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List of Chief Justices of India From 2014 to 2022
Chief Justice of India is the head of the judiciary system in India. Know CJIs & their landmark judgements.
Nisha Yadav
P. Sathasivam
40th CJI
Duration: 19 July 2013 – 26 April 2014
Landmark judgement: Upheld Memon's death penalty sentence.
Duration: 27 April 2014 – 27 September 2014
Landmark judgement: coal allocation “scam"- scrapped nearly all allocations made between 1993-2010
Rajendra Mal Lodha, 41st CJI
H. L. Dattu, 42nd CJI
Duration: 28 September 2014 – 2 December 2015
Landmark Judgement: Bail is the rule and jail an exception
T. S. Thakur, 43rd CJI
Duration: 3 December 2015 – 3 January 2017
Landmark judgement: no office-bearer of the BCCI should have any commercial interest in cricket.
Jagdish Singh Khehar, 44th CJI
Duration: 4 January 2017 – 27 August 2017
Landmark judgement: Right to Privacy &
Abolishing instant triple talaq
Dipak Misra
45th CJI
Duration: 28 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
Landmark judgement: Sabarimala temple entry for women
Ranjan Gogoi
46th CJI
Duration: 3 October 2018 – 17 November 2019
Landmark judgement: Ayodhya temple case
Sharad Arvind Bobde, 47th CJI
Duration: 18 November 2019 – 23 April 2021
Landmark judgement: Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid Case
NV Ramana
48th CJI
Duration: 23 April 2021- 26 August 2022
Landmark judgement: Right to freedom of speech and expression over internet a fundamental right.
Uday Umesh Lalit, 49th CJI
Duration: 27 August 2022- 8 November 2022
Next: D Y Chandrachud
50th CJI
Duration: 9 November 2022- November 10, 2024
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