NEW DELHI: Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who’s at present a Supreme Court docket choose, will take cost as Chief Justice of India (CJI) on November 11 this yr.
Justice Khanna will succeed CJI DY Chandrachud, who’s serving because the nation’s fiftieth chief justice.
Final week, CJI Chandrachud had formally proposed Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second-most senior choose of the Supreme Court docket, as his successor.
In a communication to the Union authorities, CJI Chandrachud acknowledged that since he’s demitting workplace on November 10, Justice Khanna could be his successor.
“In train of the ability conferred by the Structure of India, Hon’ble President, after session with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is happy to nominate Shri Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Decide of the Supreme Court docket of India as Chief Justice of India with impact from eleventh November, 2024,” Union legislation minister Arun Ram Meghwal posted on X.
Who’s Justice Sanjiv Khanna?
Born on Could 14, 1960, Justice Khanna enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983 and initially practised on the district courts on the Tis Hazari complicated, and later within the excessive courtroom of Delhi and tribunals.
He was elevated as an extra Decide of the Delhi excessive courtroom in 2005 and was made a everlasting choose in 2006. Justice Khanna was elevated as a Decide of the Supreme Court docket on January 18, 2019.
