Question

Who is the current chief just. Who is the chief justice of indiaice of india?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The Federal Court came into being on 1 September 1937. The seat of the court was the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building in Delhi. It began with a Chief Justice and two puisne judges. The first Chief Justice was Sir Maurice Gwyer and the other two judges were Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman and M. R. Jayakar. It functioned until the establishment of the Supreme Court of India on 28 January 1950.

№ Name Period of office Length of term (days) Bar Appointed by

1 Sir Maurice Gwyer 1 October 1937 25 April 1943‡ 2,032 Inner Temple The Marquess of Linlithgow

Acting Sir Srinivas Varadachariar 25 April 1943 7 June 1943 43

2 Sir Patrick Spens 7 June 1943 14 August 1947 1,529 Inner Temple

3 Sir H. J. Kania 14 August 1947 26 January 1950 896 Bombay High Court The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma

‡ – Date of Resignation

Supreme Court of India (1950–present)

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Since the birth of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 46 people have served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).[1] While H. J. Kania is the inaugural CJI, the current incumbent is Ranjan Gogoi who is appointed as Chief Justice of India on 03 October 2018. Justice Y. V. Chandrachud is the longest serving Chief Justice (February 1978 – July 1985), while Kamal Narain Singh is the shortest serving one (21 November 1991 – 12 December 1991). Ranjan Gogoi is Incumbent Chief Justice.

№ Image Name Period of office Length of term (days) Bar Appointed by (President of India)

1 Justice H. J. Kania.jpg H. J. Kania 26 January 1950 6 November 1951† 649 Bombay High Court Rajendra Prasad

2 Justice M. Patanjali Sastri.jpg M. Patanjali Sastri 7 November 1951 3 January 1954 788 Madras High Court

3 Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan.jpg Mehr Chand Mahajan 4 January 1954 22 December 1954 352 Punjab and Haryana High Court

4 Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea.jpg Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 23 December 1954 31 January 1956‡ 404 Calcutta High Court

5 Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das.jpg Sudhi Ranjan Das 1 February 1956 30 September 1959 1337 Calcutta High Court

6 Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha.jpg Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1 October 1959 31 January 1964 1583 Patna High Court

7 Justice P.B. Gajendragadkar.jpg P. B. Gajendragadkar 1 February 1964 15 March 1966 773 Bombay High Court Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

8 Justice A.K. Sarkar.jpg Amal Kumar Sarkar 16 March 1966 29 June 1966 105 Calcutta High Court

9 Justice K. Subba Rao.jpg Koka Subba Rao 30 June 1966 11 April 1967‡ 285 Madras High Court

10 Justice K.N. Wanchoo.jpg Kailas Nath Wanchoo 12