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Sanjiv Khanna (born 14 May 1960) is an Indian jurist currently serving as the 51st Chief Justice of India since 11 November 2024. [1] He is the ex officio Patron-in-Chief of the National Legal Services Authority and the de facto Chancellor of the National Law School of India University. [2] He has also served as a judge at the Delhi High Court.
Sanjiv Khanna (Chief Justice of India) Male 46th CJI Ranjan Gogoi Nominated as CJI by 50th CJI Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud: Ram Nath Kovind Appointed as CJI by Droupadi Murmu: 18 January 2019 (6 years, 21 days) Appointed as CJI on 11 November 2024 (89 days) 13 May 2025 (−94 days) 6 years, 3 months and 26 days Tenure length as CJI 6 months ...
CJI: Residence: 5, Krishna Menon Marg, Sunehri Bagh, New Delhi, India [1] Seat: 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
Sanjiv Khanna, the incumbent chief justice of India, since 11 November 2024 The chief justice of India is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India. As head of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In ...
The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is a statutory body of India established on 9 November 1995 under the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987.Its purpose is to provide free legal services to eligible candidates (defined in Section 12 of the Act), and to organize Lok Adalats for speedy resolution of cases.
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His appointment as CJI came on the heels of a dissenting opinion in the Keshavanand Bharti case which gave rise to the Basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution. This appointment superseded three senior judges of the Supreme Court, Jaishanker Manilal Shelat , AN Grover and K. S. Hegde , and was viewed as an attack on the independence ...
Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari (born 29 June 1961) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India.He is former chief justice of the Sikkim High Court.Before that, he served as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court.