Justice Sanjeev Khanna.
Justice Sanjeev Khanna will become the 51st Chief Justice of the country. He was appointed chief justice on Thursday. Judge Khanna will be sworn in on November 11. A day before this, the post of current CJI DY Chandrachud will fall vacant. DY Chandrachud took over as CJI on November 8, 2022. Justice Sanjeev Khanna’s term as CJI will be a little over six months. He will step down on May 13 next year.
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted on social media platform X. He stated in the article that the President of India, after consultation with the Judicial Council of India, used the power conferred by the Indian Constitution to appoint Supreme Court Justice Sanjeev Khanna as the Chief Justice of India, effective from November 11, 2024.
In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, His Excellency the President, after consultation with His Excellency the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Justice Sanjiv Khanna of the Supreme Court of India as the Chief Justice of India with effect from the 11th
— Arjun Ram Meghwal (@arjunrammeghwal) October 24, 2024
DY Chandrachud recommended a successor
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud recently recommended his successor. He wrote a letter to the central government. Among them, the name of Justice Khanna has been proposed as the successor of the CJI. In his recommendation, he said Sanjeev Khanna will be the next chief justice. The government has accepted his proposal. In January 2019, Justice Khanna was elevated from the Delhi High Court to the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has formally nominated Justice Sanjiv Khanna as his successor. Chief Justice Chandrachud, in a letter to the Union government, said that since he will step down from office on November 11, Justice Khanna will be his successor.
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— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2024
Who is Justice Sanjeev Khanna?
Khanna was born on May 14, 1960 and studied law at the Delhi University Campus Law Centre. In 1983, he was registered as a lawyer with the Delhi Bar Council. Initially, he practiced at Tis Hazari Court. Thereafter he began practicing law in the High Court. Justice Khanna served as a judge of the Delhi High Court for 14 years. From June 17, 2023 to December 25, 2023, he served as Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.
