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Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, the 16th chief justice, is the longest-serving chief justice, serving over seven years (February 1978 – July 1985), while Kamal Narain Singh, the 22nd chief justice, is the shortest-serving, for 17 days in 1991. As of 2024, there has been no woman who has served as chief justice of India. [5]
(Chief Justice of India) Male Ranjan Gogoi. Nominated as CJI by. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud. Ram Nath Kovind. Appointed as CJI by. Droupadi Murmu. 18 January 2019 (6 years, 2 days) Appointed as CJI on. 11 November 2024 (70 days) 13 May 2025 (−113 days) 6 years, 116 days Tenure length as CJI. 184 days Delhi: 33 24 June 2005: Judge of ...
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud: Droupadi Murmu: Rajasthan: 21st Since 20/1/2025 5 February 2024 (352 days) Nil: 5 years, 252 days Dhiraj Singh Thakur: Andhra Pradesh High Court: Andhra Pradesh: 28 July 2023 (1 year, 178 days) 24 April 2026 (−1 year, 92 days) 2 years, 271 days Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh: 23rd Since 20/1/2025 28 July 2023 (1 ...
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] He has also served as a judge at the Delhi High Court.
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.
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.
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.
The ruling party of India, Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been the main advocate of the NJAC, remains committed to it, citing instances of favouritism & nepotism within the collegium system, [23] the most notable case being the D. Y. Chandrachud, son of former CJI Y. V. Chandrachud being elevated by the collegium to be the next CJI.