New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the name of Justice Sanjiv Khanna for his appointment as the next Chief Justice of India.
Justice Khanna is the senior most judge at the apex court after CJI Chandrachud, who will demit office on November 10.
Justice Khanna will have over six months tenure as the Chief Justice of India before his retirement on May 13, 2025.
Justice Khanna enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council of Delhi in 1983
Justice Khanna enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983 and he initially practiced in the district courts at the and later in the Delhi High Court and tribunals in fields various fields of law, such as constitutional law, direct taxation, arbitration, commercial law, company law, land law, environmental law and medical negligence.
According to the Supreme Court website, Justice Khanna had a long tenure as the senior standing counsel for the Income Tax Department. In 2004, Justice Khanna 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.
Justice Khanna was elevated as a Delhi high Court judge in 2005
Justice Khanna was elevated as an additional judge at the Delhi High Court in 2005 and he was made a permanent judge of the high court in 2006. During his tenure at the High Court, he he held the position of chairman/Judge-in-charge, Delhi Judicial Academy, Delhi International Arbitration Centre and the District Court Mediation Centres.
Justice Khanna was elevated as a Supreme Court judge in 2019
Justice Khanna was elevated as a Judge of the top court on January 18, 2019. He held the post of chairman, Supreme Court Legal Service Committee at the top court and presently he is the executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority and a member of the governing counsel of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.
