Sr. no.

Name and Life

Tenure

High Court

President

1

Harilal Jekisundas Kania

(1890–1951)

26th January 1950

To

6th November 1951

Bombay High Court

Rajendra Prasad

2

Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri

(1889–1963)

7th November 1951

To

3rd January 1954

Madras High Court

Rajendra Prasad

3

Mehr Chand Mahajan

(1889–1967)

4th January 1954

To

22 December 1954

Lahore High Court

Rajendra Prasad

4

Bijan Kumar Mukherjea

(1891–1956)

23rd December 1954

To

31st January 1956

Calcutta High Court

Rajendra Prasad

5

Sudhi Ranjan Das

(1894–1977)

1st February 1956

To

30th September 1959

Calcutta High Court

Rajendra Prasad

6

Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha

(1899–1986)

1st October 1959

To

31st January 1964

Patna High Court

Rajendra Prasad

7

Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar

(1901–1981)

1st February 1964

To

15th March 1966

Bombay High Court

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

8

Amal Kumar Sarkar

(1901–2001)

16th March 1966

To

29th June 1966

Calcutta High Court

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

9

Koka Subba Rao

(1902–1976)

30th June 1966

To

11th April 1967

Madras High Court

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

10

Kailas Nath Wanchoo

(1903–1988)

12th April 1967

To

24th February 1968

Allahabad High Court

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

11

Mohammad Hidayatullah

(1905–1992)

25th February 1968

To

16th December 1970

Bombay High Court

Zakir Husain

12

Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah

(1906–1991)

17th December 1970

To

21st January 1971

Bombay High Court

V. V. Giri

13

Sarv Mittra Sikri

(1908–1992)

22nd January 1971

To

25th April 1973

Lahore High Court

V. V. Giri

14

Ajit Nath Ray

(1912–2009)

26th April 1973

To

27th January 1977

Calcutta High Court

V. V. Giri

15

Mirza Hameedullah Beg

(1913–1988)

29th January 1977

To

21st February 1978

Allahabad High Court

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

16

Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud

(1920–2008)

22nd February 1978

To

11th July 1985

Bombay High Court

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

17

Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati

(1921–2017)

12th July 1985

To

20th December 1986

Gujarat High Court

Zail Singh

18

Raghunandan Swarup Pathak

(1924–2007)

21st December 1986

To

18th June 1989

Allahabad High Court

Zail Singh

19

E. S. Venkataramiah

(1924–1997)

19th June 1989

To

17th December 1989

Karnataka High Court

Ramaswamy Venkataraman

20

Sabyasachi Mukharji

(1927–1990)

18th December 1989

To

25th September 1990

Calcutta High Court

Ramaswamy Venkataraman

21

Ranganath Misra

(1926–2012)

26th September 1990

To

24th November 1991

Orissa High Court

Ramaswamy Venkataraman

22

Kamal Narain Singh

(1926–)

25th November 1991

To

12th December 1991

Allahabad High Court

Ramaswamy Venkataraman

23

Madhukar Hiralal Kania

(1927–2016)

13th December 1991

To

17th November 1992

Bombay High Court

Ramaswamy Venkataraman

24

Lalit Mohan Sharma

(1928–2008)

18th November 1992

To

11th February 1993

Patna High Court

Shankar Dayal Sharma

25

M. N. Rao Venkatachaliah

(1929–)

12th February 1993

To

24th October 1994

Karnataka High Court

Shankar Dayal Sharma

26

Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi

(1932–)

25th October 1994

To

24th March 1997

Gujarat High Court

Shankar Dayal Sharma

27

Jagdish Sharan Verma

(1933–2013)

25th March 1997

To

17th January 1998

Madhya Pradesh High Court

Shankar Dayal Sharma

28

Madan Mohan Punchhi

(1933–2015)

18th January 1998

To

9th October 1998

Punjab and Haryana High Court

K. R. Narayanan

29

Adarsh Sein Anand

(1936–2017)

10th October 1998

To

31st October 2001

Jammu and Kashmir High Court

K. R. Narayanan

30

Sam Piroj Bharucha

(1937–)

1st November 2001

To

5th May 2002

Bombay High Court

K. R. Narayanan

31

Bhupinder Nath Kirpal

(1937–)

6th May 2002

To

7th November 2002

Delhi High Court

K. R. Narayanan

32

Gopal Ballav Pattanaik

(1937–)

8th November 2002

To

18th December 2002

Orissa High Court

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

33

Vishweshwar Nath Khare

(1939–)

19th December 2002

To

1st May 2004

Allahabad High Court

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

34

S. Rajendra Babu

(1939–)

2nd May 2004

To

31st May 2004

Karnataka High Court

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

35

Ramesh Chandra Lahoti

(1940–2022)

1st June 2004

To

31st October 2005

Madhya Pradesh High Court

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

36

Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal

(1942–2015)

1st November 2005

To

13th January 2007

Delhi High Court

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

37

K. G. Balakrishnan

(1945–)

14th January 2007

To

12th May 2010

Kerala High Court

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

38

Sarosh Homi Kapadia

(1947–2016)

12th May 2010

To

28th September 2012

Bombay High Court

Pratibha Patil

39

Altamas Kabir

(1948–2017)

29th September 2012

To

18th July 2013

Calcutta High Court

Pranab Mukherjee

40

P. Sathasivam

(1949–)

19th July 2013

To

26th April 2014

Madras High Court

Pranab Mukherjee

41

Rajendra Mal Lodha

(1949–)

27th April 2014

To

27th September 2014

Rajasthan High Court

Pranab Mukherjee

42

Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu

(1950–)

28th September 2014

To

2nd December 2015

Karnataka High Court

Pranab Mukherjee

43

Tirath Singh Thakur

(1952–)

3rd December 2015

To

3rd January 2017

Jammu and Kashmir High Court

Pranab Mukherjee

44

Jagdish Singh Khehar

(1952–)

4th January 2017

To

27th August 2017

Punjab and Haryana High Court

Pranab Mukherjee

45

Dipak Misra

(1953–)

28th August 2017

To

2nd October 2018

Orissa High Court

Ram Nath Kovind

46

Ranjan Gogoi

(1954–)

3rd October 2018

To

17th November 2019

Guwahati High Court

Ram Nath Kovind

47

Sharad Arvind Bobde

(1956–)

18th November 2019

To

23th April 2021

Bombay High Court

Ram Nath Kovind

48

Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana

(1957–)

24th April 2021

To

26th August 2022

Andhra Pradesh High Court

Ram Nath Kovind

49

Uday Umesh Lalit (1957–)

27 August 2022

To

Present

Bar Council

Droupadi Murmu