New cji of supreme court

There cannot be any justification for the collegium to keep even a single vacancy unfilled in the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said, as he announced involving Centre for Research and Planning (CRP) , the in-house think tank of the top court, in the process of preparing a list of probables for future appointments in the top court. CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud says that CRP has been directed to collect data of the top 50 judges in the country for selection as future Supreme Court judges. (PTI) “One of my missions has been to ensure that a full-strength Supreme Court is not an aberration but a regular feature. There is absolutely no justification or reason for the collegium to keep even a single vacancy unfilled in the Supreme Court and that will be my mission for the future as well,” said the CJI, addressing an event in the top court precincts on April 11. As many as six judges in the Supreme Court will retire this year. CRP, he announced, has now been tasked to assist the permanent secretariat in the top court, which deals with various aspects of judicial appointments, including collection of information, preparation of records and putting them up before the collegium. The CJI said that CRP has been directed to collect data of the top 50 judges in the country for selection as future Supreme Court judges. “This was never done...So, we now have in place data pertaining to the top 50 judges in order of seniority. We have their judgments ...

Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Tuesday read out the oath of allegiance to the Constitution to nine new judges of the Supreme Court, reducing the vacancies in the top court to just one. The occasion was historic on several fronts. It was the first time as many as nine judges were sworn in to the Supreme Court in a single stroke. Three of them were women judges. One of them, The number of women judges in the Supreme Court has gone up to four from one, Justice Indira Banerjee. This is the highest number of women judges ever in the Supreme Court. Here is a thumbnail sketch of the nine new Supreme Court judges: Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka took oath as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on May 10, 2019. He was born on May 25, 1960. He graduated in science and completed his post-graduation in law from the University of Bombay. He began practice in the Thane District Court with his father, Shreeniwas W. Oka. He mostly focussed on public interest litigations. He was elevated to the Bench of the Bombay High Court on August 29, 2003. As Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, Justice Oka led the Bench which passed a slew of directions to improve and monitor COVID-19 management in the State. The Bench was instrumental in providing food, transport and shelter to migrants during the pandemic. Justice Vikram Nath took oath as the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court on September 10, 2019. He was born on September 24, 1962. He started legal practice in March 30, 1987. He prac...

With the swearing-in of the nine new judges, the strength of the Supreme Court has risen to 33, including the CJI, out of the sanctioned strength of 34. The nine new judges who were administered oath of office as apex court judges include Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B V Nagarathna. Besides them, Justice C T Ravikumar, Justice M M Sundresh, Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice P S Narasimha, who was a senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General, were also administered oath of office by the CJI. Justice Nagarathna, the daughter of former CJI E S Venkataramiah, is in line to become the first woman CJI in September 2027. Three out of these nine new judges -- Justices Nath, Nagarathna and Narasimha -- are also in line to become the CJI. Traditionally, the oath of office to new judges is administered in the CJI's court room but the swearing-in ceremony was shifted to the auditorium keeping in view the need for strict adherence to COVID-19 norms, a press release issued by the apex court's public relations office on Monday had said. Before the administration of oath of office, the warrant of appointment issue by President Ram Nath Kovind was read during the swearing-in ceremony. Justice Nath is in line to become the CJI upon retirement of sitting apex court judge Justice Surya Kant in February 2027. Justice Nath would be succeeded by Justice Nagarathna, who would have a tenure of ove...

Three out of these nine new judges -- Justices Nath, Nagarathna and Narasimha -- are also in line to become the CJI. Traditionally, the oath of office to new judges is administered in the CJI's court room but the swearing-in ceremony was shifted to the auditorium keeping in view the need for strict adherence to COVID-19 norms, a press release issued by the apex court's public relations office on Monday had said. Before the administration of oath of office, the warrant of appointment issue by President Ram Nath Kovind was read during the swearing-in ceremony. Justice Nath would be succeeded by Justice Nagarathna, who would have a tenure of over a month as the head of the judiciary. The apex court Later, the President had signed the warrants of their appointment as apex court judges. The top court, which came into being on January 26, 1950, has seen very few women judges since its inception and in the last over 71 years has appointed only eight lady judges starting from M Fathima Beevi in 1989. Presently, Justice Indira Banerjee was the lone serving woman judge in the apex court after her elevation on August 7, 2018 from the While high court judges retire at the age of 62, the retirement age of Supreme Court judges is 65. The recommendation of these nine names by the five-member collegium headed by CJI Ramana at its meeting on August 17 had put an end to the 21-month-long logjam over appointment of new judges to the top court. The impasse over the appointment had led to a si...

- He is passionate about Carnatic music. - He was called on to the Bar on 10.02.1983. - He practiced in High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals, and the Supreme Court of India. He specialized on Constitutional, Civil, Labour, Service and Election matters. -He has also practiced before Inter-State River Tribunals. -During his practice years, he was a Panel Counsel for various Government Organizations and as Additional Standing Counsel for Railways in the Central Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad before rendering services as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. - Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana served as puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 17.02.2014. - He served as Chairman, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee from March 7, 2019 to November 26, 2019. - He has also served as the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) since 27.11.2019. - Initially he was appointed as a Permanent Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court on 27.06.2000. - He also functioned as Acting Chief Justice of his parent High Court from 10.3.2013 to 20.5.2013. "The President of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, appointed Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice today. The Warrant of Appointme...