Chief Justices of India

Q.  Who of the following were the Chief Justices of India?

1) M. Hidayatullah.
2) H. L. Dattu.
3) K. Subba Rao.
4) Soli J. Sorabjee.
- Published on 03 Mar 17

a. 1, 2, 3
b. 2, 4
c. 2, 3
d. All of the above

ANSWER: 1, 2, 3
 
  • CJI M. Hidayatullah also served as the acting President of India.

  • This was because the Vice-President Giri had resigned for the Presidential elections and both the posts of President and Vice-president were vacant.

  • Later in 1979 M. Hidayatullah became the Vice-President himself and served till 1984.

    • Former CJIs
1. Harilal J. Kania - 1950-19512. M. Patanjali Sastri - 1951-1954
3. M. C. Mahajan - 1954-19544. B. K. Mukherjea - 1954-1956
5. S. R. Das - 1956-19596. B. P. Sinha - 1959-1964
7. P. B. Gajendragadkar - 1964-19668. A. K. Sarkar - 1966-1966
9. K. Subba Rao - 1966-196710. K. N. Wanchoo - 1967-196
11. M. Hidayatullah - 1968-197012. J. C. Shah - 1970-1971
13. S. M. Sikri - 1971-197314. A. N. Ray - 1973-1977
15. M. H. Beg - 1977-197816. Y. V. Chandrachud - 1978-1985
17. P. N. Bhagwati - 1985-198618. R. S. Pathak - 1986 – 1989
19. E. S. Venkataramaiah - 1989-198920. S. Mukherjee - 1989-1990
21. Ranganath Mishra - 1990-199122. K. N. Singh - 1991-1991
23. M. H. Kania - 1991-199224. L. M. Sharma - 1992-1993
25. M. N. Venkatachalaiah - 1993-199426. A. M. Ahmadi - 1994-1997
27. J. S. Verma - 1997-199828. M. M. Punchhi - 1998-1998
29. A. S. Anand - 1998-200130. S. P. Bharucha - 2001-2002
31. B. N. Kirpal - 2002-200232. G. B. Pattanaiak - 2002-2002
33. V. N. Khare - 2002-200434. S. Rajendra Babu - 2004-2004
35. R. C. Lahoti - 2004-200536. Y. K. Sabharwal - 2005-2007
37. K. G. Balakrishnan - 2007-201038. S. H. Kapadia - 2010-2012
39. Altamas Kabir - 2012-201340. P. Sathasivam - 2013-2014
41. Rajendra Mal Lodha - 2014-201442. H. L. Dattu - 2014-2015
43. T. S. Thakur - 2015-201744. J. S. Khehar - 2017-till date

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