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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.
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 ...
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is an Indian jurist, who served as the 50th Chief Justice of India from 9 November 2022 to 10 November 2024. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India in May 2016.
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 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 ...
Kapadia was appointed an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on 8 October 1991, and on 23 March 1993, he was appointed a permanent judge. On 5 August 2003, he became the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. On 18 December 2003, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. [5]
Born in Pune in the Bombay Presidency, he was first appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of India on 28 August 1972 and is the longest-serving Chief Justice in India's history at 7 years and 4 months.
Dipankar Datta (born 9 February 1965) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. [1] He is the former chief justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Calcutta High Court . [ 2 ]