List of Chief Justices of India S. No Name Period of Office Bar           HJ Kania 26 January 1950-6 November 1951 Bombay High Court   Patanjali Sastri. M 7 November 1951- 3 January 1954 Madras High Court   Mehr Chand Mahajan 4 January 1954- 22 December 1954 Punjab and Haryana High