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Chief Justice of the Madras High Court: 9 Hima Kohli: 31 August 2021: 1 September 2024: Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court: 10 Bela Trivedi: 31 August 2021: 9 June 2025: Judge of the Gujarat High Court: 11 B. V. Nagarathna: 31 August 2021: 29 October 2027: Judge of the Karnataka High Court: Assumed to be the first woman Chief Justice of ...
In May 2020, B.V. Nagarathna was reported as being considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of India, leading a number of commentators to note that this would make her eligible to become the first female chief justice of the India Supreme Court. [12] [6] [11]
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 ...
There are currently 32 judges (including the Chief Justice) in the Supreme Court of India. In August 2021, then President Ram Nath Kovind signed the warrant of appointments of nine judges, including three women , to the Supreme Court, taking the total number of judges to 33, against the sanctioned strength of 34. [ 2 ]
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.
Leila Seth (20 October 1930 – 5 May 2017) was an Indian judge who served as the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court, Himachal Pradesh High Court, on 5 August 1991. [1] She was also the first woman to be designated as a senior counsel by the Supreme Court of India. [2]
Hima Kohli (born 2 September 1959) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2021 to 2024. Earlier, she served as a judge of the Delhi High Court. and then the second chief justice of the Telangana High Court, being the first woman judge to hold that office.