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Hans Raj Khanna (3 July 1912 – 25 February 2008) [citation needed] was an Indian judge, jurist and advocate who propounded the basic structure doctrine in 1973 and attempted to uphold civil liberties during the time of Emergency in India in a lone dissenting judgement in 1976.
Sanjiv Khanna (born 14 May 1960) is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former judge of Delhi High Court, also a position held by his father Dev Raj Khanna. Also, he is the ex officio executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority. He is in line to become the 51st Chief Justice of India.
- Justice UU Lalit
- Justice Dy Chandrachud
- Justice Sanjiv Khanna
- Justice BR Gavai
- Justice Surya Kant
- Justice Vikram Nath
- Justice Bv Nagarathna
- Justice Ps Narasimha
- Justice JB Pardiwala
Immediately after CJI Ramana’s retirement, Justice UU Lalit, currently the second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, will take oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India. Justice Lalit will serve as the CJI for a short period of less than three months from August 27, 2022 to November 8, 2022.Justice Lalit is only the second judge to be elevated d...
Justice DY Chandrachud practiced as a lawyer in the Supreme Court and various High Courts before being appointed as a judge in the Bombay High Court. He will take oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India after Justice Lalit’s short tenure ends. He will serve as the CJI for two years from November 9, 2022 to November 10, 2024. Justice Chandrachud, al...
Justice Sanjiv Khanna was appointed as a judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005, following in the footsteps of his father, Justice Dev Raj Khanna, who too had retired as a judge from the same High Court in 1985. Justice Sanjiv Khanna was elevated to the Supreme Court without serving as a Chief Justice of any High Court. He is also the nephew of form...
Justice BR Gavai was appointed as a judge in the Bombay High Court in 2003 where he served 16 long years before being elevated to the Supreme Court in 2019. Prior to his tenure as a judge, Justice Gavai worked as a lawyer for 18 years after enrolling with the Bar in 1985. He comes from a politically influential family. His father, RS Gavai led the ...
Justice Surya Kant hails from his parent High Court of Punjab & Haryana, where he first served as a judge from 2004 to 2018 before he took charge as the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court in late 2018. He was subsequently elevated to the Supreme Court in 2019. Prior to his stint as a judge, Justice Surya Kant was the youngest lawyer to be...
Justice Vikram Nath hails from a family of lawyers with him being the 4th generation in his family to pursue law. Justice Vikram Nath started practising in Allahabad High Court, where he was appointed as a judge in 2004. In 2019, he went on to become the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court. Justice Vikram Nath was the first Chief Justice of a High ...
Justice BV Nagarathna is currently one of the four sitting women judges of the Supreme Court. Her tenure as a judge began from the Karnataka High Court in 2008 and was elevated to the Supreme Court in August 2021. Her elevation to the Supreme Court made headlines across the country as she would go on to become the first woman CJI in the history of ...
Justice PS Narasimha was elevated directly from the Bar after practising as a lawyer for 33 years. He started his practice in the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 1988. He was practising as a lawyer in the Supreme Court when he was directly elevated as a Supreme Court judge. He also served as the Additional Solicitor General for the Central Government ...
Justice JB Pardiwala is currently the junior-most judge in the Supreme Court. Hailing from Gujarat High Court, Justice Pardiwala is one of the handful of Parsi judges who have made it to the Supreme Court. During his tenure in the Gujarat High Court, Justice Pardiwala was part of several important judgments, including Bal Diksha amongst Jains, Poly...
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Justice Sanjiv Khanna was elevated to the Supreme Court of India on 18 January 2019, and will be the 51 Chief Justice of India.
Sep 12, 2023 · Chief Justice H.R. Khanna’s legacy endures through his judgments and his steadfast commitment to justice. His courage in upholding the Constitution’s values and the rule of law during a period of political turmoil has left an indelible mark on the Indian judiciary.
Jul 26, 2019 · Shortly before the national emergency declared in 1975 was brought to an end, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi superseded Justice Hans Raj Khanna, the most-senior judge of the Supreme Court of India, and appointed instead Justice Mirza Hameedullah Beg as Chief Justice of India.
May 14, 2023 · Justice Sanjiv Khanna never headed any High Court as Chief Justice and was a Judge of the Delhi High Court prior to his elevation to Supreme Court. Going by the seniority rule of the Supreme Court Judges, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, is in line to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) in November, 2024 for a term of seven months. 4
