The central authorities on Thursday, October 24, notified the appointment of Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the following Chief Justice of India. With the Centre’s notification, he has now been formally appointed the 51st CJI. He’s set to take over from November 11, following the retirement of the present Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who really useful his title.
Justice Khanna will take oath on November 11, a day after incumbent CJI Chandrachud demits workplace on attaining the age of 65. Chandrachud took over because the CJI on November 8, 2022.
Justice Khanna’s tenure might be of somewhat over six months as CJI. He would retire workplace on Could 13, 2025.
Union Minister of State for Legislation and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal confirmed the union authorities’s endorsement of Justice Khanna’s appointment by way of a put up on X (previously Twitter).
“In train of the facility 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 Courtroom of India as Chief Justice of India with impact from eleventh November, 2024,” Legislation Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted on X.
In train of the facility 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 Courtroom of India as Chief Justice of India with impact from eleventh…
— Arjun Ram Meghwal (@arjunrammeghwal) October 24, 2024
Justice Sanjiv Khanna is the nephew of former Supreme Courtroom choose Hans Raj Khanna, recognized for his dissent within the landmark ADM Jabalpur case, Bar and Bench reported.
As a high courtroom choose, he has delivered a number of key judgments, significantly in previous few months. He was additionally a part of the Structure bench that upheld the abrogation of Article 370 of the Structure of India. Justice Khanna was additionally a part of the Structure bench that struck down the Electoral Bonds scheme below which nameless donations to political events have been permitted.