Qualification for the Chief Justice of India
1.3 Chief Justice of India List
1.3.1 Chief Justice of India
1.3.2 Period of Office

Chief Justice of India (CJI)

After the establishment of the Supreme Court of India in 1950, it has seen the 48 CJI. The President appoints the Chief Justice of India and Judges of the Supreme Court under article 124 (2) of the Indian Constitution.

Appointment of Chief Justice of India (CJI)

  • The President of India appoints the CJI after the consultation of the judges of the supreme court and the High Court as it seems necessary.
  • The Union Minister of Law and Justice seeks the ongoing CJI recommendation for the appointment of the next Chief Justice of India.
  • As per the tradition, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court will be appointed as the CJI.
  • If there is any doubt about the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court for the appointment as the CJI. The Constitution of India under Article 124 (2) advised for consultation from the other Judges.
  • After getting the CJI recommendation the Union Minister of Law and Justice put it to the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister will advise the President of India for the appointment of CJI.

Qualification for the Chief Justice of India

The Constitution of India does not provide any qualification for the CJI, the qualification of CJI would be the same as for Judges of the Supreme Court. The qualification for the appointment as the Judge of Supreme Court is given below:

  1. He should be an Indian citizen.
  2. The appointee should be a High Court/s Judge for 5 years. Or
  3. An advocate of High Court/s for 10 years. Or
  4. In the opinion of the President, he should be a distinguished jurist.

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Chief Justice of India List

The complete list of CJI is given below:

S.NO
Chief Justice of India
Period of Office

1.

Harilal Jekisundas Kania

26/01/1950 to 06/11/1951

2.

Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri

07/11/1951 to 03/01/1954

3. Mehr Chand Mahajan

04/01/1954 to 22/12/1954

4.

Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

23/12/1954 to 31/01/1956

5.

Sudhi Ranjan Das

01/02/1956 to 30/09/1959

6.

Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

01/10/1959 to 31/01/1964

7.

Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar

01/02/1964 to 15/03/1966

8.

Amal Kumar Sarkar

16/03/1966 to 29/06/1966

9.

Koka Subba Rao

30/06/1966 to 11/04/1967

10.

Kailas Nath Wanchoo

12/04/1967 to 24/02/1968

11.

Mohammad Hidayatullah

25/02/1968 to 16/12/1970

12.

Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah

17/12/1970 to 21/01/1971

13.

Sarv Mittra Sikri

22/01/1971 to 25/04/1973

14.

Ajit Nath Ray

26/04/1973 to 27/01/1977

15.

Mirza Hameedullah Beg

29/01/1977 to 21/02/1978

16.

Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

22/02/1978 to 11/07/1985

17.

Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati

12/07/1985 to 20/12/1986

18.

Raghunandan Swarup Pathak

21/12/1986 to 18/06/1989

19.

Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah

19/06/1989 to 17/12/1989

20.

Sabyasachi Mukharji

18/12/1989 to 25/09/1990

21.

Ranganath Misra

26/09/1990 to 24/11/1991

22.

Kamal Narain Singh

25/11/1991 to 12/12/1991

23.

Madhukar Hiralal Kania

13/12/1991 to 17/12/1992

24.

Lalit Mohan Sharma

18/11/1992 to 11/02/1993

25.

Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah

12/02/1993 to 24/10/1994

26.

Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi

25/10/1994 to 24/03/1997

27.

Jagdish Sharan Verma

25/03/1997 to 17/01/1998

28.

Madan Mohan Punchhi

18/01/1998 to 09/10/1998

29.

Adarsh Sein Anand

10/10/1998 to 31/10/2001

30. Sam Piroj Bharucha 01/11/2001 to 05/05/2002
31. Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 06/05/2002 to 07/11/2002
32. Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 08/11/2002 to 18/12/2002
33. Vishweshwar Nath Khare 19/12/2002 to 01/05/2004
34. S. Rajendra Babu 02/05/2004 to 31/05/2004
 35. Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 01/06/2004 to 31/10/2005
36. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 01/11/2005 to 13/01/2007
37. Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan 14/01/2007 to 12/05/2010
38. Sarosh Homi Kapadia 12/05/2010 to 28/09/2012
39. Altamas Kabir 29/09/2012 to 18/07/2013
40. Palanisamy Gounder Sathasivam 19/07/2013 to 26/04/214
41. Rajendra Mal Lodha 27/04/2014 to 27/09/2014
42. Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu 28/09/2014 to 02/12/2015
43. Tirath Singh Thakur 03/12/2015 to 03/01/2017
44. Jagdish Singh Khehar 04/01/2017 to 27/08/2017
45. Dipak Misra 28/08/2017 to 02/10/2018
46. Ranjan Gogoi 03/10/2018 to 17/11/2019
47. Sharad Arvind Bobde 18/11/2019 to 23/04/2021
48. Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana 24/04/2021 till today

 

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FAQs on CJI

Q.) Who is the present chief justice of India?

Ans.) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is the current chief justice of India. He is the 48th CJI since the Supreme Court of India established in 1950.

Q.) Who is the first chief justice of India?

Ans.) Harilal Jekisundas Kania is the first CJI he assumed the office of CJI on 26/01/1950 served as the CJI till 06/11/1951.

Q.) Who is the first woman chief justice of India?

Ans.) India never had any women CJI.

Q.) What is the salary of the chief justice of India?

Ans.) The salary of the CJI is determined by the parliament. In 2009 salary of the CJI is increased from 30,000 Rs to 1 lakh which is the present salary and in 2017 a bill is proposed in the parliament to increase the salary of the CJI to 2,80,000.

Q.) What is the supreme court of India chief justice email id?

Ans.) You cannot directly email the supreme court of India chief justice, they don’t disclose their personal ids or details.

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