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Justice Justice Lalit will assume charge on August 27, a day after Justice N.V. Ramana demits office as the CJI. Justice Lalit will have a brief tenure as he will demit office on November 8 after holding the charge as the CJI for a little under three months. Justice Lalit will be the second CJI who was directly elevated to the apex court Bench from the Bar. Justice S.M. Sikri was the first lawyer to be elevated directly to the top court Bench in March 1964 and went on to become the 13th CJI in January 1971. “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. While Supreme Court judges retire on attaining the age of 65, judges of the 25 High Courts superannuate at the age of 62. Justice Ramana congratulated Justice Lalit on his appointment and wished him a glorious tenure “Shri Justice Ramana expressed confidence that with his long and rich experience in the Bar as well as on the Bench, Shri Justice Lalit will take the institution of the judiciary to greater heights through his able leadership,” a statement from an official of the Supreme Court said. Landmark verdicts Justice Lalit has been part of several landmark judgments, including the one which held the practice of divorce through instant triple talaq among Muslims illegal and uncon...

SC stays Allahabad HC order to ascertain whether ‘rape’ victim is ‘manglik’ US Supreme Court rejects race-based challenge to Native American adoption law Justice Lalit will have a brief tenure of less than three months as the CJI and he would retire on 8 November this year. The Justice Lalit, who was a senior advocate before being appointed a judge of the apex court on 13 August 2014, has been part of several In January 2019, he recused himself from hearing the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute in Ayodhya. Justice Lalit, who was part of a five-judge Constitution bench headed by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi, had "expressed his disinclination to participate in the hearing any further" and opted himself out of the Ayodhya matter. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for a Muslim party in the matter, had told the Constitution bench that Justice Lalit had appeared as a lawyer for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh in a connected matter in the year 1997. One of the path-breaking verdicts, of which Justice Lalit was part, was the August 2017 judgment by a five-judge Constitution bench which by a 3:2 majority ruled the practice of divorce through instant 'triple talaq' as "void", "illegal" and "unconstitutional". While then Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice S Abdul Nazeer were in favour of putting on hold the judgment for six months and asking the government to come out with a law to that effect, Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman,...

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 ...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers were present at the ceremony. Justice Lalit's predecessor, Justice NV Ramana, was also present at the oath-taking ceremony. On the eve of him taking charge from outgoing CJI NV Ramana, Lalit chalked out three priorities he would endeavor to fulfill during his 74-day tenure. Lalit highlighted three areas in which he intends to work. These include - ensuring that at least one constitution bench is functioning in the Supreme Court throughout the year, listing cases for hearing in the apex court, and mentioning urgent matters. Justice Lalit will have a brief tenure of less than three months as the CJI and he will retire on November 8 this year. The retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court is 65.

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...

Just as the Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday set in motion the process of appointment of his successor, the name that was recommended was of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the most senior judge. According to reports, the CJI personally handed over the copy of his letter of recommendation to Justice Lalit. Notably, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court Justice U U Lalit, who is in line to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), has reportedly been part of various landmark judgements, including the ruling on 'triple talaq'. • • Justice Lalit was born on November 9, 1957, and began his career after he enrolled as an advocate in June 1983 and practised in the Bombay High Court till December 1985. According to PTI report, the Justice shifted his practice to Delhi in January 1986, and in April 2004, he was designated as a senior advocate by the • Among his several landmark judgements, one of the path-breaking verdicts was the August 2017 judgement by a five-judge constitution bench which by a 3-2 majority ruled the practice of divorce through instant 'triple talaq' as "void", "illegal" and “unconstitutional," according to news agency PTI report. • Interestingly, in another important judgement, a bench headed by Justice Lalit had ruled the erstwhile royal family of Travancore has the management right over the historic Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala, one of the richest shrines, holding that the rule of "heritability must get attached to a right of Shebait...

Premium Justice Fast-Forward: The rise of CJI U U Lalit from the Bar to the top-most office in Supreme Court As Justice Uday Umesh Lalit takes over as the 49th Chief Justice of India, he has 74 days to work on the goals he set for himself. To start with, the court will have Constitution benches sitting all year to tackle pending cases. On August 26, a day before taking oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, speaking at the farewell hosted for his predecessor, announced his goals for his 74-day stint at the top office — from setting up at least one Constitution bench that would sit through the year to ensuring smoother methods for listing cases and allowing lawyers to effectively ‘mention’ their cases for listing. For those who have known Justice Lalit, first as an advocate-on-record before the Supreme Court and later as a designated senior advocate, it is this work ethic that defines him. “There has not been a CJI who perhaps understands this court and the bottlenecks in the registry better than Lalit. As an AOR for over a decade, he has dealt with this every day. As a senior advocate, he has a vision of what the court ought to be,” a senior advocate said. Editorial | Born in 1957 in Maharashtra’s Solapur, Justice Lalit shifted his nascent two-year practice from After working in the chambers of ace lawyer P H Parekh and former Attorney General for India Soli Sorabjee, Justice U U Lalit set up his independent practice. As advocate-on-record, his ...