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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 ...
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] Succession: 6th (on the Indian order of precedence ...
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 [6] and his mother, Prabha, was a classical musician who sang for All India Radio.
The Indian judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of India, which is the highest court in the country and the constituent courts. 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]
All India seniority rank at the time of elevation Date of initial appointment as judge of High Court Immediate previous office held 1 Sanjiv Khanna (Chief Justice of India) Male Ranjan Gogoi. Nominated as CJI by. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud. Ram Nath Kovind. Appointed as CJI by. Droupadi Murmu. 18 January 2019 (6 years, 2 days) Appointed as ...
Name Portrait Since Ref. President of the Republic of India: Droupadi Murmu: 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President of the Republic of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar: 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister of the Republic of India: Narendra Modi: 26 May 2014 [3] Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla ...
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.
Tirath Singh Thakur (born 4 January 1952) is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in Karnataka High Court from March 1994 to July 2004 and Jammu ...