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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 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.
There are currently 33 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 ]
President of the Republic of India: Droupadi Murmu: 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President of the Republic of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar: 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister of the Republic of India: Narendra Modi: 26 May 2014 [3] Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla: 19 June 2019 [4] Chief ...
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This category contains articles relating to the Chief Justice of India, the person who presides over the Supreme Court of India. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In 2007, Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the first judge as well as the chief justice of India from the dalit community. In 2010, Justice S. H. Kapadia coming from a Parsi minority community became the chief justice of India. [21] [28] In 2017, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar became the first Sikh chief justice of India.