List of chief justices of India
There are a total of 50 Chief Justices of India's who have served since the establishment of the Supreme Court of India in 1950, which superseded the Federal Court of India. The current and 50th Chief Justice is Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, who entered office on 9 November 2022. Precursor

Federal Court of India (1937–50)
The Federal Court of India came into being on 1 October 1937. The seat of the court was the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building in Delhi. It began with a chief justice and two puisne judges. The first chief justice was Sir Maurice Gwyer and the other two judges were Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman and Mukund Ramrao Jayakar. It functioned until the establishment of the Supreme Court of India on 28 January 1950. List of Chief Justices of India 
Key
  Died in office
  Resigned

Trivia

Tenure 

 Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, the 16th chief justice, is the longest-serving chief justice, serving over seven years ( – ). Kamal Narain Singh, the 22nd chief justice, is the shortest-serving, for 17 days ( – ). Parent High Court 

The Bombay High Court has contributed ten chief justices of India, more than any other high court. Additionally, two chief justices, the 13th chief justice Sarv Mittra Sikri and the 49th chief justice Uday Umesh Lalit were elevated directly from the Bar Council of India. Longevity 

 Amal Kumar Sarkar was the longest-lived chief justice of India, he died at the age of 100. Five chief justices, Ajit Nath Ray, Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, Kamal Narain Singh, Manepalli Narayanarao Venkatachaliah, and Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi are nonagenarians. Harilal Jekisundas Kania is the shortest-lived chief justice, he died in office at the age of 61. Family relations 

 Harilal Jekisundas Kania, the 1st chief justice, was the uncle of Madhukar Hiralal Kania, the 23rd chief justice. Ranganath Misra, the 21st chief justice, was the uncle of Dipak Misra, the 45th chief justice. Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, the 16th chief justice, was the father of Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, the 50th chief justice. Representation 

 Mohammad Hidayatullah, the 11th chief justice, was the first CJI from the Muslim community. Sam Piroj Bharucha, the 30th Chief Justice, was the first CJI from the Parsi community. Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan, the 37th chief justice, was the first CJI from the Dalit community. Rajendra Mal Lodha, the 41st chief justice, was the first from the Jain community. Jagdish Singh Khehar, the 44th chief justice, was the first CJI from the Sikh community. Post-retirement

National Human Rights Commission
Ranganath Misra, the 21st chief justice served as the first Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission from 1993 until 1996. M. N. Venkatachaliah, the 25th chief justice served as the second Chairman of the commission from 1996 until 1999. J. S. Verma, the 27th chief justice served as the third Chairman of the commission from 1999 until 2003. Adarsh Sein Anand, the 29th chief justice served as the fourth Chairman of the commission from 2003 until 2006. S. Rajendra Babu, the 34th chief justice served as the fifth Chairman of the commission from 2007 until 2009. K. G. Balakrishnan, the 37th chief justice served as the sixth Chairman of the commission from 2010 until 2015. H. L. Dattu, the 42nd chief justice served as the seventh Chairman of the commission from 2016 until 2020. Others
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, the 6th chief justice served as the President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from 1965 until 1967. P. B. Gajendragadkar, the 7th chief justice served as the Chairman of the 6th and 7th Law Commission of India from 1971 until 1974. Koka Subba Rao, the 9th chief justice unsuccessfully contested the 1967 presidential election against Zakir Husain. Mohammad Hidayatullah, the 11th chief justice who also served as the Acting President served as the Vice President of India from 1979 until 1984. Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, the 12th chief justice headed the Shah Commission in 1977 to inquire into all the excesses committed during the Emergency (19751977). Y. V. Chandrachud, the 16th chief justice headed the Chandrachud Commission in 1997 to examine the charges laid by Manoj Prabhakar on BCCI for match fixing. P. N. Bhagwati, the 17th chief justice served as the Chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Committee from 2001 until 2003. Raghunandan Swarup Pathak, the 18th chief justice served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 1989 until 1991. Ranganath Misra, the 21st chief justice served as a member of the Rajya Sabha representing Orissa as a member of the Indian National Congress from 1998 until 2004. M. N. Venkatachaliah, the 25th chief justice served as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the working of the Constitution in 2000. Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, the 26th chief justice served as the Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University from 2003 until 2010. Madan Mohan Punchhi, the 28th chief justice served as the Chairman of the Punchhi Commission dealing with matters pertaining to centre-state relations. Bhupinder Nath Kirpal, the 31st chief justice is currently serving as the Chairman of the National Forest Commission since 2003. P. Sathasivam, the 40th chief justice served as the Governor of Kerala from 2014 until 2019. Rajendra Mal Lodha, the 41st chief justice headed the Lodha Committee in 2015 to analyse and recommend implementable actions for improving the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Ranjan Gogoi, the 46th chief justice is currently serving as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha since 2020. See also
 List of current Indian chief justices
 List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
 List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India
 List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India

References

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