Who is the current cji of india

By the time the Supreme Court of India gets its first woman Chief Justice, it would have completed 77 years as a one of the three pillars of independent and democratic India. Not just the absence of a woman CJI, the conspicuous lack of adequate representation to women in the higher judiciary has been widely noted. While it has been slow in coming, here’s why there is more to be done to ensure an equal presence of women in the corridors of justice. Why Justice Nagarathna Is At The Top Of A Select Club? After its creation in 1950, the Supreme Court has had 48 CJIs so far, including the incumbent NV Ramana. The grand total of women judges that the apex court has had during all this time is eight out of the all-time list of close to 250 judges, or just about 3 per cent. Of course, there have been no women CJIs. However, that is set to change with the swearing in of nine judges on August 31, 2021, among whom will be three women judges, one whom, significantly, will go on to become India’s first woman CJI in 2027, on the principle of seniority. There are three women judges among the nine to be sworn in after their names were cleared by the Centre. The trio of Justices Hima Kohli, Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, and Bela Trivedi of Gujarat High Court and BV Nagarathna of Karnataka High Court will make it the largest appointment of women to the top court ever since its inception. In fact, the first woman judge in SC received appointment only in 1989. Justice M Fathima B...

By Aneesha Mathur: The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, has cleared nine names for appointment as judges in the court. Justice BV Nagarathna, currently a judge in the Karnataka High Court, is in line to become the first woman Chief Justice of India (CJI) in 2027 if the government clears her name for appointment. The collegium is believed to have ended the nearly-two-year-long logjam by recommending the names of nine judges to the Centre. The five-member collegium, which also comprises Justices UU Lalit, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao, has sent three names of woman judges, including Justice BV Nagarathna from the Karnataka High Court who could become the first woman CJI. HERE ARE THE NAMES OF 9 JUDGES: 1) Justice Hima Kohli: Chief Justice of Telangana 6) Justice Vikram Nath: Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court 7) Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari: Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court 8) Justice CT Ravikumar: Judge of Kerala High Court 9) Justice MM Sundresh: Judge of Madaras High Court Nine vacancies in the Supreme Court fell vacant after The recommendations, if accepted, will fill all current vacancies taking the working strength to 33. One additional vacancy would arise on Wednesday, when Justice Navin Sinha retires. (Witn inputs from PTI)