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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.
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.
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]
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 ...
Tirath Singh Thakur (born 4 January 1952) is an Indian jurist who served as the 43rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 3 December 2015 to 4 January 2017. Before being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from August 2008 to November 2009 .He has also served as a senior judge in Karnataka High Court from March 1994 to July 2004 and Jammu ...
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.
(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 ...
On 12 May 2010, he was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India by President Pratibha Patil. He retired on 29 September 2012. He retired on 29 September 2012. During his tenure as chief justice [ 7 ] he was the chairman of the General Council of the Gujarat National Law University and the Visitor of the National Law School of India University . [ 8 ]