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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 ]
Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court: 32 Manmohan: Male Sanjiv Khanna: 5 December 2024 (46 days) 16 December 2027 (−2 years, 330 days) 3 years, 12 days Delhi: 2 13 March 2008: 32nd Chief Justice of Delhi High Court: 33 Krishnan Vinod Chandran: Male 16 January 2025 (4 days) 24 April 2028 (−3 years, 95 days) 3 years, 100 days Kerala: 13 ...
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. There have been 11 woman justices in the court since then. Presently there are two sitting women judges out of the total 34 judges (including Chief Justice of India) in the court. [1] [2]
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 ...
Chief Justice of India [3] Name Image Court Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Tenure Nominated By Appointed By Parent High Court Sanjiv Khanna: Supreme Court of India : 11 November 2024 (72 days) 13 May 2025 (−111 days) 184 days Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud: Droupadi Murmu: Delhi
In 1973, Justice A. N. Ray was appointed, superseding three senior judges, and in 1977 when Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg was appointed as Chief Justice, superseding Justice Hans Raj Khanna. As head of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches that deal with ...
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.
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai (born 24 November 1960) is an Indian jurist and a judge of the Supreme Court of India. [1] He is a former judge of the Bombay High Court and currently serves as the chancellor of the Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur. [2] [3] [4] Also, he is the ex officio executive chairman of National Legal Services ...