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List of Chief Judges in India since 2002

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. File

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. File   | Photo Credit: PTI

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Collegium members ranked 2 to 5 delivered 33.9% of the judgments in major cases (benches of 3 or more) during CJI Dipak Misra’s current term. This figure is even lower at 29.3% — the second lowest among all 17 CJIs since January 1999 – between the period he took charge and January 12, 2018, the day other collegium members complained about the manner important cases were allocated.

 

Chief JusticeNo. of judgmentsWith a collegium memberCJI and no collegium memberNo collegium member
G.B.PATTANAIK (8/11/2002-18/12/2002)247 (29.2%)11 (45.8%)6 (25%)
DIPAK MISRA (28/8/2017-12/1/2018)5817 (29.3%)38 (65.5%)3 (5.2%)
T.S. THAKUR (3/12/2015-3/1/2017)11935 (29.4%)72 (60.5%)12 (10.1%)
P. SATHASIVAM (19/7/2013-26/4/2014)9931 (31.3%)65 (65.7%)3 (3%)
DIPAK MISRA (28/8/2017-2/10/2018)18061 (33.9%)111 (61.7%)8 (4.4%)
S.H. KAPADIA (12/5/2010-28/9/2012)14853 (35.8%)52 (35.1%)43 (29.1%)
V.N.KHARE (19/12/2002-1/5/2004)20676 (36.9%)120 (58.3%)10 (4.9%)
JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR (4/1/2017-27/8/2017)4923 (46.9%)26 (53.1%)0 (0%)
S.P. BHARUCHA (1/11/2001-5/5/2002)10149 (48.5%)35 (34.7%)17 (16.8%)
Y.K.SABHARWAL (1/11/2005-13/1/2007)7136 (50.7%)25 (35.2%)10 (14.1%)
R.C. LAHOTI (1/6/2004-31/10/2005)308172 (55.8%)95 (30.8%)41 (13.3%)
ALTAMAS KABIR (29/9/2012-18/7/2013)4928 (57.1%)15 (30.6%)6 (12.2%)
B.N.KIRPAL (6/5/2002-7/11/2002)4225 (59.5%)2 (4.8%)15 (35.7%)
S.RAJENDRA BABU (2/5/2004-31/5/2004)53 (60%)2 (40%)0 (0%)
A.S.ANAND (10/10/1998-31/10/2001)405257 (63.5%)61 (15.1%)87 (21.5%)
K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (14/1/2007-12/5/2010)490319 (65.1%)143 (29.2%)28 (5.7%)
R.M. LODHA (27/4/2014-27/9/2014)4027 (67.5%)12 (30%)1 (2.5%)
H.L. DATTU (28/9/2014-2/12/2015)9766 (68%)21 (21.7%)10 (10.3%)
Grand Total24331268 (52.1%)868 (35.7%)297 (12.2%)