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Premium Justice Uday Umesh Lalit: ‘If (our) action is not up to the mark, stakeholders have a right to comment’ A fortnight before he takes over as Chief Justice of India for a term of 74 days, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit speaks on a range of issues: the perception that lower courts don’t take the cue from the highest court to the inordinate delay in hearing key cases and the need for reforms, including at least one Constitution bench sitting through the year. A fortnight before he takes over as Chief Justice of India for a term of 74 days, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit spoke to ANANTHAKRISHNAN G and APURVA VISHWANATH on a range of issues: the perception that lower courts don’t take the cue from the highest court to the inordinate delay in hearing key cases and the need for reforms, including at least one Constitution bench sitting through the year. Excerpts: You have three months as the Chief Justice of India. What are your priorities? It’s true that it’s a short tenure. But I don’t consider that because perception-wise, according to me, it’s as good and as big a tenure as an opportunity can actually (afford) me…It is an opportunity which has been given to me. I will make the most of it, in terms of laying down certain things which I consider to be healthy practices. Of course, they won’t be (shaped only by) my individual view. Also Read | Whatever I would like to put down or lay down for future generations to follow, we will take everybody in confidence, the entire body of judge...

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 ...

Early Life and Career as an Advocate Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was born on November 9th, 1957, in Solapur, Maharashtra. His father, U.R. Lalit, was an Additional Judge at the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court’s and a senior advocate at the Supreme Court. Justice U.U. Lalit enrolled as an advocate in June 1983. He specialised in criminal law and practiced at the Bombay HC from 1983 to 1985. Following his stint at the Bombay HC, he worked in the chambers of then Attorney General of India, Soli Sorabjee, from 1986 to 1992. As a lawyer, Justice Lalit appeared on behalf of several high profile personalities. In 1994, he represented the BJP leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis ter, Ka lyan Singh, who was charged with contempt of court for failing to prevent the Babri Masjid demolition . Mr. Singh had previously submitted an affidavit assuring the Supreme Court that untoward incidents would be prevented at the disputed site. Justice Lalit represented Salman Khan in his 1998 poaching case , when the actor was charged with killing two blackbucks, an endangered species of antelope. Further, he reportedly represented BJP leader and then Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Amit Shah, who was charged with murder in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case . Career as an Advocate at the Supreme Court Justice Lalit was designated as Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court in April, 2004. He aided the Court as an amicus curiae in many important matters pert...

Justice NDTV and The Indian Express on Monday, 15 August. On his vision of "maximum output through the limited resources" during a term that is set to last for 74 days, Justice Lalit said that it can be achieved by clubbing cases and listing matters that can be representative in other cases "which are capable of disposing of many pending matters in the lower authorities," NDTV quoted him as saying. Speaking about the lower courts' recent verdicts on bail matters, Justice Lalit said: "Let’s put it this way, 90 percent of our prison population is actually undertrials. There are various statutes, for instance, POCSO, Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Act or NDPS law which have an in-built mandate that bail should not easily be granted, should not readily be granted, unless certain statutory requirements are satisfied. When the matter is still at the undertrial stage, the idea is not yet crystallised because many of these provisions say that (for bail) the court (needs to be) prima facie satisfied that no offence is made out. And that puts a lot of burden on the entire system." Justice U U Lalit to The Indian Express Asked about concerns expressed by parts of the judiciary about how social media is being used to target judges personally, Justice Lalit told The Indian Express that "so long as it is not a deliberate or a well-thought of action or a well-thought of agenda which is getting employed... we must actually take it in our stride." "We are ultimately public servants. Whate...

Table of Contents • Chief Justice of India: Uday Umesh Lalit Judge Uday Umesh Lalit is an Indian Supreme Court justice who was born on November 9, 1957. On August 10, 2022, President Droupadi Murmu named him Chief Justice of India. On August 27, 2022, he will take the oath of office to become the 49th Chief Justice of India. He worked as a senior attorney at the Supreme Court before being elevated to the position of judge. One of the six senior attorneys who have been promoted directly to the Supreme Court is Justice Lalit. After holding the position of Chief Justice of India for seventy-four days as the 49th chief justice, he will retire on November 8, 2022. He is becoming the CJI after the retirement of N.V. Ramana, who was the 48th CJI and retired on 27.08.2022, to read about him Uday U Lalit was born into the family of U.R. Lalit, a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India and a former additional judge of the Bombay High Court Nagpur bench. He was born in the Maharashtra town of Solapur, the hometown of his family. When Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru visited Solapur, his grandpa Ranganath Lalit, a lawyer, presided over two different civic receptions. He is wed to Amrita Lalit. He graduated from Mumbai’s Government Law College with a law degree. In June 1983, Lalit registered as an advocate with the Maharashtra and Goa Bar Council. He established his firm with lawyer M.A. Rane, who was regarded as a supporter of the radical humanism school of thought and who t...

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI) Who is Uday Umesh Lalit, India’s new 49th Chief Justice Justice 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI). President Droupadi Murmu administered the swearing-in oath during a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former president Ram Nath Kovind, former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu and Union ministers, including Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, were present at the ceremony. Justice Lalit’s predecessor, ex-CJI N V Ramana, was also present. After being sworn in, Chief Justice Lalit sought the blessings of his family by touching their feet, including that of his 90-year-old father and former Mumbai High Court judge Umesh Ranganath Lalit. As the CJI, Justice Lalit will have a tenure of 74 days and would demit office on November 8 on attaining the age of 65 years. Justice D Y Chandrachud, the senior-most judge after Justice Lalit, is next in line to be the Chief Justice of India. Justice UU Lalit sworn-in as the 49th Chief Justice of India — Prasar Bharati News Services & Digital Platform (@PBNS_India) CJI U U Lalit’s father Justice U R Lalit who later became a noted criminal lawyer was not made permanent by the Indira Gandhi regime which came back to power in 1980 as Justice U R Lalit was not in good books as he had given so many bails to those arrested during Emergency. CJI Lalit was selected by Collegium directly as Supreme C...