CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA (CJI)

Aug. 27, 2022

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has been sworn-in as Chief Justice of India.

About:

  • President Draupadi Murmu will administer him oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
  • Justice UU Lalit will be in office for 74 days, a tenure shorter than average.
  • Justice Lalit was involved in some landmark judgements in past and will also handle some major cases in his tenure as Chief Justice. In past, he was involved in the landmark judgement in the Triple Talaq case.
  • He practised in the Bombay High Court till 1985 and moved to Delhi in 1986. 
Source : The Hindu

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