Explanation
here's a list of all the Chief Justices of India in chronological order :
1. JUSTICE H.J KANIA ( 26 JANUARY 1950 – 6 NOVEMBER 1951 )
2. JUSTICE M. PATANJALI SASTRI (7 NOVEMBER 1951 – 3 JANUARY 1954 )
3. JUSTICE MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN (4 JANUARY 1954 – 22 DECEMBER 1954 )
4. JUSTICE BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA (23 DECEMBER 1954 – 31 JANUARY 1956 )
5. JUSTICE SUDHI RANJAN DAS (1 FEBRUARY 1956 – 30 SEPTEMBER 1959 )
6. JUSTICE BHUVANESHWAR PRASAD SINHA (1 OCTOBER 1959 – 31 JANUARY 1964 )
7. JUSTICE P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR (1 FEBRUARY 1964 – 15 MARCH 1966 )
8. JUSTICE AMAL KUMAR SARKAR (16 MARCH 1966 – 29 JUNE 1966 )
9. JUSTICE KOKA SUBBA RAO (30 JUNE 1966 – 11 APRIL 1967 )
10. JUSTICE KAILAS NATH WANCHOO (12 APRIL 1967 – 24 FEBRUARY 1968 )
11. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD HIDAYATULLAH (25 FEBRUARY 1968 – 16 DECEMBER 1970 )
12. JUSTICE JAYANTILAL CHHOTALAL SHAH (17 DECEMBER 1970 – 21 JANUARY 1971 )
13. JUSTICE SARV MITTRA SIKRI ( 22 JANUARY 1971 – 25 APRIL 1973 )
14. JUSTICE A. N. RAY ( 26 APRIL 1973 – 27 JANUARY 1977 )
15. JUSTICE MIRZA HAMEEDULLAH BEG ( 29 JANUARY 1977 – 21 FEBRUARY 1978 )
16. JUSTICE Y. V. CHANDRACHUD ( 22 FEBRUARY 1978 – 11 JULY 1985 )
17. JUSTICE P. N. BHAGWATI ( 12 JULY 1985 – 20 DECEMBER 1986 )
18. JUSTICE RAGHUNANDAN SWARUP PATHAK ( 21 DECEMBER 1986 – 18 JUNE 1989 )
19. JUSTICE ENGALAGUPPE SEETHARAMAIAH VENKATARAMIAH ( 19 JUNE 1989 – 17 DECEMBER 1989 )
20. JUSTICE SABYASACHI MUKHARJI ( 18 DECEMBER 1989 – 25 SEPTEMBER 1990 )
21. JUSTICE RANGANATH MISRA ( 26 SEPTEMBER 1990 – 24 NOVEMBER 1991 )
22. JUSTICE KAMAL NARAIN SINGH ( 25 NOVEMBER 1991 – 12 DECEMBER 1991 )
23. JUSTICE MADHUKAR HIRALAL KANIA ( 13 DECEMBER 1991 – 17 NOVEMBER 1992 )
24. JUSTICE LALIT MOHAN SHARMA ( 18 NOVEMBER 1992 – 11 FEBRUARY 1993 )
25. JUSTICE M. N. VENKATACHALIAH ( 12 FEBRUARY 1993 – 24 OCTOBER 1994 )
26. JUSTICE AZIZ MUSHABBER AHMADI ( 25 OCTOBER 1994 – 24 MARCH 1997 )
27. JUSTICE J. S. VERMA ( 25 MARCH 1997 – 17 JANUARY 1998 )
28. JUSTICE MADAN MOHAN PUNCHHI ( 18 JANUARY 1998 – 9 OCTOBER 1998 )
29. JUSTICE ADARSH SEIN ANAND ( 10 OCTOBER 1998 – 31 OCTOBER 2001 )
30. JUSTICE SAM PIROJ BHARUCHA ( 1 NOVEMBER 2001 – 5 MAY 2002 )
31. JUSTICE BHUPINDER NATH KIRPAL ( 6 MAY 2002 – 7 NOVEMBER 2002 )
32. JUSTICE GOPAL BALLAV PATTANAIK ( 8 NOVEMBER 2002 – 18 DECEMBER 2002 )
33. JUSTICE V. N. KHARE ( 19 DECEMBER 2002 – 1 MAY 2004 )
34. JUSTICE S. RAJENDRA BABU ( 2 MAY 2004 – 31 MAY 2004 )
35. JUSTICE RAMESH CHANDRA LAHOTI ( 1 JUNE 2004 – 31 OCTOBER 2005 )
36. JUSTICE YOGESH KUMAR SABHARWAL ( 1 NOVEMBER 2005 – 13 JANUARY 2007 )
37. JUSTICE K. G. BALAKRISHNAN ( 14 JANUARY 2007 – 12 MAY 2010 )
38. JUSTICE S. H. KAPADIA ( 12 MAY 2010 – 28 SEPTEMBER 2012 )
39. JUSTICE ALTAMAS KABIR ( 29 SEPTEMBER 2012 – 18 JULY 2013 )
40. JUSTICE P. SATHASIVAM ( 19 JULY 2013 – 26 APRIL 2014 )
41. JUSTICE RAJENDRA MAL LODHA ( 27 APRIL 2014 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2014 )
42. JUSTICE H. L. DATTU ( 28 SEPTEMBER 2014 – 2 DECEMBER 2015 )
43. JUSTICE T. S. THAKUR ( 3 DECEMBER 2015 – 3 JANUARY 2017 )
44. JUSTICE JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR ( 4 JANUARY 2017 – 27 AUGUST 2017 )
45. JUSTICE DIPAK MISRA ( 28 AUGUST 2017 – 2 OCTOBER 2018 )
46. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI ( 3 OCTOBER 2018 – 17 NOVEMBER 2019 )
47. JUSTICE SHARAD ARVIND BOBDE ( 18 NOVEMBER 2019 – 23 APRIL 2021 )
48. JUSTICE N. V. RAMANA ( 24 APRIL 2021 – 26 AUGUST 2022 )
49. JUSTICE U. U. LALIT ( 27 AUGUST 2022 – 8 NOVEMBER 2022 )
50. JUSTICE D. Y. CHANDRACHUD ( 9 NOVEMBER 2022 – INCUMBENT )
