New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has named Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor in a letter to the Union law ministry. Justice Sanjiv Khanna will be the 51st Chief Justice of India, He will have a tenure of 6 months as CJI before retiring on May 13, 2025.
On October 12, the central government sent a letter to CJI Chandrachud, requesting him to name his successor. Justice Chandrachud took over as the CJI on November 9, 2022. According to people aware of the matter, CJI Chandrachud handed over a copy of the letter to Justice Khanna on Wednesday morning.
Speaking at an event in Bhutan on October 9, Chandrachud said his mind is heavily preoccupied with fears and anxieties about the future and the past and ponder over questions whether he achieved everything he set out to do and how will history judge his tenure.
According to the memorandum of procedure (MoP) which governs the process of appointment and transfer of judges in the constitutional courts, appointment to the office of the CJI should be of the most senior judge of the Supreme Court, considered fit to hold the office.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983 and practiced at the district courts at the Tis Hazari complex. Later, he practiced in the High Court of Delhi and tribunals.
Justice Khanna also served as the Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department and became the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi in 2004.
He also appeared as an Additional Public Prosecutor and an amicus curie in criminal cases at the Delhi High Court, later becoming an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005 and a permanent judge in 2006.
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