Who is the chief justice of india 2022

Express News Service NEW DELHI: India will see six Chief Justices in a span of six years beginning this year. The current Chief Justice of India N V Ramana will head the institution for a year or so only. With a sanctioned strength of 34 judges, six positions of judges are lying vacant in the Supreme Court and four judges will retire by the end of this year. Three more judges will retire by August 2022, and with this, CJI Ramana will have an opportunity to recommend the names of around 13 Supreme Court judges during his tenure ending next year in August. The line of succession till 2027 will also see the youngest Justice D Y Chandrachud as the Chief Justice of India, who will head the institution for over two years. With the exception of unforeseen circumstances, such as death, early retirement or impeachment, the order of upcoming Chief Justices of India is all set. With the Law Commission of India’s recommendation that the Chief Justice of India should have a minimum tenure of two years in the apex court, an analysis of the future CJIs based on their seniority reveals that no judge would be able to stay there beyond a year and a half. At the age of 65, Supreme Court judges retire. But for becoming Chief Justice of India, the date on which the judge was appointed to the apex court plays a crucial role rather than his age. In case, two judges are elevated to the Supreme Court the same date, the one who takes oath first will get the priority followed by the judge who has pu...

Last Updated: 6 March 2023 The Attorney General of India is the Indian Government’s Chief Legal Advisor and is its Chief Advocate in the Courts. The Current and Incumbent Attorney General of India is R. Venkataramani. R. Venkataramani succeeded the office as the 16 th Attorney-General on 1 st October 2022 (14 th Individually). His predecessor was Kotayan Katankot Venugopal who left office on 30 th September 2022. Justice R. Venkataramani was appointed as a Member of the Law Commission of India in 2010. He has been appearing for the State of Tamil Nadu as a Special Senior Counsel for the past 12 years and also acting as Special Senior Counsel for the State of Andhra Pradesh. Page Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Attorney General Of India At A Glance No. Header Details 1 Holder R. Venkataramani 2 Type Judiciary of India 3 Abbreviation AGI 4 Residence New Delhi, India 5 Appointer President of India on the advice of the Union Cabinet 6 Term Length As Per the Discretion of the President 7 Constituting Instrument Article 76 of the Constitution 8 Formation 28 January 1950 9 First holder M. C. Setalvad 10 Deputy Solicitor General of India • Article 76 of the Indian Constitution mentions that He/She is the highest Law Officer in India. • As a Chief Legal Advisor to the government of India, he advises the Union Government on all Legal Matters. • They also perform Legal Duties assigned to them by the President. • Attorney General represents the Government of India in any reference ma...

NEW DELHI: Justice DY Chandrachud has been appointed as the 50th Chief Justice of India. Justice Chandrachud would be sworn in by President Droupadi Murmu as CJI on November 9. He will succeed Justice UU Lalit, who is serving a short tenure of just 74 days. "Extending my best wishes to Justice DY Chandrachud for the formal oath taking ceremony on 9th Nov," law minister Kiren Rijiju said after the announcement. Last week, CJI Lalit had recommended Justice Chandrachud's name as his successor since he is the senior-most Supreme Court judge. Justice Chandrachud been part of several Constitution benches and landmark verdicts of the top court including on matters relating to the Ayodhya land dispute, right to privacy and adultery. Incidently, he will take charge on the day the apex court had passed the historic judgment in the Ayodhya case. Justice Chandrachud, who was elevated to the top court on May 13, 2016, will have a tenure of two years as the CJI and is due to retire on November 10, 2024. Supreme Court judges retire at the age of 65. Fraternity, liberty, dignity and equality key to rule of law: CJI-designate President Droupadi Murmu on Monday designated 63-year-old Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India with effect from November 9, a day after the retirement of incumbent CJI U U Lalit. He is the son of the longest serving CJI Y V Chandrachud who was the head of the judiciary from February 22, 1978 to July 11, 1985. Earlier, law minister...

50th Chief Justice of India:President of India Droupadi Murmu on November 9, 2022, administered the oath of office to Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud as he took over as the 50th Chief Justice of India, replacing UU Lalit. President Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice DY Chandrachud as the new chief justice of India in October 2022. His service will be effective from November 9, 2022, to November 10, 2024. Justice Chandrachud has become the 50th CJI and has succeeded Justice UU Lalit. Chandrachud is also the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court. Speaking on the decision, Kiren Rijiju tweeted “In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President appoints Justice DY Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India with effect from November 9, 2022. Justice DY Chandrachud formally takes oath as the new Chief Justice of India Who is Justice DY Chandrachud? • Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, born on November 11, 1959, is an Indian Judge of the Supreme Court and will soon assume as the 50th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. • DY Chandrachud is also a former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and Bombay High Court. • He was a former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from October 31, 2013. • Currently, Chandrachud is serving as the executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority. • Justice Chnadrachud’s father Justice Y.V Chandrachud was the 16th Chief Justice of India from February 2, 1978, to July 1...

By Kanu Sarda: On April 24, 2022 CJI N V Ramana will complete one year in office as the 48th Chief Justice of India. Through the course of the past year, CJI Ramana has emerged as a people’s judge with a sharp focus on promoting access to justice. In the pursuit of this, his priorities have been filling judicial vacancies and improving judicial infrastructure across Courts in India. The Supreme Court has witnessed some refreshing changes in its judicial approach during the tenure of CJI Ramana. Apart from his orders that made headlines in cases like Pegasus, vacancies in tribunals and the Even during court hearings, Justice Ramana has always maintained a calm and composed demeanour. He has at several instances, reiterated his strong belief that judges should be only speaking through their judgments and is credited with delivering some landmark verdicts underscoring constitutional values and principles of natural justice. Born to a family of farmers at Ponnavaram village in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district, Justice Ramana was a student leader, a journalist and a lawyer before his stint as a judge began. His tenure as the CJI will last until August 25, 2022. In his recent conversation with Justice Stephen Breyer of the US Supreme Court, when asked about his retirement plans, he indicated that agriculture may be one of the options for him. He also urged the citizens to not forget their mother tongue and mother land. It was during CJI Ramana’s tenure that Court orders and jud...

While Supreme Court judges retire on attaining the age of 65 years, judges of the 25 high courts retire at 62. Justice Lalit will be the second CJI who was directly elevated to the apex court bench from the Bar. Justice S M Sikri, who became the 13th CJI in January 1971, was the first lawyer to be elevated directly to the top court bench in March 1964. "In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 27 August 2022," a law ministry notification said. Justice Lalit 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. A renowned senior advocate, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on August 13, 2014. He shifted his practice to Delhi in January 1986, and in April 2004, he was designated as a senior advocate by the apex court. He was appointed a special public prosecutor for the CBI to conduct trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case. He has since been involved in the delivery of several landmark judgements of the apex court. In the triple talaq verdict, while the then CJI 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...

Justice U U Lalit took oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Lalit at the swearing-in ceremony held in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The new CJI has a short tenure and will hold office till November 8, 2022. He succeeds Chief Justice N V Ramana who retired Friday. Speaking at a farewell event organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association for Chief Justice Ramana, Justice Lalit laid out his priorities, saying he “will strive hard to make the process of listing cases as simple as transparent as possible”, make mentioning – where lawyers bring urgent matters to the notice of the court – easier, and strive to ensure that there is at least one Constitution bench functioning throughout the year. Enrolling as an advocate in June 1983, CJI Lalit has been a key part of the country’s jurisprudential journey in the last couple of decades, initially as a lawyer and then as judge. His father U R Lalit was an additional judge of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court. He has also been part of several important rulings in the SC. CJI Lalit headed the bench that last month sentenced Vijay Mallya, who was found guilty of contempt of court in 2017, to four months’ imprisonment and fine of Rs 2,000. He also headed the bench that convicted the fugitive businessman for contempt in May 2017. President Droupadi Murmu administers oath to Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as the Chief Justice of India at R...

Chief Justice of India 2022:Justice Uday U Lalit is set to become the 49th Chief Justice of India. The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana recommended Justice UU Lalit's name as his successor on August 4, 2022. The current Chief Justice of India NV Ramana is scheduled to retire on August 27, 2022.The new Chief Justice of India will have a short tenure of lesser than three months. He will be the only second judge after Justice SM Sikri (CJI from 1971-1973) to be elevated from the bar to the post of the Chief Justice of India. Justice UU Lalit was appointed a judge in the Supreme Court of India in August 2014. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today recommends Justice UU Lalit's name as his successor. Justice Lalit to become the 49th CJI. Chief Justice Ramana is retiring this month. Who is Justice UU Lalit? • Uday Umesh Lalit is a senior judge at the Supreme Court of India. • Before his elevation as a judge, he was practising as a senior counsel at the Supreme Court. • Justice Lalit is the 6th senior advocate to be directly elevated to the top court in the country. • He is scheduled to retire on November 8, 2022. • He will serve as the Chief Justice of India for a period of seventy four days as the 49th CJI. • Justice UU Lalit had joined the bar in June 1983. • He had started practising in the Supreme Court of India in 1986. • He worked with former Attorney General for India, Soli Sorabjee from 1986 to 1992. • Lalit was designated as the senior advocate of the Supreme Court on A...