Here is a list of Chief Justices of India along with their respective tenures:
| Chief Justice | Tenure |
|---|---|
| Harilal Jekisundas Kania | August 15, 1947 – November 6, 1951 |
| M. Patanjali Sastri | November 7, 1951 – January 3, 1954 |
| Mehr Chand Mahajan | January 4, 1954 – December 22, 1954 |
| Bijan Kumar Mukherjea | December 23, 1954 – January 31, 1956 |
| Sudhi Ranjan Das | February 1, 1956 – October 30, 1959 |
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha | November 1, 1959 – May 31, 1964 |
| P. B. Gajendragadkar | June 1, 1964 – March 15, 1966 |
| Amal Kumar Sarkar | March 16, 1966 – June 29, 1966 |
| Kailas Nath Wanchoo | June 30, 1966 – February 24, 1967 |
| Mohammad Hidayatullah | February 25, 1967 – August 16, 1967 |
| Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah | August 17, 1967 – December 21, 1967 |
| Sarv Mittra Sikri | January 22, 1968 – April 25, 1973 |
| Ajit Nath Ray | April 26, 1973 – January 12, 1977 |
| Mirza Hameedullah Beg | January 17, 1977 – February 21, 1978 |
| Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud | February 22, 1978 – July 11, 1985 |
| Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati | July 12, 1985 – December 20, 1986 |
| Raghunandan Swarup Pathak | December 21, 1986 – June 18, 1989 |
| Ehsanuddin Choudhury | June 19, 1989 – December 1, 1989 |
| Sabyasachi Mukharji | December 2, 1989 – September 25, 1991 |
| Ranganath Misra | September 26, 1991 – November 24, 1991 |
| Kamal Narain Singh | November 25, 1991 – December 12, 1991 |
| M. N. Venkatachaliah | December 13, 1991 – October 24, 1994 |
| Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi | October 25, 1994 – March 24, 1997 |
| Jagdish Sharan Verma | March 25, 1997 – January 18, 1998 |
| Adarsh Sein Anand | January 19, 1998 – October 31, 2001 |
| Sam Piroj Bharucha | November 1, 2001 – May 5, 2002 |
| Bhupinder Nath Kirpal | May 6, 2002 – November 6, 2002 |
| Gopal Ballav Patnaik | November 7, 2002 – December 18, 2002 |
| V. N. Khare | December 19, 2002 – May 2, 2004 |
| S. Rajendra Babu | May 3, 2004 – June 1, 2004 |
| Ramesh Chandra Lahoti | June 1, 2004 – November 1, 2005 |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal | November 2, 2005 – January 13, 2007 |
| K. G. Balakrishnan | January 14, 2007 – May 11, 2010 |
| S. H. Kapadia | May 12, 2010 – September 28, 2012 |
| Altamas Kabir | September 29, 2012 – July 18, 2013 |
| P. Sathasivam | July 19, 2013 – April 26, 2014 |
| Rajendra Mal Lodha | April 27, 2014 – September 27, 2014 |
| H. L. Dattu | September 28, 2014 – December 2, 2015 |
| T. S. Thakur | December 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
| Jagdish Singh Khehar | January 4, 2017 – August 27, 2017 |
| Dipak Misra | August 28, 2017 – October 2, 2018 |
| Ranjan Gogoi | October 3, 2018 – November 17, 2019 |
| Sharad Arvind Bobde | November 18, 2019 – April 23, 2021 |
| N. V. Ramana | April 24, 2021 – Present |
These individuals have served as Chief Justices of India, presiding over the country’s highest judicial office.