New Delhi: Congratulatory messages and desires poured in for Justice Sanjiv Khanna quickly after he was sworn in because the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) on the Rashtrapati Bhavan, in presence of President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi and different dignitaries.
“My finest needs for his tenure,” wrote PM Modi on X quickly after the oath taking ceremony.
Mallikarjun Kharge, the chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha additionally prolonged his finest needs to newly sworn-in CJI Sanjiv Khanna.
Taking to X, Kharge wrote, “The place of the Chief Justice of India would undoubtedly place a number of weight on his shoulders as a result of intensive scrutiny and expectations that the workplace brings with it. I’m positive together with his lengthy and distinguished expertise, he’ll be capable of bear the burden of this accountability and serve the Judiciary with distinction.”
Earlier within the day, President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of workplace to Justice Sanjiv Khanna because the CJI, in a swearing-in ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Khanna, the 51st Chief Justice of India, can have round 6 months time period in workplace.
As a Supreme Courtroom choose, he has been a part of the landmark judgments on Article 370, decriminalisation of adultery, electoral bonds scheme, EVM-VVPAT tally and so forth.
Presently, Justice Sanjiv Khanna holds the submit of Chairman, Supreme Courtroom Authorized Service Committee. Earlier than elevation to the Supreme Courtroom, Justice Khanna served as a choose within the Delhi Excessive Courtroom until January 2019. As a choose of the Delhi HC, he held the place of Chairman/Decide-in-charge, Delhi Judicial Academy, the Delhi Worldwide Arbitration Centre, and the District Courtroom Mediation Centres.
He additionally had a protracted tenure because the Senior Standing Counsel for the Revenue Tax Division. In 2004, he was appointed because the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the Delhi authorities. He had additionally appeared and argued in numerous legal instances on the Delhi Excessive Courtroom as an Extra Public Prosecutor and as an amicus curie (good friend of the court docket).
