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The Supreme Court serves as the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India and consists of 33 judges headed by the Chief Justice of India. [1] The High Courts are the top judicial bodies in individual states, controlled and managed by Chief Justices of the respective courts. There are 25 High Courts in the country with ...
Chief Justice of Bombay High Court; In office 28 May 2023 – 30 May 2023: Nominated by: Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud: Appointed by: Droupadi Murmu: Judge of Bombay High Court; In office 23 January 2012 – 27 May 2023: Nominated by: S. H. Kapadia: Appointed by: Pratibha Patil: Personal details; Born 31 May 1961 (age 63) Alma mater: University of ...
Chief Justice Took office 1 Sir William Syer [3] 1798: Died 1802 2 Sir James Mackintosh [4] 1803: 3 Sir John Henry Newbolt: 1811: 4 Sir Alexander Anstruther [4] 1812: Died 1819 5 Sir D. Evans [4] 1820: Died 1821 6 Sir Edward West [4] 1822: Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1823 6 Sir Edward West [5] [6] 1823: first year was in the Recorder ...
Dhananjaya Chandrachud was born in the Chandrachud family on 11 November 1959. [2] His father Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, is the longest serving chief justice of India [7] and his mother, Prabha, was a classical musician who sang for All India Radio.
45th Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court; In office 28 April 2020 – 11 December 2022: Nominated by: Sharad Arvind Bobde: Appointed by: Ram Nath Kovind: Preceded by: B. P. Dharmadhikari: Succeeded by: Ramesh Deokinandan Dhanuka: Judge of the Calcutta High Court; In office 22 June 2006 – 27 April 2020: Nominated by: Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal ...
He became standing counsel for many Government Corporations. He was elevated as Additional Judge of Bombay High Court on 15 March 2004. After this he was elevated as Permanent Judge on 12 March 2006. On 24 February 2020, He was appointed Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court after the retirement of Chief Justice of the High court Pradeep ...
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 ...
This is a list of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay. It was in existence from 1824 to 1862, when the Bombay High Court was founded. The role of the judges of the court was to defend, on behalf of the British Crown, the interests of the people of Bombay against the East India Company .