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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 Indian judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of India, which is the highest court in the country and the constituent courts. 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 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.
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 [7] and his mother, Prabha, was a classical musician who sang for All India Radio.
(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, 21 days) Appointed as CJI on 11 November 2024 (89 days) 13 May 2025 (−94 days) 6 years, 3 months and 26 days Tenure length as CJI 6 months and 3 days ...
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]
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Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 19 December 1937) is an Indian lawyer and later a jurist who served over a period of 19 years in the bench of the Odisha High Court as a permanent judge, as chief justice of the Patna High Court, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and as the 32nd [3] Chief Justice of India.