Sanjiv Khanna
Sanjiv Khanna | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| 51st Chief Justice of India | |
| Assuming office 11 November 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Droupadi Murmu |
| Succeeding | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud |
| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Judge of Delhi High Court | |
| In office 24 June 2005 – 17 January 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |
| Appointed by | A P J Abdul Kalam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1960 New Delhi, India |
| Relations | Hans Raj Khanna (uncle) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Sanjiv Khanna (born 14 May 1960) is the Chief Justice-designate of India. He is a former judge of Delhi High Court. Also, he is the ex officio Patron-in-Chief of National Legal Services Authority. He is to be appointed as the 51st Chief Justice of India and his oath is to be taken place on 11 November 2024.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Khanna completed his schooling from Modern School (New Delhi) in the year 1977. After graduating from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in the year 1980, he studied Law at Campus Law Centre of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. His father Justice Dev Raj Khanna retired as a judge from Delhi High Court in 1985 and his mother Saroj Khanna worked as a Hindi lecturer at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi.
Khanna's uncle was Hans Raj Khanna, a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.[2] Hans Raj, who propounded the basic structure doctrine in 1973 and famously delivered the lone dissenting judgement in the ADM Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla case, popularly known as the Habeas Corpus case, in 1976 and was superseded to the office of the Chief Justice of India by M. H. Beg at the behest of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, protesting which he resigned from the court in early 1977.[3][4][5]
Career
[edit]Khanna was enrolled as an Advocate in the Bar Council of Delhi in the year 1983. In 2004, he also served as the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi, and before this appointment, he was working as the Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department.[6]
On 24 June 2005, he was elevated as an additional judge of Delhi High Court and made permanent on 20 February 2006. He was elevated as a judge of Supreme Court of India on 18 January 2019. Khanna was elevated despite there being 32 High Court judges more senior than him.[7] His elevation sparked controversy within judicial circles; however, his appoint was approved by the Indian government.[7] He is in line to become the next and the 51st Chief Justice of India after the retirement of Current Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and will take his oath on the 11 November 2024.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Khanna is married and has two children.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Justice Sanjiv Khanna to take oath as Chief Justice of India on November 11, 2024". The Hindu. 24 October 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ Vishwanath, Apurva (24 October 2024). "Justice Sanjiv Khanna appointed next Chief Justice of India, will enter office Nov 11". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "CJ & Sitting Judges". Delhi High Court. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "SC recommends names of Justices Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna as top court judges". Samanwaya Rautray. The Economic Times. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "7 Next CJIs". Supreme Court Observer. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ Naaz, Fareha (25 October 2024). "Justice Sanjiv Khanna's journey: Modern School, St Stephen's alumni to becoming India's next Chief Justice". Mint. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ a b Rajagopal, Krishnadas (26 October 2024). "Sanjiv Khanna: A servant of justice". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Bhargava, Ashish Kumar (30 October 2024). "Parents Of Sanjiv Khanna, Next Chief Justice Of India, Wanted Him To Be Chartered Accountant". NDTV. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Mahapatra, Dhananjay (30 October 2024). "As CJI, Justice Khanna to focus on paring pendency". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2024.