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  Justice Surya Kant to succeed BR Gavai as Chief Justice; name sent to Centre

  India | October 27, 2025 11:00 IST

  Justice Kant will assume the office after Gavai retires on November 23. He will be the 53rd CJI of the country and will remain in office till February 9, 2027.

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  Centre initiates process to appoint new CJI after Gavai, justice Surya Kant next in line

  India | October 23, 2025 23:47 IST

  Justice Surya Kant is the senior most judge after the CJI and is next in line to become the head of the Indian judiciary.

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  Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai to become Chief Justice of India on May 14: Know everything about him

  India | April 16, 2025 15:18 IST

  Justice BR Gavai will be the next Chief Justice of India. He will take oath as CJI on May 14. Current Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna will retire on May 13 and Justice Gavai will take charge the very next day. He will be the second Dalit Chief Justice of the country.

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  Who is Uday Umesh Lalit, India's new Chief Justice for 74 days

  India | August 10, 2022 21:21 IST

  New CJI appointed: Born on November 9, 1957, Justice Lalit enrolled as an advocate in June 1983 and practised in the Bombay High Court till December 1985. He shifted his practice to Delhi in January 1986, and in April 2004, he was designated as a senior advocate by the apex court.

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  Justice NV Ramana appointed next Chief Justice of India

  India | April 06, 2021 11:42 IST

  Justice NV Ramana appointed as the next Chief Justice of India, on Tuesday.

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  SC dismisses plea challenging appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as next CJI

  India | September 26, 2018 13:12 IST

  On September 3, the president has appointed Justice Gogoi as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He will take oath on October 3 after incumbent Chief Justice Dipak Misra retires.

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  CJI Appointment: Govt issues stern warning, says do not question its intentions

  India | June 18, 2018 21:19 IST

  Speculations surrounding Justice Gogoi's appointment as the next CJI emerged following the unprecedented press conference of four most-senior judges in January this year when they had criticised Justice Misra over various issues, especially the manner of allocation of cases to certain benches.

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  Supreme Court quashes plea challenging Justice Khehar's appointment as CJI

  India | December 30, 2016 14:08 IST

  The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking the quashing of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar's appointment as the next Chief Justice of India. The vacation bench of Justice R.K. Agrawal and Justice D.Y.

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  CJI should be appointed on basis of merit, not seniority: Katju

  India | August 24, 2014 17:37 IST

  New Delhi: Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has pitched for appointment of Chief Justice of India (CJI) on the basis of merit and not on the basis of seniority.He said there is