Justice Sanjiv Khanna can be sworn in because the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday morning in a ceremony led by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The occasion, set for 10 am, marks the beginning of a brand new period for India’s judiciary as Justice Khanna takes over from Justice DY Chandrachud, who retired on November 10. Justice Chandrachud’s two-year time period was notable for dealing with key constitutional circumstances and saying landmark verdicts.
Chief Justice-Designate Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Justice Sanjiv Khanna is moving into the function of Chief Justice of India following the Union authorities’s announcement of his appointment on October 24, 2024. His choice got here every week after Justice DY Chandrachud, as per constitutional process, formally really useful him as his successor. Khanna has been serving as a Supreme Courtroom decide since 2019.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna has been a part of main Supreme Courtroom choices like hanging down the electoral bonds scheme and supporting the removing of Article 370. A few of his key rulings embody, affirming the reliability of EVMs, nullifying the electoral bonds scheme, and granting interim bail to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
To-be CJI, Khanna comes from a distinguished authorized household in Delhi. He’s the son of former Delhi Excessive Courtroom decide Justice Dev Raj Khanna and the nephew of famend former Supreme Courtroom decide H.R. Khanna.
Elevated to the Supreme Courtroom bench on January 18, 2019, Justice Khanna is a third-generation lawyer earlier than his appointment as a excessive courtroom decide.
Justice Chandrachud accomplished his final working day as Chief Justice of India on Friday, receiving an enthusiastic farewell from judges, legal professionals, and workers from the Supreme Courtroom and excessive courts.
