Justice Sanjiv Khanna Takes Charge As 51st Chief Justice Of India
New Delhi: Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India on Monday morning. He succeeded Justice DY Chandrachud, who retired from the country’s top legal post a day back.
The 64-year-old judge was sworn in by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Khanna will serve a six-month term as the Chief Justice of India. He will retire on May 13, 2025Born in Delhi, he studied law at Delhi University’s Campus Law College. Chief Justice Khanna’s father, Justice Dev Raj Khanna, was a judge in the Delhi High Court and his mother Saroj Khanna, a lecturer at Lady Shri Ram College. His uncle, Justice Hans Raj Khanna, was a Supreme Court judge.
Chief Justice Khanna was a lawyer before joining the Delhi High Court as a judge in 2005. He moved to the Supreme Court in 2019.
