Cji of india 2022

On October 17, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud as the D.Y. Chandrachud was born on November 11, 1959, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. After earning a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, he went on to pursue law (LLB) from the Faculty of Law at Delhi University. He obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree and a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School. Justice Chandrachud was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 13, 2016. Before that, he served as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. Justice Chandrachud will serve as the CJI for two years and two days until his retirement on November 10, 2024. His is expected to be the 14th longest tenure among the tenures of the 50 CJIs analysed. His term will be the longest among all the CJIs of the past decade. The 11 CJIs who were appointed after Justice S.H. Kapadia, who took charge on May 12, 2010 and who served two years, four months and 19 days in the top post, had shorter stints than what Justice Chandrachud is set to serve. Interestingly, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud’s father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, holds the record for serving the longest term as the CJI. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud was appointed on February 22, 1978 and retired on July 11, 1985, which means he served in the top post for seven years, four months and 19 days. Justice Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha, India’s sixth CJI, comes a distant sec...

DY Chandrachud, a PhD from Harvard Law School, did his BA (Honours) in economics from St Stephen's College, New Delhi. Thereafter he went on to complete LLB from Delhi University's Campus Law Centre. He practised in Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court. He was first appointed as judge of the Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000. He served as Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 till 2000. The In the over seven-decade history of India's Supreme Court, this would be the first instance of a father-son duo occupying the highest seat. DY Chandrachud famously overturned two of his father's judgments — those pertaining to adultery and right to privacy. He has been a visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Mumbai and at Oklahoma University School of Law, US. Chandrachud played a major role in starting virtual hearings during the pandemic restrictions. These hearings have now become a permanent feature of the system. Justice Chandrachud is known for his love of cricket. Famously workaholic, Chandrachud presided over a bench on September 30, 2022 that sat till 9:10 pm, hours beyond the regular working hours, to hear 75 cases to clear the board before the start of the Dussehra vacations. Justice Chandrachud will demit office on November 10, 2024. Landmark judgments DY Chandrachud has been part of several constitution benches. He has penned landmark verdicts including in the Ayodhya land title dispute. He was on the benches that delivered...

Justice Dhananjay Yeshwant Chandrachud took oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India on Wednesday. He took over as the head of India’s judiciary from Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who demitted office after serving for 74 days, on Tuesday. Here’s all you need to know about the new Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud: Breaking News on May 27: CBIC issues SoPs for scrutiny of GST returns | Parliament building inauguration | Nepal PM’s India visit | Kanpur-Delhi flight soon -He did his schooling from Saint Columba’s in Delhi, and graduated in economics and mathematics from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi. -He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law at Delhi University in 1982, and went on to earn an LL.M from Harvard University in 1983. Also Read: -He received the Joseph H Beale prize for securing the highest marks in the Conflict of Laws course, and stayed in Harvard until 1986 to complete his Doctorate in Juridical Sciences. -After completion of studies, he was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra. -He was appointed as judge of Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000, and served as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court from October 13, 2013, until his elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court on May 13, 2016. -He served as Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998-2000. -His father YV Chandrachud was the longest serving CJI who was in office for about seven years and four months between 1978 to 1985. This is the first time in the ...

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...

Chief Justice Ramana personally handed over a copy of his letter of recommendation dated August 3 to Justice Lalit when they met for tea in the Supreme Court in the morning before court. Chief Justice Ramana had at 9.30 p.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2022, r Sources said Chief Justice Ramana recommended Justice Lalit’s name in a matter of minutes after receiving Mr. Rijiju's letter. Chief Justice Ramana is retiring on August 26, 2022. The ‘Memorandum of Procedure of Appointment of Supreme Court Judges’ says “appointment to the office of the Chief Justice of India should be of the senior most Judge of the Supreme Court considered fit to hold the office”. The process, according to the Memorandum, begins with the Union Law Minister seeking the recommendation of the outgoing CJI about the next appointment. Deciding cases not an easy task, says Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana The Minister has to seek the CJI’s recommendation “at the appropriate time”. The Memorandum does not elaborate or specify a timeline. The Memorandum says that “after receipt of the recommendation of the Chief Justice of India, the Union Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs will put up the recommendation to the Prime Minister who will advise the President in the matter of appointment”. This is expected to happen shortly. Justice Lalit, if appointed, would have a tenure of hardly three months. He retires on November 8, 2022.

Image Source : PTI Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice N V Ramana The year 2022 will see three Chief Justices of India (CJI) helming the judiciary. While the incumbent Justice NV Ramana took charge as the 48th Chief Justice of India on April 24 last year, the year will see two new CJIs assuming the charge at the fag end. With this, 2022 will become only the second such year since the Supreme Court's inception in 1950 when it will have three different CJIs. CJI Ramana is scheduled to retire on August 26. He will be succeeded by Justice UU Lalit. He will serve as the CJI for a period of a little more than two months. He will retire on November 8 after which Justice Chandrachud will take over as the CJI and helm the judiciary for more than 2 years. Justice Chandrachud will also become one of the longest serving CJIs. He will hold the post till November 10, 2024. With this, the master of roster power will go through three hands in three months after mid-2022, according to Bar and Bench. READ MORE: