List of Chief Justice of India from 1950 to 2023

Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India:

So far 50 people (including the current Chief Justice) have served as the Chief Justice of the country in India. As the first Chief Justice of India, H.J. Kania took oath on 26 January 1950. D.Y. Chandrachud is the present Chief Justice of India. D.Y. Chandrachud is taking over as the Chief Justice of India from 9 November 2022.

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar became the first Justice of the Sikh community. Ranjan Gogoi was the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court and was sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India by the country's President Ram Nath Kovind on 03 October 2018. After becoming the CJI, Justice Ranjan Gogoi remained in his post for about 1 year and 1 month and retired on November 17, 2019.

Justice Gogoi, who hails from Assam, was the first Chief Justice of the country from Northeast India. As per tradition, the Chief Justice who has completed his tenure sends recommendation of the name of his successor to the government 30 days before his retirement and former Justice Dipak Misra recommended Ranjan Gogoi's name to the Central Government.

The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, Dr. Justice Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud, has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI). As the 50th CJI, D.Y. Chandrachud is taking office, who took oath on 9 November 2022, he will remain in this post till 10 November 2024. Know the complete information has been given about the names, qualifications and tenure of all the Chief Justices of India appointed from the year 1950 to 2022.

List of Chief Justices of India from the year 1950-2023:

Appointment of Chief Justice of Supreme Court:

All the judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President of India in consultation with the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, before advising the President in this regard, compulsorily consults a group of four senior most judges and on the basis of the advice received from this group gives advice to the President. According to Article 124, while appointing the Chief Justice, the President shall, of his choice, take the advice of the judges of the Supreme Court. At the time of appointment of other judges, he has to compulsorily follow the advice of the Chief Justice.

Qualifications of a Supreme Court Judge:

• The person should be a citizen of India.
• Should have served as a Judge of a High Court for at least five years or as a Judge of two or more Courts for at least five consecutive years.
• Should have been an advocate in any High Court or Courts for ten consecutive years.
• That person should, in the opinion of the President, be an eminent jurist.
• To become a judge of the Supreme Court, it is mandatory for a judge to have five years experience in the High Court of any state and he should not have completed the age of 62 years.

Tenure of Supreme Court Judges:

The retirement age of the judges of the Supreme Court of India is 65 years. Judges can be removed by the President only on the basis of a resolution passed by both the Houses of Parliament by a two-thirds majority on the evidence of misbehavior (impeachment) or incapacity.

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