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:
- He should be an Indian citizen.
- The appointee should be a High Court/s Judge for 5 years. Or
- An advocate of High Court/s for 10 years. Or
- 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 |
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1. |
Harilal Jekisundas Kania |
26/01/1950 to 06/11/1951 |
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2. |
Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri |
07/11/1951 to 03/01/1954 |
| 3. | Mehr Chand Mahajan |
04/01/1954 to 22/12/1954 |
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4. |
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea |
23/12/1954 to 31/01/1956 |
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5. |
Sudhi Ranjan Das |
01/02/1956 to 30/09/1959 |
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6. |
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha |
01/10/1959 to 31/01/1964 |
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7. |
Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar |
01/02/1964 to 15/03/1966 |
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8. |
Amal Kumar Sarkar |
16/03/1966 to 29/06/1966 |
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9. |
Koka Subba Rao |
30/06/1966 to 11/04/1967 |
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10. |
Kailas Nath Wanchoo |
12/04/1967 to 24/02/1968 |
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11. |
Mohammad Hidayatullah |
25/02/1968 to 16/12/1970 |
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12. |
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah |
17/12/1970 to 21/01/1971 |
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13. |
Sarv Mittra Sikri |
22/01/1971 to 25/04/1973 |
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14. |
Ajit Nath Ray |
26/04/1973 to 27/01/1977 |
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15. |
Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
29/01/1977 to 21/02/1978 |
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16. |
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud |
22/02/1978 to 11/07/1985 |
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17. |
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati |
12/07/1985 to 20/12/1986 |
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18. |
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak |
21/12/1986 to 18/06/1989 |
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19. |
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah |
19/06/1989 to 17/12/1989 |
|
20. |
Sabyasachi Mukharji |
18/12/1989 to 25/09/1990 |
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21. |
Ranganath Misra |
26/09/1990 to 24/11/1991 |
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22. |
Kamal Narain Singh |
25/11/1991 to 12/12/1991 |
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23. |
Madhukar Hiralal Kania |
13/12/1991 to 17/12/1992 |
|
24. |
Lalit Mohan Sharma |
18/11/1992 to 11/02/1993 |
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25. |
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah |
12/02/1993 to 24/10/1994 |
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26. |
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi |
25/10/1994 to 24/03/1997 |
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27. |
Jagdish Sharan Verma |
25/03/1997 to 17/01/1998 |
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28. |
Madan Mohan Punchhi |
18/01/1998 to 09/10/1998 |
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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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