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| A new chief justice is appointed by the [[president of India]] with recommendations by the outgoing chief justice in consultation with other judges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doj.gov.in/memorandum-of-procedure-of-appointment-of-supreme-court-judges/ |title=Memorandum of procedure of appointment of Supreme Court Judges |date=11 August 2021 |publisher=[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)]] |access-date=18 April 2024 |archive-date=9 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024030...edure-of-appointment-of-supreme-court-judges/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The chief justice serves in the role until they reach the age of sixty-five or are removed by the constitutional process of [[impeachment]].<ref name="constitution"/> As per convention, the name suggested by the incumbent chief justice is almost always the next senior-most judge in the Supreme Court. This convention has been broken twice: in 1973, Justice [[A. N. Ray]] was appointed superseding three senior judges and in 1977, Justice [[Mirza Hameedullah Beg]] was appointed as the chief justice superseding Justice [[Hans Raj Khanna]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/how-is-indias-top-judge-chosen-8195870/ |title=How is India's Chief Justice of India chosen? |date=8 October 2022 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |author= |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022102...ained/how-is-indias-top-judge-chosen-8195870/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | A new chief justice is appointed by the [[president of India]] with recommendations by the outgoing chief justice in consultation with other judges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doj.gov.in/memorandum-of-procedure-of-appointment-of-supreme-court-judges/ |title=Memorandum of procedure of appointment of Supreme Court Judges |date=11 August 2021 |publisher=[[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)]] |access-date=18 April 2024 |archive-date=9 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2024030...edure-of-appointment-of-supreme-court-judges/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The chief justice serves in the role until they reach the age of sixty-five or are removed by the constitutional process of [[impeachment]].<ref name="constitution"/> As per convention, the name suggested by the incumbent chief justice is almost always the next senior-most judge in the Supreme Court. This convention has been broken twice: in 1973, Justice [[A. N. Ray]] was appointed superseding three senior judges and in 1977, Justice [[Mirza Hameedullah Beg]] was appointed as the chief justice superseding Justice [[Hans Raj Khanna]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/how-is-indias-top-judge-chosen-8195870/ |title=How is India's Chief Justice of India chosen? |date=8 October 2022 |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |author= |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022102...ained/how-is-indias-top-judge-chosen-8195870/ |url-status=live}}</ref> |
| A total of 50 chief justices have served in the office since the [[Supreme Court of India]] superseded the [[Federal Court of India]] in 1950. [[Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud]], the 16th chief justice, is the longest-serving chief justice, serving over seven years ({{Dts|format=my|1978|February}} – {{Dts|format=my|1985|July}}), while [[Kamal Narain Singh]], the 22nd chief justice, is the shortest-serving, for 17 days in 1991. As of 2024, there has been no woman who has served as chief justice of India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...r-neutral-judiciary/articleshow/106583647.cms |title=SC judge: Need more women for gender-neutral judiciary |date= 6 January 2024 |author=Amit Anand Choudhary |quote=Justice B V Nagarathna, who will be the 54th Chief Justice of India and the the 54th Chief Justice of India and the first woman CJI in 2027 ... |access-date= 27 April 2024 |newspaper=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> The current and 50th [[Chief Justice]] is Justice [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]], who entered office on 9 November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=7 Next CJIs|url=https://www.scobserver.in/journal/4...-shorter-than-average-tenures/|access-date=24 November 2021|publisher=Supreme Court Observer|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022012...shorter-than-average-tenures/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url-access=subscription |agency=PTI |date=9 November 2022 |title=D.Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as 50th Chief Justice of India |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...th-chief-justice-of-india/article66114002.ece |access-date=9 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022110...th-chief-justice-of-india/article66114002.ece |archive-date= 2022-11-09 }}</ref>{{update after|2024|11|24}} | A total of 50 chief justices have served in the office since the [[Supreme Court of India]] superseded the [[Federal Court of India]] in 1950. [[Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud]], the 16th chief justice, is the longest-serving chief justice, serving over seven years ({{Dts|format=my|1978|February}} – {{Dts|format=my|1985|July}}), while [[Kamal Narain Singh]], the 22nd chief justice, is the shortest-serving, for 17 days in 1991. As of 2024, there has been no woman who has served as chief justice of India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...r-neutral-judiciary/articleshow/106583647.cms |title=SC judge: Need more women for gender-neutral judiciary |date= 6 January 2024 |author=Amit Anand Choudhary |quote=Justice B V Nagarathna, who will be the 54th Chief Justice of India and the the 54th Chief Justice of India and the first woman CJI in 2027 ... |access-date= 27 April 2024 |newspaper=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> The current and 50th [[Chief Justice]] is Justice [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]], who entered office on 9 November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 November 2021|title=7 Next CJIs|url=https://www.scobserver.in/journal/4...-shorter-than-average-tenures/|access-date=24 November 2021|publisher=Supreme Court Observer|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022012...shorter-than-average-tenures/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url-access=subscription |agency=PTI |date=9 November 2022 |title=D.Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as 50th Chief Justice of India |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...th-chief-justice-of-india/article66114002.ece |access-date=9 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022110...th-chief-justice-of-india/article66114002.ece |archive-date= 2022-11-09 }}</ref>{{update after|2024|11|11}} |
| ==List of Chief Justices of the Federal Court of India == | ==List of Chief Justices of the Federal Court of India == |
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