S.M. Sikri                                   January 22, 1971—April 25, 1973
       A.N. Ray                                     April 26, 1973—January 28, 1977
                                                    January 29, 1977—February 21,
       M.H. Beg
                                                    1978
       Y.V. Chandrachud                             February 22, 1978—July 11, 1985
       P. N. Bhagwati                               July 12, 1985—December 20, 1986
       R.S. Pathak                                  December 21, 1986—June 18, 1989
       E.S. Venkataramiah                           June 19, 1989—December 17, 1989
                                                    December 18, 1989—September 25,
       S. Mukherjee
                                                    1990
                                                    September 25, 1990—November 24,
       Ranganath Misra
                                                    1991
                                                    November 25, 1991—December 12,
       K.N. Singh
                                                    1991
                                                    December 13, 1991—November 17,
       M.H. Kania
                                                    1992
                                                    November 18, 1992—February 11,
       L.M. Sharma
                                                    1993
                                                    February 12, 1993—October 24,
       M.N. Venkatachaliah
                                                    1994
       A.M. Ahmadi                                  October 25, 1994—March 24, 1997
       J.S. Verma                                   March 25, 1997—January 17, 1998
       M.M. Punchhi                                 January 18, 1998—October 09, 1998
       A.S. Anand                                   October 10, 1998—October 31, 2001
       S.P. Bharucha                                November 01, 2001—May 05, 2002
       B.N. Kirpal                                  May 06, 2002—November 07, 2002
                                                    November 08, 2002—December 18,
       G.B. Pattanaik
                                                    2002
       V. N. Khare                                  December 19, 2002—May 01, 2004
       S. Rajendra Babu                             May 02, 2004—May 31, 2004
       R.C. Lahoti                                  June 01, 2004—October 31, 2005
                                                    November 01, 2005—January 13,
       Y.K. Sabharwal
                                                    2007