Appointment: The Chief Justice of India is appointed by the President. Other Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the president in consultation with the chief justice. He may also consult other judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts while appointing a judge to the Supreme Court.
Tenure: Judges of the Supreme Court can hold office up to the age of 65 years.
Qualification : Any citizen of India who has been a judge of a High Court for 5 years, or in the opinion of the President, is an eminent jurist or who has been a practicing advocate in a High Court for a period of 10 years can be nominated as a judge of the Supreme Court [Article 124(3)].
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| No. | Chief Justices | Period of office |
| 1. | H. J. Kania | August, 1947 – November, 1951 |
| 2. | M. Patanjali Sastri | November, 1951 – January, 1954 |
| 3. | Mehar Chand Mahajan | January, 1954 – December, 1954 |
| 4. | B.K. Mukherjea | December, 1954 – January, 1956 |
| 5. | S.R. Das | February, 1956 – September, 1959 |
| 6. | B. P. Sinha | October, 1959 – January, 1964 |
| 7. | P.B. Gajendragadkar | February, 1964 – March, 1966 |
| 8. | A.K. Sarkar | March, 1966 – June, 1966 |
| 9. | K. Subba Rao | June, 1966 – April, 1967 |
| 10. | K.N. Wanchoo | April, 1967 – February, 1968 |
| 11. | M. Hidayatullah | February, 1968 – December, 1970 |
| 12. | J.C. Shah | December, 1970 – January, 1971 |
| 13. | S.M. Sikri | January, 1971 – April, 1973 |
| 14. | A.N. Ray | April, 1973 – January, 1977 |
| 15. | M.H. Beg | January, 1977 – February, 1978 |
| 16. | Y.V. Chandrachud | February, 1978 – July, 1985 |
| 17. | P. N. Bhagwati | July, 1985 – December, 1986 |
| 18. | R.S. Pathak | December, 1986 – June, 1989 |
| 19. | E.S. Venkataramiah | June, 1989 – December, 1989 |
| 20. | Sabyasachi Mukharjee | December, 1989 – September, 1990 |
| 21. | Ranganath Mishra | September, 1990 – November, 1991 |
| 22. | K.N. Singh | November, 1991 – December, 1991 |
| 23. | M.H. Kania | December, 1991 – November, 1992 |
| 24. | L.M. Sharma | November, 1992 – February, 1993 |
| 25. | M.N. Venkatachaliah | February, 1993 – October, 1994 |
| 26. | Aziz Mushabbar Ahmadi | October, 1994 – March, 1997 |
| 27. | J.S. Verma | March, 1997 – January, 1998 |
| 28. | M.M. Punchhi | January, 1998 – October, 1998 |
| 29. | A.S. Anand | October, 1998 – November, 2001 |
| 30. | S. P. Bharucha | November, 2001 – May, 2002 |
| 31. | Bhupinder Nath Kripal | May, 2002 – November, 2002 |
| 32. | Mr. G.B Pattanaik | November, 2002 – December, 2002 |
| 33. | Mr. V.N. Khare | December, 2002 – May, 2004 |
| 34. | Mr. S. Rajendra Babu | May, 2004 – June, 2004 |
| 35. | R. C. Lahoti | June, 2004 – 31 October, 2005 |
| 36. | Y. K. Sabharwal | 2 November, 2005 – 14 January, 2007 |
| 37. | K.G. Balakrishnan | 15 January, 2007 – 11 May, 2010 |
| 38. | S. H. Kapadia | 12 May, 2010 – 28 September, 2012 |
| 39. | Altamas Kabir | 29 September, 2012 – 18 July, 2013 |
| 40. | P. Sathasivam | 19 July, 2013 – 26 April, 2014 |
| 41. | Rajendra Mal Lodha | 27 April, 2014 – 27 September, 2014 |
| 42. | H. L. Dattu | 28 September, 2014 – 2 December, 2015 |
| 43. | T. S. Thakur | 3 December, 2015 – 3 January, 2017 |
| 44. | Jagdish Singh Khehar | 4 January, 2017 – 27 August 2017 |
| 45. | Dipak Misra | 28 August 2017 – 1 October 2018 |
| 46. | Ranjan Gogoi | 2 October 2018 – 17 November 2019 |
| 47. | Sharad Arvind Bobde | 18 November 2019 – Till Date |
भारत के प्रधान न्यायाधीशों की पूरी सूची
| नाम | नियुक्ति की तारीख | पद पर रहे |
| जस्टिस एच जे कनिया | 26/01/1950 | 06/11/1951 |
| जस्टिस एम पी शास्त्री | 7/11/1951 | 3/1/1954 |
| जस्टिस मेहरचंद महाजन | 4/1/1954 | 22/12/1954 |
| जस्टिस बी के मुखरीजा | 23/12/1954 | 31/01/1956 |
| जस्टिस एस आर दास | 1/2/1956 | 30/09/1959 |
| जस्टिस बी पी सिन्हा | 1/10/1959 | 31/01/1964 |
| जस्टिस पी बी गजेंद्रगडकर | 1/2/1964 | 15/03/1966 |
| जस्टिस ए के सरकार | 16/03/1966 | 29/06/1966 |
| जस्टिस के एस राव | 30/06/1966 | 11/04/1967 |
| जस्टिस के एन वान्चू | 12/4/1967 | 24/02/1968 |
| जस्टिस एम हिदायतुल्ला | 25/02/1968 | 16/12/1970 |
| जस्टिस जे सी शाह | 17/12/1970 | 21/01/1971 |
| जस्टिस एस एम सिकरी | 22/01/1971 | 25/04/1973 |
| जस्टिस ए एन रे | 26/04/1973 | 28/01/1977 |
| जस्टिस मिर्जा हमीदुल्ला बेग | 29/01/1977 | 21/02/1978 |
| जस्टिस वाई वी चंद्रचूड़ | 22/02/1978 | 11/7/1985 |
| जस्टिस पी एन भगवती | 12/7/1985 | 20/12/1986 |
| जस्टिस आर एस पाठक | 21/12/1986 | 18/06/1989 |
| जस्टिस ई एस वेंकटरमैय्या | 19/06/1989 | 17/12/1989 |
| जस्टिस एस मुखर्जी | 18/12/1989 | 25/09/1990 |
| जस्टिस रंगनाथ मिश्र | 25/09/1990 | 24/11/1991 |
| जस्टिस के एन सिंह | 25/11/1991 | 12/12/1991 |
| जस्टिस एम एच कनिया | 13/12/1991 | 17/11/1992 |
| जस्टिस एल एम शर्मा | 18/11/1992 | 11/2/1993 |
| जस्टिस एम एन वेंकटचेलैय्या | 12/2/1993 | 24/10/1994 |
| जस्टिस ए एम अहमदी | 25/10/1994 | 24/03/1997 |
| जस्टिस जे एस वर्मा | 25/03/1997 | 17/01/1998 |
| जस्टिस एम एम पुंछी | 18/01/1998 | 9/10/1998 |
| जस्टिस ए एस आनंद | 10/10/1998 | 31/10/2001 |
| जस्टिस एस पी भरुचा | 1/11/2001 | 5/5/2002 |
| जस्टिस बी एन कृपाल | 6/5/2002 | 7/11/2002 |
| जस्टिस जी बी पटनायक | 8/11/2002 | 18/12/2002 |
| जस्टिस वी एन खरे | 19/12/2002 | 01/05/2004 |
| जस्टिस एस. राजेन्द्र बाबू | 2/5/2004 | 31/05/2004 |
| जस्टिस आर सी लहोटी | 1/6/2004 | 31/10/2005 |
| जस्टिस वाई के सभरवाल | 1/11/2005 | 13/01/2007 |
| जस्टिस के. जी. बालकृष्णन | 14/01/2007 | 11/5/2010 |
| जस्टिस एस एच कपाड़िया | 12/5/2010 | 28/09/2012 |
| जस्टिस अल्तमास कबीर | 29/09/2012 | 18/07/2013 |
| जस्टिस पी सतशिवम | 19/07/2013 | 26/04/2014 |
| जस्टिस आर एम लोढ़ा | 27/04/2014 | 27/09/2014 |
| जस्टिस एच एल दत्तु | 28/09/2014 | 02/12/2015 |
| जस्टिस टी एस ठाकुर | 03/12/2015 | 03/01/2017 |
| जस्टिस जगदीश सिंह खेहर | 04/01/2017 | 27/08/2017 |
| दीपक मिश्रा | 28/08/2017 | 01/10/2018 |
| रंजन गोगोई | 03/10/2018 | 17/11/2019 |
| शरद अरविंद बोबडे | 18/11/2019 |
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