CJI Chandrachud writes to Centre, names Justice Sanjiv Khanna as his successor

With CJI Chandrachud acceptable to discontinue connected November 10, the government, arsenic per convention, had written to him past week requesting him to sanction his successor successful office.

Justice Khanna had enrolled arsenic an advocator with the Bar Council of Delhi successful 1983. He initially practiced astatine the territory courts astatine the Tis Hazari analyzable and aboriginal moved to the High Court of Delhi and tribunals.

He had a agelong tenure arsenic the Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department and successful 2004, was appointed Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

He had besides appeared and argued successful a fig of transgression cases astatine the Delhi High Court arsenic an Additional Public Prosecutor and an amicus curie.

He was elevated arsenic an further justice of the Delhi High Court successful 2005 and was made a imperishable justice successful 2006. While helium was a justice of the Delhi High Court, Justice Khanna besides held the presumption of Chairman/Judge-in-charge, Delhi Judicial Academy, Delhi International Arbitration Centre and the District Court Mediation Centres.

He was elevated arsenic a Judge of the Supreme Court connected January 18, 2019. Justice Khanna is among the fewer who were elevated to the Supreme Court adjacent earlier becoming a Chief Justice of immoderate High Court.

He held the station of Chairman, Supreme Court Legal Service Committee, from June 17 2023 till December 25, 2023 and is presently the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority, and a subordinate of the Governing Counsel of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.

As a justice of the apex court, Justice Khanna has been a portion of respective important rulings.

In the lawsuit against a writer implicit remarks during a TV show, a Bench presided by his said that Article 19(1)(a) cannot beryllium pressed into work for defeating the cardinal close guaranteed by Article 21 arsenic if 1 claims to close to speech, the others person the close to perceive oregon diminution to listen, and declined to quash the FIR.

A Bench of which helium was portion besides recovered nary infirmity successful the clearance to the prestigious Central Vista Project. He has besides been portion of Constitution Bench rulings, similar the 1 upholding the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, and that striking down the 2018 electoral bonds scheme.