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New Delhi: Justice Sanjiv Khanna will be the 51st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. CJI DY Chandrachud has recommended his name to the government. In fact, CJI Chandrachud is set to retire on November 10, 2024.
It is a tradition that the current CJI recommends the name of his successor only when he is requested to do so by the Law Ministry.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s name is in the seniority list after CJI Chandrachud. Therefore, Justice Khanna’s name has been put forward. However, his tenure will be only 6 months.
64-year-old Justice Khanna will retire on May 13, 2025, from his service which means that his tenure as Chief Justice will be till May 13, 2025. As a Supreme Court judge, Justice Khanna has written 65 judgments. During this time he has been a part of about 275 benches.
Who is Justice Sanjiv Khanna?
Justice Sanjiv Khanna was Born on 14th May, 1960. Justice Khanna was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. He initially practiced in the District Courts at the TisHazari complex, Delhi, and later, in the High Court of Delhi and tribunals in fields as diverse as constitutional law, direct taxation, arbitration, commercial law, company law, land law, environmental law and medical negligence.
He had a long tenure as the Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department. In 2004, he was appointed as the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. He had also appeared and argued in a number of criminal cases at the Delhi High Court as an additional Public Prosecutor and as an amicus curie.
Elevated as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005 and was made a permanent judge in 2006. Whilst a judge of the Delhi High Court, he held the position of Chairman/Judge-in-charge, Delhi Judicial Academy, Delhi International Arbitration Centre, and the District Court Mediation Centres.
He became a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18th January, 2019. He held the post of Chairman, Supreme Court Legal Service Committee, from 17th June 2023 till 25th December 2023. He is presently the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority and a member of the Governing Counsel of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.
