Thu Oct 24 15:47:06 UTC 2024: Published – October 24, 2024 09:17 pm IST – New DelhiChief Justice of India (CJI) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud shared a letter of recommendation naming Justice Sanjiv Khanna (L) as his successor. | Photo Credit: PTI
Justice Sanjiv Khanna was on Thursday (October 24, 2024) appointed the 51st Chief Justice of India. He will take oath on November 11, a day after incumbent Justice D.Y. Chandrachud demits office on attaining the age of 65.Justice Chandrachud took over as the CJI on November 8, 2022.
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Justice Khanna will have a tenure of a little over six months as CJI and would demit office on May 13, 2025.
“In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice of India with effect from 11th November, 2024,” Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted on X.In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as Chief Justice of India with effect from 11th…
Published – October 24, 2024 09:17 pm IST
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