Chief Justice of India

The central government has asked Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit to name his successor before retirement on November 8. Notably, Lalit was sworn in as the CJI on August 27, by President Droupadi Murmu. With the practice of CJI naming the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court as the next CJI, Justice DY Chandrachud is expected to become the 50th CJI. 

N V Ramana, the Chief Justice of India, is retiring on August 26 after a one-year and four-month term. He will be followed by Justice U U Lalit, the Supreme Court's senior-most justice after him. During his tenure, CJI Ramana made ground-breaking judicial and administrative judgments, including an investigation into Pegasus surveillance. While the Chief Justice handled some major cases during his term, some of them are still undergoing… read-more

NV Ramana, Chief Justice of India on September 26, called for a 50% reservation for women in the judiciary and wished to have the same in law colleges. "We need 50% reservation for women in judiciary. It is an issue of thousands of years of oppression," he said. Records show that less than 30% of women constitute the lower judiciary while it is 11% for higher levels.

Three-member Collegium led by the Chief Justice NV Ramana has recommended 68 names, including 10 women, to the Centre to fill the vaccines in Indian High Courts. As of September 1, there were vacancies of 281 permanent judges and 184 for Additional judges in 25 Indian High Courts. The Allahabad High Court has 68 vacancies, followed by 40 each in Punjab & Haryana and 36 in Calcutta.

The Supreme Court on August 2 advised the states of Telangana and Andra Pradesh to solve the '1969 Krishna Water Dispute' with “mediation” and share the river water for drinking and irrigation as it belonged to both states. Besides, it is said that Telangana has been deprived of its share of drinking and irrigation water. “If the matter can be settled in mediation, please do that," Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said.