| Harilal J. Kania |
26 January 1950 - 6 November 1951 |
| M. Patanjali Sastri |
7 November 1951 - 3 January 1954 |
| Mehar Chand Mahajan |
4 January 1954 - 22 December 1954 |
| B.K. Mukherjea |
23 December 1954 - 31 January 1956 |
| S.R. Das |
01 February 1956 - 30 September 1959 |
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha |
1 October 1959 - 31 January 1964 |
| P.B. Gajendragadkar |
1 February 1964 - 15 March 1966 |
| A.K. Sarkar |
16 March 1966 - 29 June 1966 |
| K. Subba Rao |
30 June 1966 - 11 April 1967 |
| K.N. Wanchoo |
12 April 1967 - 24 February 1968 |
| M. Hidayatullah |
25 February 1968 - 16 December 1970 |
| I.C. Shah |
17 December 1970 - 21 January 1971 |
| S.M. Sikri |
22 January 1971 - 25 April 1973 |
| A.N. Ray |
26 April 1973 - 27 January 1977 |
| M.H. Beg |
28 January 1977 - 21 February 1978 |
| Y.V. Chandrachud |
22 February 1978 - 11 July 1985 |
| P.N. Bhagwati |
12 July 1985 - 20 December 1986 |
| R.S. Pathak |
21 December 1986 - 18 June 1989 |
| E.S. Venkataramaiah |
19 June 1989 - 17 December 1989 |
| S. Mukherjee |
18 December 1989 - 25 September 1990 |
| Ranganath Mishra |
26 September 1990 - 24 November 1991 |
| K.N. Singh |
25 November 1991 - 12 December 1991 |
| M.H. Kania |
13 December 1991 - 17 November 1992 |
| I.M. Sharma |
18 November 1992 - 11 February 1993 |
| M.N. Venkatachalaiah |
12 February 1993 - 24 October 1994 |
| A.M. Ahmadi |
25 October 1994 - 24 March 1997 |
| J.S. Verma |
25 March 1997 - 17 January 1998 |
| M.M. Punchhi |
18 January 1998 - 9 October 1998 |
| A.S. Anand |
10 October 1998 - 31 October 2001 |
| S.P. Bharucha |
01 November 2001 - 5 May 2002 |
| B.N. Kirpal |
6 May 2002 - 7 November 2002 |
| G.B. Pattanaiak |
8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002 |
| V.N. Khare |
19 December 2002 - 1 May 2004 |
| S. Rajendra Babu |
02 May 2004 - 31 May 2004 |
| R.C. Lahoti |
01 June 2004 - 31 October 2005 |
| Y.K. Sabharwal |
01 November 2005 - 14 January 2007 |
| K.G.Balakrishnan |
14 January 2007 - 12 May 2010 |
| S.H.Kapadia |
12 May 2010 - 28 September 2012 |
| Altamas Kabir |
29 September 2012 - 19 July 2013 |
| Palanisamy Sathasivam |
19 July 2013 - 26 April 2014 |
| Rajendra Mal Lodha |
27 April 2014 - 27 September 2014 |
| H.L. Dattu |
28 September 2014 - 02 December 2015 |
| T.S. Thakur |
03 December 2015 - 03 January 2017 |
| Jagdish Singh Khehar |
04 January 2017 - Incumbent |