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The Supreme Court of India is the highest court in the country. The maximum possible strength is 34. According to the Constitution of India, the judges of the Supreme Court must retire at the age of 65. [1] There are currently 32 judges (including the Chief Justice) in the Supreme Court of India.
He was enrolled as an advocate on 8 August 1986. He practiced mainly in criminal and constitutional matters. He was elevated as a judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 30 May 2011. [1] He was appointed as chief justice of the Gauhati High Court on 15 February 2023. He was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 9 November 2023.
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 Constitution of India grants power to the president of India to appoint, as recommended by the outgoing chief justice in consultation with other judges, (as envisaged in Article 124 (2) of the Constitution) [5] the next chief justice, who will serve until they reach the age of 65 or are removed by the constitutional process of impeachment.
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.
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.
Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court: 3 Ruma Pal: 28 January 2000: 2 June 2006: Judge of the Calcutta High Court: Longest-serving woman judge of the Supreme Court of India 4 Gyan Sudha Misra: 30 April 2010: 27 April 2014: Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court: 5 Ranjana Desai: 13 September 2011: 29 October 2014: Judge of the Bombay High ...