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Justice BR Gavai 52nd CJI
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Justice B.R. Gavai set to take oath as 52nd Chief Justice of India on 14th May

Justice Gavai, whose name for the position was recommended on 16-4-2025, will take over reins from Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is set to retire on 13-5-2025 after a tenure of 6 months as 51st Chief Justice of India.

Published on April 30, 2025April 30, 2025By Sucheta
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CJI constitutes 3-member committee to inquire cash-in-house row; Justice Yashwant Varma signals conspiracy to frame and malign him

Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya has been directed to not assign any judicial work to Justice Yashwant Varma.

Published on March 23, 2025By Deeksha
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Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath
Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath of office as 51st Chief Justice of India

On 11-11-2024, President of India administered the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna who was elevated to the Supreme Court as Judge on 18-1-2019 and is due to retire on 13-5-2025, which means he will have a tenure of 6 months as Chief Justice of India.

Published on November 11, 2024November 13, 2024By Sucheta
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Justice J B Pardiwala
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice J.B. Pardiwala

A 4th generation lawyer, Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala assumed office as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 09-05-2022 and is in line to become the Chief Justice of India in 2028. Justice Pardiwala is expected to serve a two-year and three months term as Chief Justice of India from 03-05-2028 to 11-08-2030.

Published on August 12, 2024August 12, 2024By Arunima
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Online AOR Exam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Technical glitches force cancellation of Practice Paper I of Supreme Court’s AoR Exam; Candidates to rewrite paper in offline mode

Paper-I (Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court) of the Advocates-on-Record (AoR) Examination held on 10 June 2024 stands cancelled in view of the technical glitches experienced by candidates appearing for computer-based examination at the examination centre.

Published on June 10, 2024June 11, 2024By Apoorva
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CJI Dr. DY Chandrachud at UK Supreme Court
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“Future of arbitration is already here”: CJI Dr. DY Chandrachud at UK Supreme Court

Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud delivered a lecture on ‘Commercial Arbitration: Shared Understandings and Developments in UK And India’ ’ at the United Kingdom Supreme Court on 06-06-2024.

Published on June 7, 2024June 13, 2024By Bhumika Indulia
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justice j b pardiwala
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice J.B. Pardiwala

“Scrutiny of Judicial Process by Half Truth Knowledgeable is real danger to Rule of Law” — Justice J.B. Pardiwala at ‘2nd Justice

Published on August 12, 2023August 12, 2023By Arunima
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Justice UU Lalit takes oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India: His Journey, Judgments and Focus Areas as the New Chief 

Justice Lalit , who took oath as a Supreme Court judge in 2014, has delivered over 270 judgments so far.

Published on August 27, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressKnow thy JudgeNews

CJI NV Ramana names Justice UU Lalit as his successor | Know Justice UU Lalit and his judgments

The Chief Justice of India, Justice NV Ramana has named Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as his successor. Set to become the 49th

Published on August 5, 2022August 5, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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by Shubham Priyadarshi
Op EdsOP. ED.

Power of Contempt: Divine Origin, Colonial Evolution, and Judicial Devolution

by Shubham Priyadarshi*

Published on July 5, 2022July 5, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Remembering the longest serving Chief Justice of India, Justice YV Chandrachud

Suchita Shukla, Legal Editor has put this story together

Published on July 14, 2020November 11, 2020By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

Here’s why Supreme Court held that the Office of CJI comes under the purview of RTI

Supreme Court: In yet another historic verdict, the 5-judge constitution Bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and NV Ramana, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Deepak

Published on November 13, 2019November 14, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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CJI recuses himself from plea challenging M Nageswara Rao’s appointment as CBI’s interim Director

Supreme Court: CJI Ranjan Gogoi has recused himself from hearing the plea challenging appointment of M Nageswara Rao as the interim director of

Published on January 21, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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‘Live Streaming’ can be conducted on trial basis of constitutional matters of CJI’s Court: Attorney General

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and AM Khanwilkar and Dr DY Chandrachud JJ., received suggestions from the Attorney

Published on July 23, 2018August 2, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Allocation of cases: CJI is the first among equals; there can’t be presumption of mistrust: SC

Supreme Court: Dismissing the petition seeking drafting of set Procedure for constituting the benches and allotment of jurisdiction to different benches in

Published on April 11, 2018April 13, 2018By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Shanti Bhushan moves Supreme Court to question CJI’s authority as Master of Roster

Former Law Minister and Senior Advocate Shanti Bhushan has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the power of the Chief

Published on April 6, 2018By Prachi Bhardwaj
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