| 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.Mukherjee |
23 December 1954-31 January 1956 |
| S.R. Das |
1 February 1956-30 September 1959 |
| Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha |
1 October 1959-31 January 1964 |
| P.B. Gajendragadhkar |
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 |
| J.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. Bag |
28 January 1977-21 February 1978 |
| Y.V. Chandrachud |
22 February 1978-11 July 1985 |
| Prafullchandra Natvarlal Bhagwati |
12 July 1985-20 December 1986 |
| R.S. Pathak |
21 December 1986-18 June 1989 |
| E.S.Venkatasaramiah |
19 June 1989-17 December 1989 |
| S.Mukharjee |
18 December 1989-25 September 1990 |
| Ranganath Mishra |
25 September 1990-24 November 1991 |
| K.N. Singh |
25 November 1991-12 December 1991 |
| M.H. Kania |
13 December 1991-17 November 1992 |
| L.M.Sharma |
18 November 1992-11 February 1993 |
| M.M. Venkatchaliah |
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.Barucha |
1 November 2001- 6 May 2002 |
| B.N. Kirpal |
6 May 2002- 7 November 2002 |
| Gopal Ballav Pattanaik |
8 November 2002 - 18 December 2002 |
| Visheshwar Nath (V.N) Khare |
19 December 2002-2nd May 2004 |
| Rajendra Babu |
2nd May 2004- 1st June 2004 |
| Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |
1st June 2004- 1st November 2005 |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal |
1st November 2005- 14th January , 2007 |
| K. G. Balakrishnan |
14th January 2007- to till date |