Who is the current chief justice of india

No. Image Name (birth–death) Period of office Length of term Bar Appointed by ( 1 Sir Maurice Linford Gwyer (1878–1952) 1 October 1937 25 April 1943 ‡ 5years, 206days Acting (1881–1970) 25 April 1943 7 June 1943 43days 2 Sir William Patrick Spens (1885–1973) 7 June 1943 14 August 1947 4years, 68days 3 (1890–1951) 14 August 1947 26 January 1950 2years, 165days List of Chief Justices of India [ ] No. Image Name (birth–death) Period of office Length of term Parent High Court Appointed by ( 1 (1890–1951) 26 January 1950 6 November 1951 † 1year, 284days 2 (1889–1963) 7 November 1951 3 January 1954 2years, 57days 3 (1889–1967) 4 January 1954 22 December 1954 352days 4 (1891–1956) 23 December 1954 31 January 1956 ‡ 1year, 39days 5 (1894–1977) 1 February 1956 30 September 1959 3years, 241days 6 (1899–1986) 1 October 1959 31 January 1964 4years, 122days 7 (1901–1981) 1 February 1964 15 March 1966 2years, 42days 8 (1901–2001) 16 March 1966 29 June 1966 105days 9 (1902–1976) 30 June 1966 11 April 1967 ‡ 285days 10 (1903–1988) 12 April 1967 24 February 1968 318days 11 (1905–1992) 25 February 1968 16 December 1970 2years, 294days 12 (1906–1991) 17 December 1970 21 January 1971 35days 13 (1908–1992) 22 January 1971 25 April 1973 2years, 93days 14 (1912–2009) 26 April 1973 28 January 1977 3years, 276days 15 (1913–1988) 29 January 1977 21 February 1978 1year, 24days 16 (1920–2008) 22 February 1978 11 July 1985 7years, 139days 17 (1921–2017) 12 July 1985 20 December 1986 1year, 161days 18 ...

Last Updated: 27 March 2023 Before we get into the list of Chief Justice Of India, let’s have a quick intro about them. The Chief Justice of India is the head of the Supreme Court and is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. Article 145 of the Constitution gives the right to the Chief Justice of India to allocate the respective issues of relevance to the bench of judges. There are a total of 50 Chief Justices of India that have served since the establishment of the Supreme Court of India in 1950, which superseded the Federal Court of India. The Incumbent and 50 th Chief Justice of India is Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud, who entered office on 9 th Nov 2022. Knowing about the Chief Justice of India is imperative for candidates preparing for various Government Exams as questions based on CJI are asked under the Static GK part of the General Awareness Section. No. Name Term In Term Out Bar Governor-General 1 Sir Maurice Linford Gwyer (1878–1952) 1 Oct 1937 25 Apr 1943 ‡ Inner Temple The Marquess of Linlithgow Sir Srinivas Varadachariar (Acting) 25 Apr 1943 7 Jun 1943 Madras High Court The Marquess of Linlithgow 2 Sir William Patrick Spens (1885–1973) 7 Jun 1943 14 Aug 1947 Inner Temple The Marquess of Linlithgow 3 Hiralal Jekisundas Kania (1890–1951) 14 Aug 1947 26 Jan 1950 Bombay High Court The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma Facts About Chief Justice Of India • The President of India appoin...

Ground Report | New Delhi: How many Top court judges are Muslim in India; In the 1950s Jawaharlal Nehru tried to appoint Justice Mohammad Karim Chagla (Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court 1947–58) as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as he wanted a Muslim Chief Justice of India. However, it took until 1968 for India to have a Muslim Chief Justice. ALSO READ: SU had only 4 Muslim chief justices till now According to a 2016 report, since independence, the Supreme Court has had only four (43, or 9.3 percent) Muslim chief justices, the last being Justice Altamas Kabir who retired in 2012, and 10 (out of 154, or 6.5 percent) judges. Before Justice Kabir, AM Ahmadi served as CJI between 1994 and 1997. And before Justice Ahmadi, Mirza Hamidullah Baig (January 1977 to February 1978) and Mohammad Hidayatullah (February 1968 to December 1970) were appointed CJIs. ALSO READ: Statistically speaking, in the 1950s, one of the first six appointed judges of the Supreme Court was Muslim, which is approximately 16.67%. In 1978, two out of 16 (13%) were Muslims. In 1986, one in 14 was a Muslim. In 2009, 2 out of 26 were Muslims or 8 percent. Since 2019, one in 34 has been a Muslim, which is around 3%. Of the 219 retired and 27 sitting judges serving in the Supreme Court, 18, or 6.75%, are Muslims. How many Top court judges are Muslim in India The Supreme Court has had many illustrious Muslim judges since its inception and has delivered thousands of landmark judgments that have enric...

The correct answer is Justice J. S. Khehar. Key Points • Jagdish Singh Khehar (born 28 August 1952) was the 44th Chief Justice of India (CJI). • Khehar is the first CJI from the Sikh community. • He has been a judge in the Supreme Court of India from 13 September 2011 to 27 August 2017 upon superannuation. • He served for a brief period but gave many landmark Judgements such as the Triple Talaq and the Right to Privacy Judgement. • He was succeeded by Justice Deepak Misra. Additional Information • President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Justice Uday Umesh Lalitas the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI). • He succeeded Justice N V Ramana, who retired on 26August 2022. • Justice Lalit was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in2014. • He will become the second CJIto be directly elevated to the Supreme Court from the Bar, after Justice S.M. Sikri, who served as the 13th CJI in 1971. • Article 32 affirms the right to move the Supreme Court if a fundamental right is violated.

Topics Covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. How Supreme Court chooses the Chief Justice of India? Context: Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde has recommended Justice N.V. Ramana, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as the next top judge. • Justice Ramana is now set to take over as the 48th Chief Justice of India from April 24. Appointment of CJI: • The Chief Justice of India is traditionally appointed by the outgoing Chief Justice of India on the day of his (or her) retirement. • By convention, the outgoing Chief Justice of India selects the most senior then-sitting Supreme Court judge. Seniority at the apex court is determined not by age, but by: • The date a judge was appointed to the Supreme Court. • If two judges are elevated to the Supreme Court on the same day: • The one who was sworn in first as a judge would trump another. • If both were sworn in as judges on the same day, the one with more years of high court service would ‘win’ in the seniority stakes. • An appointment from the bench would ‘trump’ in seniority an appointee from the bar. Is it a part of the Constitution? The Constitution of India does not have any provision for criteria and procedure for appointing the CJI. Article 124(1) of the Indian Constitution says there “shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India”. • The closest mention is in Article 126, which deals with the appointment of an acting CJI....