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After India became a republic on 26 January 1950, Kania was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Acting as Chief Justice, he read the oath to the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad. He died while in office of a sudden heart attack on 6 November 1951, aged 61. [4]
Supreme Court Building. The following is a list of former Judges of the Supreme Court of India since its inception on 26 January 1950. A total of 239 judges have served in the court (excluding sitting judges). The list has been arranged on the basis of date of retirement with Chief Justices mentioned first.
28 January – the Supreme Court of India is established, replacing both the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Federal Court of India at the top of India's court system. 5 June – Bihar High Court struck down Bihar Management of Estates and Tenures Act, 1949 as unconstitutional. [4] 31 July – Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and ...
A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India in which the Court ruled that Article 21 of the Constitution did not require Indian courts to apply a due process of law standard. [1]
The Supreme Court initially had its seat at the Chamber of Princes in the parliament building where the previous Federal Court of India sat from 1937 to 1950. The first Chief Justice of India was H. J. Kania.
Supreme Court of India, New Delhi, India: Nominator: Outgoing Chief Justice of India, generally on the basis of Seniority: Appointer: President of India: Term length: Until the age of 65 [2] Constituting instrument: Constitution of India (under Article 124) Formation: 26 January 1950; 74 years ago () First holder: H. J. Kania (1950–1951) [3 ...
S.P. Gupta v. Union of India [37] Established the Collegium system of the Indian Judicial System. 1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association v. Union of India [38] Struck down the 99th Amendment of the Constitution of India and the proposal of the National Judicial Appointments Commission. 1998 In re Special reference 1 [39]
He was appointed to the Federal Court/Supreme Court of India in 1950 days before the commencement of the new Constitution. He officiated twice as Acting Chief Justice of India before holding the highest Judicial office of the country- Chief Justice of India for over three years. He retired on 30 September 1959. Over the course of his career on ...