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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 ...
The President (Discharge of Functions) Act, 1969 specifies the chief justice of India shall act as the president of India in the event of the offices of both the president and the vice president being vacant. [10] When President Zakir Hussain died in office, Vice President V. V. Giri acted as the president.
(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, 48 days) Appointed as CJI on 11 November 2024 (116 days) 13 May 2025 (−67 days) 6 years, 116 days Tenure length as CJI 184 days Delhi: 33 24 June 2005
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.
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.
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.
Uday Umesh Lalit (born 9 November 1957) is an Indian lawyer and former Supreme Court Judge, who served as the 49th Chief Justice of India. [2] Previously, he has served as a judge of Supreme Court of India. [3] Prior to his elevation as a judge of the supreme court, he practised as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court. [4]
This is a list of women judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is ordered according to chronology. The list is ordered according to chronology. The first woman to become a justice in the court was Fathima Beevi , appointed on 6 October 1989.