49th chief justice of india

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...

August 10, 2022 | 06:15 pm 2 min read Last week, CJI NV Ramana recommended Justice UU Lalit's name as his successor. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has been appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India ( President He will take charge on August 27 after the incumbent CJI NV Ramana's tenure ends. Notably, Justice Lalit's term will be less than three months long as he retires on November 8 at the age of 65 years. What did the Law Ministry notification say? "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 August 27, 2022," said a Law and Justice Ministry notification. Last week, CJI Ramana recommended his name last week To recall, Ramana "personally handed over a copy of his letter of recommendation dated 03.08.2022" to Justice Lalit last week, said reports. The recommendation had come a day after the CJI's Secretariat received a correspondence from the Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju requesting he suggest the name of his successor as per the tradition. His term will be less than three months The incumbent CJI, according to tradition, suggests the name of their successor only after receiving an official notice from the Law and Justice Ministry asking them to do so. CJI Ramana will retire on August 26, after which Justice Lalit would assume charge as the 49th CJI. He will, however...

New Delhi: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Wednesday appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India after President Droupadi Murmu signed his warrant of appointment. He will assume charge on 27 August after incumbent N V Ramana demits office the day before, PTI reported. "In exercise of the power conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit will take over as the 49th Chief Justice of India on 27th August 2022," read a statement from the Ministry of Law and Justice. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India SC: CJI U U Lalit intends to focus on three areas, including listing of cases, mentioning of urgent matters Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 2014 from the Bar. He will become the second Chief Justice of India to be directly elevated to the Supreme Court from the Bar, after Justice S.M. Sikri, who served as the 13th CJI in 1971. Justice Lalit has served as a Member of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee for two terms. Justice U U Lalit has to his credit several landmark judgments. Born on 9 November, 1957 at Solapur, Maharashtra, Justice Lalit was enrolled as an Advocate by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in June, 1983. He practised in the High Court of Bombay till December, 1985 before shifting his practice to Delhi in ...

Here is all you need to know about Justice Uday Umesh Lalit: Uday Umesh Lalit 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 was appointed a special public prosecutor for the CBI to conduct trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case. On 13 August, 2014, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court Lalit was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on August 13, 2014. Since then, he has been involved in delivery of several landmark judgements of the apex court, including the one which held the practice of divorce through instant triple talaq among Muslims illegal and unconstitutional. 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 Nariman and Lalit held the practice as violative of the Constitution. 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. (With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Lalit at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He will have a 74-day tenure since he retires on November 8. He said that during his 74-day tenure as the CJI, he would strive hard to make the listing process for fresh cases as simple, effective, quick and transparent as possible. He also mentioned another area of daily squabbles between lawyers and registry officials - permission to mention matters requiring urgent listing. "I will look into this issue and discuss with my colleagues to come out with a regime for free mentioning of urgent matters before concerned benches," Justice Lalit said. At present, fresh matters requiring urgent listing are mentioned before the CJI-led bench. If he allows mentioning of matters as per the roster - subject-wise distribution of cases before Judges, then it would ease a lot of pressure on the CJI's bench every morning. 'SC to have permanent 5-judge bench' Justice Lalit also said that there will be a permanent five-judge bench in the Supreme Court, which is constitutionally tasked to interpret the law and decide important constitutional questions. He also promised to expedite hearing on cases referred to three-judge benches. NV Ramana, who retired from the post of CJI on Friday, had recommended Justice Lalit's name to the government as his successor. Ramana had expressed confidence that with ...

Context: In exercise of the power conferred by  clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President has appointed Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India. Relevance: GS II- Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: • Appointment of the CJI • Administrative Powers of CJI (Master of Roster) Appointment of the CJI: • The Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court (SC) are appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution. • As far as the CJI is concerned, the outgoing CJI recommends his successor. • The Union Law Minister forwards the recommendation to the Prime Minister who, in turn, advises the President. • SC in the  Second Judges Case (1993), ruled that the senior most judge of the Supreme Court should alone be appointed to the office of the CJI. • The  Supreme Court collegium is headed by the Chief Justice of India and comprises four other senior most judges of the court. • The collegium system is the system of appointment and transfer of judges that has evolved through judgments of the Supreme Court (Judges Cases), and not by an Act of Parliament or by a provision of the Constitution. Qualifications The Indian Constitution says in Article 124 (3) that in order to be appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India, the person has to fit in the following criteria: • He/She is a citizen of India • Has been for at least five years a Judg...