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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 chief justice of India (CJI) ... Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (1920–2008) 22 February 1978: 11 July 1985: 7 years, 139 days Bombay: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy [30] 17
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, 14 days) Appointed as CJI on. 11 November 2024 (82 days) 13 May 2025 (−101 days) 6 years, 116 days Tenure length as CJI. 184 days Delhi: 33 24 June 2005: 35th CJI Ramesh Chandra ...
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.
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud: Madras: 3rd Since 5 December 2024. Ramesh Sinha: Chhattisgarh High Court: Chhattisgarh: 29 March 2023 (1 year, 306 days) 4 September 2026 (−1 year, 218 days) 3 years, 160 days Allahabad: 13th Since 16 January 2025. Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya: Delhi High Court: Delhi: 21 January 2025 (8 days) 15 June 2027 (−2 ...
CJI Y V Chandrachud: Appointed by: President Giani Zail Singh: Preceded by: P. N. Bhagwati: Succeeded by: E.S. Venkataramiah: Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court; Preceded by: Prakash Chandra Tatia D. N. Patel (acting) Personal details; Born 25 November 1924: Died: 17 November 2007 (aged 82) New Delhi, India
Date of appointment as CJI Date of retirement Tenure Length Tenure Length as CJI 1 H. J. Kania: 26 January 1950: 26 January 1950: 6 November 1951: 1 year, 284 days 1 year, 284 days 2 M. Patanjali Sastri: 26 January 1950: 7 November 1951: 3 January 1954: 3 years, 342 days 2 years, 57 days 3 Mehr Chand Mahajan: 26 January 1950: 4 January 1954: 22 ...
However Mukherjea declined, saying that Mehr Chand Mahajan was his senior. When Nehru pressed him, the judge said he would sooner resign than usurp the highest office before his turn. Only after Mahajan retired did Mukherjea become CJI. [2] His time as CJI ended prematurely as he suffered from heart ailments that forced his retirement. [3]