Chief Justice of India

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The Chief Justice of India is the highest position obtainable by a judge in India.

The chief justice of the Supreme Court is appointed on the basis of seniority by the President of India.The nominees for chief justice of the supreme court must have an experience of being judge of highcourt for atleast 5 years, or be a lawyer for 10 years in the high court. Appointments of other judges to the Supreme Court are made by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice.

The Chief Justice occupies courtroom no 1 of the Supreme Court of India. Amongst his/her responsibilities are the fixing of benches.

R.C. Lahoti is the incumbent Chief Justice, and will be succeeded by Y. K. Sabharwal.

List of former Chief Justices of Supreme Court of India

This is a list of former Chief Justices of Supreme Court of India. The current Chief Justice of India is Ramesh Chandra Lahoti (June 1, 2004 - November 1, 2005).

1. H. J. Kania
2. M. P. Sastri
3. M. C. Mahajan
4. B. K. Mukherjea
5. S. R. Das
6. B. P. Sinha
7. P. B. Gajendragadkar
8. A. K. Sarkar
9. K. Subba Rao
10. K. N. Wanchoo
11. M. Hidayatullah
12. J. C. Shah
13. S. M. Sikri
14. A. N. Ray
15. M. H. Beg
16. Y. V. Chandrachud
17. P. N. Bhagwati
18. R. S. Pathak
19. E. S. Venkataramiah
20. S. Mukharji
21. Ranganath Misra
22. K. N. Singh
23. M. H. Kania
24. L. M. Sharma
25. M. N. Venkatachaliah
26. A. M. Ahmadi
27. J. S. Verma
28. M. M. Punchhi
29. A. S. Anand
30. S. P. Bharucha
31. B. N. Kirpal
32. G. B. Pattanaik
33. V. N. Khare
34. Rajendra Babu

External link

• Photo gallery of former chief justices on website of Supreme Court of India