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President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as the executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on September 2, the Law Ministry said in a notification. Justice Chandrachud takes up the position that became vacant after The NALSA has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society. While the CJI is the Patron-in-Chief, the second senior most judge of the Supreme Court of India is the executive chairperson of the Authority. Before being elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Chandrachud served as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and prior to that a judge of the Bombay High Court.

Delhi | Justice Uday Umesh Lalit takes oath as The Chief Justice of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu Lalit said he has always believed that role of the top court is to lay down law with clarity and the best possible way to do it is to have larger benches as early as possible so that the issues get clarified immediately. "So, we will strive hard to say that yes, we will always have at least one constitution bench functioning all throughout the year," he said, adding that one of the areas in which he intends to work is about the listing of cases before the constitution benches and matters which are specially referred to three-judge benches. On the issue of listing of matters, he said, "….I must assure you that we will strive hard to make the listing as simple, as clear, and as transparent as possible". “I have always believed that the role of the Supreme Court is to lay down law with clarity, consistency, and the best possible way to do it is to have larger benches as early as possible, wherever the matters are referred to such benches so that the issues get clarified immediately, the matter has consistency and the people are well aware of what exactly are the contours of the peculiar positions in law," Justice Lalit. He said the second facet which he noticed was during the Chief Justices' and Chief Ministers' conference where Justice Ramana meticulously and very forcefully tried to persuade all the chief ministers and chief justice...

By PTI NEW DELHI: Senior-most judge of the Supreme Court Justice U U Lalit, who is in line to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), has been part of several landmark judgements including the one which held the practice of divorce through instant 'triple talaq' among Muslims illegal and unconstitutional. Justice Lalit is in line to become the 49th CJI of India on August 27, a day after incumbent Justice N V Ramana demits the office. Justice Lalit, who was a renowned senior advocate, was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on August 13, 2014. He has since been involved in delivery of several landmark judgements of the apex court. One of the path-breaking verdicts was the August 2017 judgement by a five-judge constitution bench which by a 3-2 majority ruled the practice of divorce through instant 'triple talaq' as "void", "illegal" and "unconstitutional". While then Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice S Abdul Nazeer were in favour of putting on hold the judgement for six months and asking the government to come out with a law to that effect, Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman and U U Lalit held the practice as violative of the Constitution. Justices Khehar, Joseph and Nariman have since retired. In another important judgement, a bench headed by Justice Lalit had ruled the erstwhile royal family of Travancore has the management right over the historic Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala, one of the richest shrines, holding that the rule of "heritability must get...

Umesh Lalit in 2020 49th In office 27 August 2022–8 November 2022 President Preceded by Succeeded by Judge of the In office 13 August 2014–26 August 2022 Nominated by Appointed by Personal details Born ( 1957-11-09) 9 November 1957 (age65) Spouse Amita Lalit Parent U.R. Lalit (father) Residence(s) 5, Krishna Menon Marg, Sunehri Bagh, Uday Umesh Lalit (born 9 November 1957) is an Indian lawyer and former Supreme Court Judge, who served as the 49th Family and education [ ] Lalit was born in Lalit attended Career [ ] Lalit enrolled with the In 2011, a Supreme Court bench of Justices As a Supreme Court judge [ ] In July 2014, the Supreme court collegium headed by then Chief Justice of India In 2017, he was part of the five-judge bench in the case against the unconstitutional nature of On 10 January 2019, Justice Lalit recused himself from a five-judge bench constituted to hear the In May 2021, he was part of a bench which denied bail to He was part of the two-judge bench, along with As Chief Justice of India [ ] On 10 August 2022, Chief Justice Lalit's tenure despite being short had brought major administrative changes to the court, a frantic pace of work with each bench of judges having to deal with 60-70 cases per day. Over the years Supreme Court's number of Chief Justice Lalit could only recommend one new judge to the Supreme Court, his proposal to recommend four more judges to the court, to fill the vacancies in the court, failed to get approval of the collegium over proc...

New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): A day after Justice NV Ramana retired, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was sworn in as 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office of the Chief Justice of India to Justice Lalit at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the morning hours. He succeeds Justice NV Ramana, who retired on August 26. Justice Ramana had recommended Justice Lalit as his successor in keeping with convention and norms of seniority. The President subsequently confirmed Justice Lalit’s appointment as the new CJI. Justice Lalit will have a brief tenure of 74 days as the head of India’s judiciary and would demit office on 8 November. Yesterday at the farewell function of Justice Ramana, Justice Lalit said that during his tenure of nearly three months he will focus on three key areas and one of his top priorities would be to make the listing of cases simple, clear and as transparent as possible. Justice Lalit has also promised to ensure a clear-cut regime where any urgent matters can freely be mentioned before the respective benches of the top court. He assured that there will be at least one Constitution Bench functioning throughout the year in the Supreme Court. Justice Lalit said, “I have always believed that the role of the Supreme Court is to lay down law with clarity, consistency, and the best possible way to do it is to have larger benches as early as possible, wherever the matters are referred to such benches so that the issues get...

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 2014 from the Bar. Justice Lalit will become the second Chief Justice of India to be directly elevated to the Supreme Court from the Bar, after Justice SM Sikri, who served as the 13th CJI in 1971. Justice Lalit has served as a Member of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee for two terms. From 1992 till 2002 he practised as Advocate on Record and was designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court in April 2004. He was also appointed Amicus Curiae in many important issues, including Forest matters, Vehicular Pollution, Pollution of Yamuna etc. He was appointed as Special Public Prosecutor for CBI under the orders of the Supreme Court to conduct trial in all 2G matters.

The Chief Justice of India plays a key role in the functioning of the Supreme Court. They supervise the Court’s administration, allocate cases to judges, and head the Collegium —the body that appoints Judges across India. Arguably, a Chief Justice decides the fate of the Supreme Court as an institution during their tenure. The incumbent Chief Justice of India N.V Ramana is set to retire on August 26th, 2022, after which he will be succeeded by Justice U.U. Lalit . SCO introduces the nine next Supreme Court Judges to take oath as the Chief Justice of India—if the seniority rule is to be followed. Justice UU Lalit will be the 49th Chief Justice of India. His is the second-shortest tenure among the next nine CJIs, lasting for just 2.5 months—a significantly shorter time than the average tenure of a CJI (1.5 years). Justice Lalit is the second CJI to be directly elevated from the Supreme Court Bar, after Justice S.M. Sikri in 1971. So far, Lalit J has written 288 judgments across his tenure of seven years and eight months. This accounts for 31.3% of the 920 Benches he has been a part of. Due to his longstanding career as a lawyer, he has had to recuse himself from noteworthy cases such as the review of Yakub Memon’s capital punishment, the 2008 Malegaon blasts , and the Ayodhya Title Dispute . He had appeared as a counsel for some of the parties in these or similar cases. Some of the noteworthy cases Lalit J has heard include Triple Talaq , the Electoral Appeals Case , and the...