List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
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The Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi
This is a list of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. Including the Chief Justice of India, who is considered as the first among the other equal judges is also the administrative head. There are currently 29 sitting judges, against a maximum possible strength of 31. There is only one lady sitting judge. As per the Constitution of India, Supreme Court judges retire at age 65.[1]
T. S. Thakur is the current Chief Justice of India, after H. L. Dattu retired on 2 December 2015.
List of sitting judges
| No. | Name[2] | Gender | Date of appointment | Date of retirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. S. Thakur (Chief Justice of India 3 December 2015) | Male | 17 November 2009 | 3 January 2017 |
| 2 | Anil R. Dave | Male | 30 April 2010 | 18 November 2016 |
| 3 | Jagdish Singh Khehar | Male | 13 September 2011 | 27 August 2017 |
| 4 | Dipak Misra | Male | 10 October 2011 | 2 October 2018 |
| 5 | Jasti Chelameswar | Male | 10 October 2011 | 22 June 2018 |
| 6 | Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla | Male | 2 April 2012 | 22 July 2016 |
| 7 | Ranjan Gogoi | Male | 23 April 2012 | 17 November 2019 |
| 8 | Madan Lokur | Male | 4 June 2012 | 30 December 2018 |
| 9 | Venkate Gopala Gowda | Male | 24 December 2012 | 5 October 2016 |
| 10 | Pinaki Chandra Ghose | Male | 8 March 2013 | 27 May 2017 |
| 11 | Kurian Joseph | Male | 8 March 2013 | 29 November 2018 |
| 12 | Arjan Kumar Sikri | Male | 12 April 2013 | 6 March 2019 |
| 13 | Sharad Arvind Bobde | Male | 12 April 2013 | 23 April 2021 |
| 14 | Shiva Kirti Singh | Male | 19 September 2013 | 12 November 2016 |
| 15 | C. Nagappan | Male | 19 September 2013 | 3 October 2016 |
| 16 | Rajesh Kumar Agrawal | Male | 17 February 2014 | 4 May 2018 |
| 17 | N. V. Ramana | Male | 17 February 2014 | 26 August 2022 |
| 18 | Arun Kumar Mishra | Male | 7 July 2014 | 2 September 2020 |
| 19 | Adarsh Kumar Goel | Male | 7 July 2014 | 6 July 2018 |
| 20 | Rohinton Fali Nariman | Male | 7 July 2014 | 12 August 2021 |
| 21 | Abhay Manohar Sapre | Male | 13 August 2014 | 27 August 2019 |
| 22 | R. Banumathi | Female | 13 August 2014 | 19 July 2020 |
| 23 | Prafulla Chandra Pant | Male | 13 August 2014 | 29 August 2017 |
| 24 | Uday Umesh Lalit | Male | 13 August 2014 | 8 November 2022 |
| 25 | Amitava Roy | Male | 27 February 2015 | 28 February 2018 |
| 26 | Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar | Male | 13 May 2016 | 29 July 2022 |
| 27 | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | Male | 13 May 2016 | 10 November 2024 |
| 28 | Ashok Bhushan | Male | 13 May 2016 | 4 July 2021 |
| 29 | L. Nageswara Rao | Male | 13 May 2016 | 1 September 2021 |
