No. Name Took office Left office Originating State
01 H. J. Kania 15 August 1947 16 November 1951 Bombay (now Mumbai)
02 M. P. Sastri 16 November 1951 3 January 1954 Madras (now Chennai)
03 Mehr Chand Mahajan 3 January 1954 22 December 1954 Himachal/Lahore/Kashmir
04 B. K. Mukherjea 22 December 1954 31 January 1956 West Bengal
05 Sudhi Ranjan Das 31 January 1956 30 September 1959 West Bengal
06 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 30 September 1959 31 January 1964 Bihar
07 P. B. Gajendragadkar 31 January 1964 15 March 1966 Bombay (now Mumbai)
08 A. K. Sarkar 16 March 1966 29 June 1966 West Bengal
09 K. Subba Rao 30 June 1966 11 April 1967 Andhra Pradesh
10 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 12 April 1967 24 February 1968 Uttar Pradesh
11 M. Hidayatullah 25 February 1968 16 December 1970 present Chattisgarh
12 Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 17 December 1970 21 January 1971 present Gujarat
13 S. M. Sikri 22 January 1971 25 April 1973 Punjab
14 A. N. Ray 25 April 1973 28 January 1977 West Bengal
15 Mirza Hameedullah Beg 29 January 1977 21 February 1978 Uttar Pradesh
16 Y. V. Chandrachud 22 February 1978 11 July 1985 Bombay (now Mumbai)
17 P. N. Bhagwati 12 July 1985 20 December 1986 Bombay (now Mumbai)
18 R. S. Pathak 21 December 1986 6 June 1989 Uttar Pradesh
19 E. S. Venkataramiah 19 June 1989 17 December 1989 Mysore (now Karnataka)
20 S. Mukharji 18 December 1989 25 September 1990 West Bengal
21 Ranganath Misra 25 September 1990 24 November 1991 Orissa
22 Kamal Narain Singh 25 November 1991 12 December 1991 Uttar Pradesh
23 M. H. Kania 13 December 1991 17 November 1992 Maharashtra
24 Lalit Mohan Sharma 18 November 1992 11 February 1993 Bihar
25 M. N. Venkatachaliah 12 February 1993 24 October 1994 Karnataka
26 A. M. Ahmadi 25 October 1994 24 March 1997 Gujarat
27 J. S. Verma 25 March 1997 18 January 1998 Madhya Pradesh
28 M. M. Punchhi 18 January 1998 9 October 1998 Punjab
29 A. S. Anand 10 October 1998 1 November 2001 Jammu & Kashmir
30 S. P. Bharucha 2 November 2001 6 May 2002 Maharashtra
31 B. N. Kirpal 6 May 2002 11 November 2002 Delhi
32 G. B. Pattanaik 11 November 2002 19 December 2002 Orissa
33 V. N. Khare 19 December 2002 2 May 2004 Uttar Pradesh
34 S. Rajendra Babu 2 May 2004 1 June 2004 Karnataka
35 R. C. Lahoti 1 June 2004 1 November 2005 Uttar Pradesh
36 Y. K. Sabharwal 1 November 2005 14 January 2007 Delhi
37 K. G. Balakrishnan 14 January 2007 11 May 2010 Kerala
38 S. H. Kapadia 12 May 2010 (incumbent) Till Date Maharashtra