query: who has been appointed chief justice of india

pos: Chief Justice of India supreme court came into being. He succeeded Justice Dipak Misra on 2 October 2018, and will remain in office till 17 November 2019, the day he retires on turning 65 years in age. Article 124 of the Constitution of India provides for the manner of appointing judges to the Supreme Court. Though no specific provision exists in the Constitution for appointing the Chief Justice, who, as a result, is appointed like the other judges conventionally, the outgoing CJI recommends the name of the senior-most judge (i.e. by date of appointment to the Supreme Court) for appointment by the President of

pos: Dipak Misra Dipak Misra Justice Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also a former Chief Justice of the Patna and Delhi High Courts. He is the nephew of Justice Ranganath Misra, who was the 21st Chief Justice from 1990 to 1991. He succeeded J. S. Khehar, the 44th Chief Justice. Misra enrolled at the Bar on 14 February 1977 and practiced at the Orissa High Court and the Service Tribunal. He was first appointed as an Additional Judge of

neg: Madras High Court Constitution of India. It consists of 74 judges and a chief justice who are in charge of the general policy adopted in the administration of justice. In September 2016, the centre government forwarded names of 15 new judges to the President for his signature on their warrants of appointment. Of the 15, nine are from among lawyers and six from the subordinate judiciary. Justice V.K. Tahilramani of the Bombay High Court has been appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court, though she is yet to assume office, after Justice Indira Banerjee was elevated to the Supreme Court of India.

neg: Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 1999, he was appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. In less than a year, he was appointed as a judge, Supreme Court of India. Being the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court of India at the time, Sabharwal was appointed as the Chief Justice of India to succeed Mr. R.C. Lahoti who was retiring on 31 October 2005. He was sworn in as the Chief Justice by the President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam on 1 November 2005 for a period of about 14 months as he would turn 65, the retirement age for Chief Justices,

neg: Supreme Court of India Hegde, R. F. Nariman, U. U. Lalit, L. Nageswara Rao and Indu Malhotra—have been appointed to the supreme court directly from the bar (i.e. who were practising advocates). The supreme court saw its first woman judge when Justice M. Fathima Beevi was sworn into office in 1989. The seventh and the most recent woman judge in the court is Justice Indu Malhotra. In 1968, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah became the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. In 2000, Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the first judge from the "dalit" community. In 2007 he also became the first "dalit" Chief Justice of

neg: G. Rohini G. Rohini G. Rohini was the Chief justice of Delhi High Court. On 21 April 2014, she became the first woman chief Justice of the Delhi high court. Previously, she was the judge at Andhra Pradesh High Court. She retired as the Chief justice of Delhi High Court on 13.04.2017 on attaining superannuation. Justice Gita Mittal has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice in her place. G. Rohini was born on 14 April 1955 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. She completed her bachelor's degree in science at Osmania University and law at Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam. She

neg: Mohammad Hidayatullah of a High Court. In November 1956, he was then appointed as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. On 1 December 1958, he was elevated as a justice to the Supreme Court of India. In his time he was the youngest judge of the Supreme Court of India. After serving as a judge for nearly 10 years, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on 28 February 1968 – becoming the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. He retired from this position on 16 December 1970. During his term as the Chief Justice of India, the

neg: Government of Telangana in operation, the said period will be extended by Parliament by Laws for a period not exceeding one year at a time is waste government — The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad is the apex court for the state. It is a court of record and has all the powers of such a court including the authority to punish an individual for contempt of court. Like all other High Courts of India, this court also consists of a Chief Justice and other judges who are appointed by the President of India. Every judge including the Chief Justice is appointed

neg: Government of Puducherry extended by Parliament by Laws for a period not exceeding one year at a time. The last assembly election took place in 2011. The Madras High Court is the court for this territory, which is the same for Tamil Nadu. It is a court of record and has all the powers of such a court including the authority to punish an individual for contempt of court. Like all other High Courts of India, this court also consists of a Chief Justice and other judges who are appointed by the President of India. Every judge including the Chief Justice is appointed

neg: Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice of India in December 1970. On May 28, 1977, the home ministry appointed Justice J. C. Shah, who was then a retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India to head the Shah Commission. It was set up by the central government under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 to probe excesses committed during the Emergency in India. The Shah commission was required to look "into excesses, malpractices and misdeeds committed during the Emergency by the political authorities, public servants, their friends, and in particular

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Associate Justice Reynato Puno was also the subject of some controversy. Puno was eventually appointed as Chief Justice in 2006. Another contender for Chief Justice in 2006 was Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. Had Santiago been appointed Chief Justice, she would have been the first person since Jose Yulo in 1942 to have been appointed Chief without serving as Associate Justice. When Justice Renato Corona assumed as Chief Justice on May 17, 2010, the most senior Associate Justice was Antonio Carpio, who was appointed to the Court in October 2001, 6 months before Corona's own appointment. Associate Justice of the Supreme

neg: Bhupinder Nath Kirpal Bhupinder Nath Kirpal Bhupinder Nath Kirpal (B. N. Kirpal) (born November 8, 1937) was the 31st Chief Justice of India, serving from 6 May 2002 until his retirement on 7 November 2002. He began his legal career as an advocate in 1962, and was appointed as a Judge of Delhi High Court in November 1979. In December 1993, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court. In September 1995, he was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice of India in May 2002. Even after retirement as the Chief Justice he

neg: Madhukar Hiralal Kania Madhukar Hiralal Kania Madhukar Hiralal Kania (born 18 November 1927) was the 23rd Chief Justice of India, serving from 13 December 1991 until his retirement on 17 November 1992. He was born in Bombay. His uncle was Harilal J. Kania, the first Chief Justice of India. He began his legal career in 1964, and was appointed as a Judge of Bombay High Court in November-1971. In June 1986 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. In May 1987, he was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became the Chief Justice of

neg: High Court of Gujarat court is presided by the Chief Justice. They are appointed by President of India under warrant. However, the president is required to consult the Governor of Gujarat and the Chief Justice of India before making such appointment. The Governor of Gujarat administers the oath of office at the time of appointment. All judges of the high court are appointed by the President of India after consulting the Governor of Gujarat, Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Gujarat. They hold constitutional post and there are ample safeguards provided in the constitution to ensure the independence of the judiciary. Any

neg: Sarv Mittra Sikri Judge of the Supreme Court to have been appointed directly from the Bar, and also the first Chief Justice of India directly from the Bar. Kesavananda Bharati vs. The State of Kerala is a major decision during his tenure as chief justice. He is credited with outlining the "Basic Structure doctrine" of the Constitution of India. Sarv Mittra Sikri Sarv Mittra Sikri (26 April 1908 – 24 September 1992) was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 22 January 1971 until his retirement on 25 April 1973. He began his legal career in 1930 as an

neg: Madhukar Hiralal Kania India in December 1991. Madhukar Hiralal Kania Madhukar Hiralal Kania (born 18 November 1927) was the 23rd Chief Justice of India, serving from 13 December 1991 until his retirement on 17 November 1992. He was born in Bombay. His uncle was Harilal J. Kania, the first Chief Justice of India. He began his legal career in 1964, and was appointed as a Judge of Bombay High Court in November-1971. In June 1986 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. In May 1987, he was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became

neg: K. G. Balakrishnan in 1999, he assumed charge as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Madras. While being Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, he also discharged duties of Governor of Gujarat for about two months and also as the Member of the General Council of the Gujarat National Law University. On 8 June 2000 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India on 14 January 2007 by then President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. After his retirement on 12 May 2010, he has been serving since 7

neg: Chandramauli Kumar Prasad back to Patna High Court on 10 September 2001. He was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court from 3 March 2008 to 12 May 2008 and from 17 December 2008 to 15 March 2009. He took oath as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 20 March 2009 and was elevated as a Judge, Supreme Court of India on 8 February 2010 from where he superannuated on 14 July 2014. Thereafter he was appointed Chairman of the Press Council of India on 25 November 2014. Justice Prasad has held various offices including the office of

neg: Y. V. Chandrachud Y. V. Chandrachud Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (12 July 1920 – 14 July 2008) was the 16th Chief Justice of India, serving from 22 February 1978 to the day he retired on 11 July 1985. Born in Pune in the state of Maharashtra, he was first appointed Judge to the Supreme Court of India on 28 August 1972 and is the longest-serving Chief Justice in India's history at 7 years and 4 months. His nickname was "Iron hands" after his well regarded unwillingness to let anything slip past him. Justice Chandrachud was appointed Chief Justice of India during the term of

neg: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico fill three vacancies. Added to one Justice already on the Court, appointed by another pro-statehood Governor, the justices appointed by statehooders became a majority in the Court. Four women have been appointed justices since 1952; one of them, Miriam Naveira, was Chief Justice for a period of one year. Only one black, Justice Erick Kolthoff, has served in the Court. He is also the Court's only Protestant. The recently retired Chief Justice, Liana Fiol Matta, appointed by Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, was the second woman to hold the post, succeeding Federico Hernández Denton, who was appointed in 2004 by Governor

neg: Mohan Shantanagoudar Mohan Shantanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda Shantanagoudar (born 5 May 1958 in Chikkerur, Haveri District, Karnataka) is an Indian Judge. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme court of India on 17 February 2017. He has also served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court before his elevation to the Supreme Court of India. He initially practiced at the Karnataka High Court as an advocate, later appointed as the Additional Judge in 2003, and elevated as a permanent judge of the Karnataka High Court on 29 September 2004. He was appointed as the acting chief justice of the

neg: K. M. Joseph Court collegium has recommended the name of Justice Joseph for their appointment as judge of the Supreme Court. While recommending Justice Joseph's name for elevation to the Supreme Court, the 5 member collegium unanimously said that "The Collegium considered that at the time of recommendation, Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph, who hails from Kerala High Court and was functioning as Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, is "more deserving and suitable in all respects than other Chief Justices and senior puisne Judges of High Courts for being appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of India"". Despite the strongly worded recommendation

neg: Madan Mohan Punchhi a charge sheet to impeach Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, and obtained the signatures of 25 Rajya Sabha MPs. However, Punchhi was appointed Chief Justice of India before the required 50 signatures had been obtained, at which point it became impossible to gain further support for the motion. He is known for his work in initiating the Punchhi commission which deals with matters pertaining to the Centre- State relations in India. He was a resident of Chandigarh. Madan Mohan Punchhi Madan Mohan Punchhi (10 October 1933 – 17 June 2015) was the 28th Chief Justice of India from 18 January 1998

neg: Chief Justice of India India, as his successor. Article 124(4) of Constitution of India lays down the procedure for removal of a Judge of Supreme Court which is applicable to Chief Justice as well. Once appointed, the Chief Justice remains in the office until the age of 65 years. He can be removed only through a process of impeachment by Parliament as follows: The President (Discharge of Functions) Act, 1969 of India provides that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) shall act as the President of India in the event of the offices of both the President and the Vice President being vacant. When

neg: T. S. Thakur was appointed Chief Justice of India on 18 November 2015, with effective date 3 December 2015, succeeding Justice H. L. Dattu who retired as CJI on 2 December 2015, on turning 65 years in age. He was sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee. He retired on 4 January 2017 on turning of 65 years of age. In April 2016, he lamented the inaction by the government in increasing the number of judges. T. S. Thakur Justice T. S. Thakur (born 4 January 1952) was the 43 Chief Justice of India (CJI). Justice Tirath Singh Thakur enrolled as a pleader in

neg: C. S. Karnan a complaint before the President of India. In the intervening period, 20 judges of the Madras High Court jointly wrote to the Chief Justice of India requesting Justice Karnan's transfer. In August 2014, when Justice Kaul was appointed as Madras HC chief justice, Justice Karnan launched into a one-man attack against many of the judges. He supposedly hurled accusations at the judges, who fell silent. It is believed that the issue was again based on discrimination. 20 judges sent a memorandum to the CJI asking that Justice Karnan be transferred since they found it difficult to work with him. In

neg: Deepak Verma (judge) Deepak Verma (judge) Justice Deepak Verma is an Indian jurist and a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He now works as an independent arbitrator and mediator in domestic and international disputes as well as an expert on matters of Indian law before foreign courts and international tribunals. Before being appointed as an appellate court judge, he practiced as a civil and commercial disputes lawyer for over two decades and was widely acknowledged for representing the cause of poor litigants. He has been the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of

neg: Ananga Kumar Patnaik Chhattisgarh on 14 March 2005. He was praised by the then Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti for his role in the running of Chhattisgarh High Court. Later that year he became Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, serving there for four years. During his tenure as the Chief Justice of both these states he was known for his bold judgements and was seen to be as judge who was pro poor and strongly supported the underprivileged classes. On 17 November 2009, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India which he

neg: Indian High Courts Act 1861 one High Court at Guwahati which serves Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland. Composition: In every High Court, there is a Chief Justice and many other judges whose number is defined by the President of India. Appointment of the Judges: The Chief Justice of a High Court is appointed by the President with the consultation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Governor of the State. The other judges are appointed by the will of President, Governor and the Chief Justice of High Court. Qualifications for the Judges (a) He should be a citizen of India. (b)

neg: Gopal Ballav Pattanaik was appointed to the Standing Counsel for the state Government of Orissa. In 1974 he became an Additional Government Advocate and subsequently the Govt Advocate of the state. In 1983, he was elevated to the bench of the Orissa High Court as a permanent judge. In 1995, he was appointed the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Only four months later, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of India. He went on to occupy the highest judicial post in the country as the Chief Justice of India on 8 November 2002. When Pattanaik took over as the Chief Justice

neg: Sam Piroj Bharucha Sam Piroj Bharucha Sam Piroj Bharucha (May 6, 1937) was the 30th Chief Justice of India, serving from November 2001 until his retirement in 2002. He began his legal career as an advocate of the Bombay High Court in 1960, and was appointed an Additional Judge in 1977. His judgeship was made permanent in 1978, and in 1991 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. In 1992, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice in 2001. Bharucha is responsible for many significant legal decisions. He was part of the five

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines 1992. During that time, it was advocated in some sectors that Herrera, as the longest serving incumbent Associate Justice, was more qualified to succeed the resigned Chief Justice Marcelo Fernan than Andres Narvasa, who was considered as the Senior Associate Justice despite having been appointed to the Court 7 years after Melencio-Herrera. President Aquino eventually appointed Narvasa over Herrera. The incumbent Justice with the earliest date of appointment is deemed as the Senior Associate Justice. While the Senior Associate Justice has no constitutional or statutory duties, he or she usually acts as Acting Chief Justice during the absence of the

neg: Government of Kerala other judges who are appointed by the President of India. At present, the sanctioned Judge strength of the High Court of Kerala is 27 Permanent Judges including the Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and two additional judges. Every judge including the Chief Justice is appointed by the President of India by Warrant under his hand and seal. Every permanent and additional judge will continue in office until the age of 62. The High Court of Kerala is located in Kochi and there are courts in every district centres and some municipal centres. Like in other Indian states, the Executive arm of

neg: Ashok Bhushan the High Court of Kerala on 10 July 2014, has taken charge as Acting Chief Justice on 1 August 2014 and as Chief Justice on 26 March 2015. He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016. Ashok Bhushan Ashok Bhushan (born 5 July 1956 in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh) is currently a judge at the Supreme Court of India. He was the 31st Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. He was born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh on 5 July 1956 to late Shri Chandrama Prasad Srivastava and his wife Smt. Kalavathi Srivasthava. After completion

neg: G. Rohini was appointed as the judge at Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2001. She previously worked as an advocate, has taken issues like protection of the girl child and working women. She was involved in legal journalism, as a reporter and executive editor of Andhra Pradesh Law Journals. In October 2017, Rohini was appointed by President of India to examine sub categorization of OBC under Article 340 of Indian Constitution. This decision has been taken to achieve greater social justice and inclusion for all, and specifically members of the Other Backward Classes. G. Rohini G. Rohini was the Chief justice of

neg: Shivaraj Patil Shivaraj Patil Shivaraj Virupanna Patil (born 12 January 1940) is a retired Indian judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of India between 2000 and 2005. Patil joined the bar in 1962, practising in Hyderabad until the late 1970s. In 1990 he became a judge of the Karnataka High Court, transferring to the Madras High Court in 1994. He served as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from late 1998 until becoming Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court in early 1999. Patil was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of India in March 2000,

neg: Dipak Misra the Orissa High Court in 1996. The following year, he was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where he was made a Permanent Judge on 19 December 1997. In December 2009, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, serving until May 2010, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on 10 October 2011. Justice Misra had a tenure of thirteen months as chief justice at the Supreme Court after being appointed as the 45th Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017 until mandatory retirement

neg: Mohan Shantanagoudar Kerala High Court on 1 August 2016. He took the oath as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 22 September 2016. Mohan Shantanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda Shantanagoudar (born 5 May 1958 in Chikkerur, Haveri District, Karnataka) is an Indian Judge. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme court of India on 17 February 2017. He has also served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court before his elevation to the Supreme Court of India. He initially practiced at the Karnataka High Court as an advocate, later appointed as the Additional Judge in 2003, and elevated

neg: Manoj Kumar Mukherjee High Court on 12 November 1991 as Chief Justice. Mukherjee became the Chief Justice Bombay High Court in January 1993. He was also appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1993. After retirement Mr. Mukherjee was appointed as the chairperson of Mukherjee Commission in 1999 to inquire into the death of Subhas Chandra Bose. His name was recommended by the then Chief Justice of India. Manoj Kumar Mukherjee Manoj Kumar Mukherjee ( Born: 1 December 1933) was the Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court and former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

neg: Richard Couch in 1881. He sat on numerous appeals from India and Canada. Richard Couch Sir Richard Couch (1817–1905) was an Anglo-Indian judge who served on the colonial courts of India and also on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at that time the court of last resort for the British Empire. Couch was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay in 1866. He served for four years in that position, before being appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta, serving in that post from 1870 to 1875. Upon his retirement from the High Court of Calcutta,

neg: M. Jagannadha Rao Additional Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 29 September 1982 and as Permanent Judge on 29 November 1982. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in August 1991, as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on March 1994 and as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 23 March 1997. He has retired as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 2 December 2000. His son Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao is currently a Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court He was Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Sixteenth Law Commission of India from 2001

neg: Bimal N. Patel Bimal N. Patel Bimal N. Patel is a professor of public international law and the current director of the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. He was appointed by a high-level committee headed by the then Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, at the Supreme Court of India premises. The Government of India has also recently appointed him as a member of the 21st Law Commission of India along with Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, retired judge of the Supreme Court of India as its chairperson. Patel is a former international civil servant, scholar and academician of international law and diplomacy.

neg: Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (November 30, 1756 – July 16, 1841) was a chief justice in Nova Scotia, known for waging "judicial war" to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners. From 1789–1797, he was the sixth Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. He became the first Chief Justice of the erstwhile Supreme Court of Madras (which has since become the High Court of Madras) and in that capacity was also the first Chief Justice of the Madras Presidency, British India from 1801 to 1817. After practicing law for four years, he was appointed Chief

neg: Mukesh Shah of the Gujarat High Court on March 7, 2004 and appointed as Permanent Judge on June 22, 2005. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Patna High Court on August 12, 2018. He was appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India on November 2, 2018. Mukesh Shah Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah (born 16 May 1958) is Judge of Supreme Court of India since 2 November 2018. He was the Chief Justice of the of the Patna High Court. He is going to retire on 15 May 2023. Shri Justice Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah, B.Sc., LL.B.was born on May 16, 1958. He was

neg: Ashok Kumar Mathur 22 December 1999 as Chief Justice. Mathur became a judge of the Supreme Court in 2004 and retired from service on 7 August 2008 from their. After the retirement he was appointed as the Chairman of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces and head of the who had also headed the Armed Forces Tribunal. Ashok Kumar Mathur Ashok Kumar Mathur (born 7 August 1943) was the Chief justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed as the Chairman of 7th Pay commission. Mathur completed his in M.A. degree in English from

neg: India and the United Nations Security Council. From 1945 to present, a total of 3 members from India have been appointed as Judges of the International Court of Justice, the primary judicial branch of the United Nations. Moreover, Nagendra Singh was appointed as the President from 1985 to 1988. In addition, 3 member have also served as Judges sitting ad hoc. Now India's Supreme Court Justice 'Justice: Dalveer Bhandari' has been appointed as the judge in International Court of Justice for a second term. Justice Dalveer Bhandari has studied at JNVU Jodhpur and served as judge in both high court and The Supreme Court in

neg: Madhup Mudgal choreographed piece, "Bageshri". His brother Mukul Mudgal is a retired Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court who headed the Mudgal Committee, comprising Additional Solicitor General of India L Nageswara Rao and senior advocate and former cricket umpire Nilay Dutta, appointed by the Supreme Court to conduct an independent inquiry into the allegation of corruption, betting and spot-fixing in 2013 Indian Premier League. Born on 4 January 1949, Justice Mudgal was appointed as a Judge of the Delhi High Court on 2 March 1998. He was sworn in as Chief Justice of the High Court on 5 December

neg: Percival L. Shangraw to become the chief judge. In 1958, Chief Justice Olin M. Jeffords retired from the Vermont Supreme Court. Associate Justice Walter H. Cleary was promoted to Chief Justice, and Shangraw was appointed to succeed Cleary, in keeping with the state's tradition of promoting the chief judge of the superior court to the supreme court as vacancies arose. In 1972, Shangraw was promoted to chief justice, succeeding James Stuart Holden, who had been appointed to a federal judgeship. He served as chief justice until retiring in 1974, and was succeeded by Albert W. Barney Jr. In retirement, Shangraw continued to reside

neg: Amarendra Nath Sen had started out as an advocate at the Calcutta High Court prior to independence in January 1947. He dealt with mainly civil cases in the Calcutta High Court. He was appointed an additional judge, and later a permanent judge there in 1966. He was appointed as the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court in December 1979. He was appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India in January 1981. He retired in September 1985. Amarendra Nath Sen Amarendra Nath Sen (born 1 October 1920) was a Bengali Indian jurist, who served as the chief justice of the

neg: Justice Kishan Swaroop Chaudhari was appointed as Chairman of Special Investigation Team to investigate Illegal Mining in the State of Rajasthan. He submitted a detailed report before the Rajasthan High Court in May 2012. Chaudhari has been appointed as Member of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi for a period of 5 years. He is the first Judge from the State of Rajasthan who has been appointed as Member of National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission. Justice Kishan Swaroop Chaudhari Kishan Swaroop Chaudhari was a former Justice of Rajasthan High Court of India, serving the court between 2008 and 2010. Coming from a family

neg: S. Rajendra Babu S. Rajendra Babu S. Rajendra Babu was the 34th chief Justice of India. He also served as the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India. S. Rajendra Babu was born in Bangalore, on 1 June 1939. He pursued his LLB from Raja Lakhamagouda Law College, Belgaum Karnataka University. Babu was appointed permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court in February 1988. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 25 September 1997. On 2 May 2004, as the senior-most Puisne judge of the supreme court, he succeeded Justice V. N. Khare as Chief Justice

neg: Committee on Judicial Accountability Committee on Judicial Accountability The Committee on Judicial Accountability (CJA) is a group of lawyers in India who work to improve the accountability of judges. In 1998 the committee prepared a charge sheet to impeach Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, and obtained the signatures of 25 Rajya Sabha MPs. However, Punchhi was appointed Chief Justice of India before the required 50 signatures had been obtained, at which point it became impossible to gain further support for the motion. The Committee on Judicial Accountability issued a highly critical report on the Judges Enquiry Bill, 2006, saying of that bill that it "is

neg: Hasan Foez Siddique Lucknow, India in 2016. Hasan Foez Siddique Hasan Foez Siddique (born 26 September 1956) is a Bangladeshi justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was appointed in 2013. Siddique Acted as Legal Advisor to Khulna City Corporation, Kushtia Municipality, Jalalabad Gas Transmission Company and Chief Law Adviser of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Besides he worked as Additional Attorney General for Bangladesh. He has been acting as the Chairman of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission since 30 April 2015. Participated in International Conference on Environment held in New Delhi, India in 2015 and 17th International Conference of Chief Justices of

neg: Arthur Collins (judge) was also the Chief Royal Commissioner on the inquiry into corrupt practices at the City of Chester elections. In 1885 he was appointed Chief Justice at the Madras High Court and knighted at Osborne House before he left for India. He held the post of Chief Justice until 1899, also acting as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras from 1889 to 1899. He died in London in 1915. He had married Isabella, daughter of the Rev. Richard Wilson. Arthur Collins (judge) Sir Arthur John Hammond Collins (1834 – 1915) was an English colonial judge who was Chief Justice of Madras.

neg: Ranganath Misra aged 59, leaving both his parents bereft with grief. On 18 September 1950 he got enrolled as advocate of Orissa High Court, Cuttack where he practiced law until 1969 when he was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Orissa High Court. From 6 November 1980 to 16 January 1981 he was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, and from 16 January 1981 he was appointed as the permanent Chief Justice of the Orissa High court. He was then appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1983. He became the Chief Justice of the

neg: Hemant Gupta was transferred to the Patna High Court on February 2016, thereafter took over the charge of acting chief justice of the Patna High Court after the retirement of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari on 29 October 2016. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 March 2017. In November 2018 he became Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Hemant Gupta Hemant Gupta(born 17 October 1957) is a judge of Supreme Court of India and he was also former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He will retire on 16 October 2022. Justice

neg: Law Commission of India India was established in 1955 for a three-year term. Since then, twenty more Commissions have been established. The 20th Law Commission was established in 2013 under the Chairmanship of Supreme Court Judge, D.K Jain. Its tenure was fixed till 2015. The present Law Commission was established in 2015, and has tenure to 2018. The terms of reference of the Law Commission include the review and repeal of obsolete laws, the examination of existing laws & the revision of central Acts of general importance. In November 2013, the Centre appointed former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice Ajit Prakash Shah

neg: History of the Supreme Court of the United States of the Lochner era and has been dubbed the "switch in time that saved nine." As the Horsemen retired, Roosevelt, the longest-serving President in history, availed repeatedly of opportunity to replace them with more liberal Justices. After Hughes retired, Stone—The last remaining "Musketeer"—was appointed by Roosevelt to be elevated to the position of Chief Justice. In 1945, eight of the nine sitting Justices had been appointed by President Roosevelt, the sole exception being Owen Roberts. In 1953, President Dwight David Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren, who was then governor of California, to the position of Chief Justice. Warren's term, which lasted

neg: Soumitra Sen Advocate on 13 February 1984. he practised in civil and constitutional matters in both the Original side and Appellate Side of the High Court at Calcutta and was elevated as a permanent Judge of the High Court at Calcutta on 3 December 2003. Justice Sen has been bearing the allegation for appropriating Rs 32 lakh as a court-appointed receiver in 1993 in a lawsuit between Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Shipping Corporation of India over supply of fire bricks. The Chief Justice recommendation was made shortly after a three-judge inquiry committee had established Sen's misconduct in depositing the

neg: Richard Couch Richard Couch Sir Richard Couch (1817–1905) was an Anglo-Indian judge who served on the colonial courts of India and also on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at that time the court of last resort for the British Empire. Couch was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay in 1866. He served for four years in that position, before being appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta, serving in that post from 1870 to 1875. Upon his retirement from the High Court of Calcutta, Couch was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

neg: Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju November 1964 and as permanent Chief Justice on 30 December 1964. He has visited Russia in 1964-65 along with the Chief Justice of Supreme Court P. B. Gajendragadkar to study their Legal system. He was appointed Judge, Supreme Court of India on 20 October 1965. He died in harness on 20 April 1966 in New Delhi. Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju Justice Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju B.A., B.L. (17 August 1908 – 20 April 1966) was Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He was born on 17 August 1908 at Ajjaram village in Tanuku taluk in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh,

neg: Chief Justice of New Zealand the Supreme Court. They also act in place of the Governor-General if one has not been appointed or if the appointee is unable to perform his or her duties. When acting in place of the Governor-General, the Chief Justice is known as the Administrator of the Government. The Chief Justice is appointed by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Prime Minister. The current Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias is the first woman to hold the office, and was appointed on the advice of the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jenny Shipley. On 17 December 2018, Prime Minister

neg: R. Banumathi Madras High Court. She dealt with the case on banning "Jallikattu" or bull hugging sport. In November 2013, she was transferred to the Jharkhand High Court and was appointed Chief Justice of that court at the same time. In August 2014, she was elevated to the Supreme Court of India after her name had been recommended for the post by the collegium headed by then Chief Justice of India, R M Lodha. She is only the second woman sessions judge to rise to the country's highest court. R. Banumathi R. Banumathi (born 20 July 1955) is a judge of the

neg: Supreme Court of Alabama allowed him to seek election to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions for which a special election was held in December, 2017. Stuart was appointed for the remainder of the term by Governor Kay Ivey on April 26, 2017. That term ends in January 2019. However, she was entitled to seek re-nomination as Chief Justice in 2018. Chief Justice Stuart, who became the first female Republican Chief Justice, has been an Associate Justice of the court since 2001. She faced Associate Justice Tom Parker in the GOP primary in June, 2018 and lost the primary to Parker in

neg: Bihar government of Bihar is the governor, who is appointed by the President of India. The real executive power rests with the chief minister and the cabinet. The political party or the coalition of political parties having a majority in the Legislative Assembly forms the government. The head of the bureaucracy of the state is the chief secretary. Under this position, is a hierarchy of officials drawn from the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, and different wings of the state civil services. The judiciary is headed by the Chief Justice. Bihar has a High Court which has

neg: Nthomeng Majara Nthomeng Majara Nthomeng Justina Majara (born 8 June 1963) is the chief justice of Lesotho, since September 2014, and the first woman to hold this office. Nthomeng Justina Majara was born on 8 June 1963 in Lesotho, and her mother tongue is Sesotho. She earned a bachelor's degree in law from the National University of Lesotho, graduating in 1992, and a master's degree in law from King's College London, graduating in 1997. Majara was appointed as the chief justice of Lesotho in September 2014, when she took over from Justice Tšeliso Monaphathi, who has been the acting chief justice since

neg: H. L. Dattu Karnataka High Court on 18 December 1995. Thereafter, on 12 February 2007; he was elevated as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court. On 18 May 2007, he was transferred to head the Kerala High Court. On 5 September 2014, the President of India had appointed Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India, on the recommendation of CJI Lodha. On 28 September 2014, he was sworn in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India. He held the post for a little over a year until his retirement on 2 December 2015, on turning 65 years of age – one of

neg: Y. V. Chandrachud to become Chief Justice of India himself in 2022 and his daughter Nirmala. His grandson Chintan Chandrachud is a legal scholar and writer Y. V. Chandrachud Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud (12 July 1920 – 14 July 2008) was the 16th Chief Justice of India, serving from 22 February 1978 to the day he retired on 11 July 1985. Born in Pune in the state of Maharashtra, he was first appointed Judge to the Supreme Court of India on 28 August 1972 and is the longest-serving Chief Justice in India's history at 7 years and 4 months. His nickname was "Iron hands"

neg: Kalpana Rawal Kalpana Rawal Kalpana Hasmukhrai Rawal (born 15 January 1946 in India Bhuj) is a Kenyan-Asian lawyer and the former Deputy Chief Justice and Vice President of the Supreme Court of Kenya. She was sworn in on June 3, 2013 as the Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya in a ceremony presided over by the President of Kenya and the Chief Justice. After a protracted case on the question of the retirement age of Judges who were appointed under the old Constitution of Kenya, the Supreme Court delivered a Ruling which effectively set the retirement age at 70 years, sending the Deputy

neg: H. J. Kania However, Kania served as acting chief justice from May–September 1944 and from June–October 1945. He was promoted to associate judge of the Federal Court, then headed by Sir Patrick Spens (later Lord Spens) on 20 June 1946. Spens retired on 14 August 1947, and Kania succeeded him as Chief Justice. After India became a republic on 26 January 1950, Kania was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Acting as Chief Justice he read oath to Dr. Rajendra Prasad, India's first President. He died in office of a sudden heart attack on 6 November 1951, aged

neg: Raghunandan Swarup Pathak College, Allahabad and had studied law at Allahabad University. After practising law at Allahabad, he became Judge at Allahabad High Court in 1962 and later Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court in 1972. Pathak was made a judge at Supreme Court of India in 1978 and became its 18th Chief Justice on 21 December 1986. He is remembered as a judge who was a man of the middle and was able to bring relative peace to the Court. He served as Chief justice for two and a half years during which time a dozen judges were appointed to the

neg: Chief Justice of the Maldives He introduced wide-ranging reforms and innovative measures to improve the administration of justice and the service provided to the citizens by the judiciary. He assumed office as a justice of Supreme Court from 10 August 2010 to 14 December 2014. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the Maldives on 14 December 2014. There has been only one chief justice and there has been no chief justice removal from office and hopefully no longer soon. The president sends the name of the nommine or nommine's to the People's Majlis. It is debated if the nommine is fit and qualified to

neg: S. H. Kapadia the Bombay High Court on 10 September 1974. Kapadia was appointed as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on 8 October 1991 and on 23 March 1993 he was appointed as a permanent judge. On 5 August 2003 he became the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. On 18 December 2003 he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. On 12 May 2010 he was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India by the then President Pratibha Patil. He retired on 29 September 2012. During his tenure as Chief Justice he was the Chairman

neg: Sarv Mittra Sikri Sarv Mittra Sikri Sarv Mittra Sikri (26 April 1908 – 24 September 1992) was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 22 January 1971 until his retirement on 25 April 1973. He began his legal career in 1930 as an attorney practicing at the Lahore High Court. Following independence, he was appointed the Assistant Advocate General of Punjab in 1949. He served as advocate general from 1951 to 1964. In February 1964, he was appointed as judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice of India in January 1971. He was the first

neg: Liberal Democrats (Zimbabwe) to act by the Zimbabwean people and the lack of coherence in political activities. It made mention of the failures of many political parties including the major opposition parties like the MDCT which has always been seen as the contender to political office. The Liberal Democrats weighed in on the Zimbabwean appointment of the Chief Justice again coming in with views about how Mr Mugabe had been forced to appoint the Chief Justice who was not likely to have been his first choice due to the ZANU PF factional wars. Mr Mugabe at the end of March 2017 appointed Justice

neg: Unsuccessful nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States Justice was rejected by a vote of 10–14 on December 15, 1795. Rutledge's strident and vocal opposition to the Jay Treaty may have been the main reason for his rejection. Because he had been a recess appointment, Rutledge served as Chief Justice for one term. Washington nominated Associate Justice William Cushing to replace him as Chief Justice, but Cushing declined the role. Washington then successfully appointed Oliver Ellsworth to serve as the next Chief Justice. After Oliver Ellsworth decided to resign from the position of Chief Justice, President John Adams sought to replace Ellsworth with John Jay, who had been

neg: Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar April 2002. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the High court of Himachal Pradesh on 4 April 2013. Thereafter he was appointed as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 24 November 2013. Elevated to Supreme Court on 13 May 2016. Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar (born 30 July 1957) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of India and the former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was enrolled as Advocate on 10 February 1982. He practiced on Civil, Criminal and Constitutional sides before the Subordinate Courts, Tribunals and High Court of Judicature at

neg: Vikramajit Sen Vikramajit Sen Justice Vikramajit Sen (born 31 December 1950) was a judge of the Supreme Court of India. A former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Sen is graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in History. On 7 July 1999, Sen was appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court and on 30 October 2000, he was appointed as a permanent judge. On 12 September 2011 he was transferred to Karnataka High Court as an acting Chief Justice and subsequently on 24 December 2011, he assumed office as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. On 24 December

neg: New Mexico Supreme Court not retained, he must vacate office on the following January 1, and the governor must again fill the vacancy by the ordinary procedures of appointment. Whenever the governor fails to make an appointment within the prescribed thirty-day period, the Chief Justice fills the vacancy from the judicial nominating commission’s list of candidates. Every two years, the Supreme Court justices choose by majority vote one of their number who has not been appointed to the court to serve as Chief Justice. In the absence of the Chief Justice, the senior most justice present exercises his powers, with seniority being determined by

neg: Chief Justice of Canada that the chief justice be appointed from among the Court's puisne judges; in the history of the Court, only two were not: William Buell Richards, and Charles Fitzpatrick. It is also cusomary that a new chief justice be chosen alternately from among: the three justices who by law must be from Quebec (with its civil law system), and the other six justices from the rest of Canada (representing the common law tradition). Since 1933, this tradition has only been broken once, when Brian Dickson of Manitoba was named to succeed Bora Laskin of Ontario in 1984. The Chief Justice's central

neg: Chief Justice of India Chief Justice of India The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the head of the judiciary of India and the Supreme Court of India. The CJI also heads their administrative functions. As head of the supreme court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966, the Chief Justice allocates all work to the other judges who are bound to refer the matter back to him or her

neg: Baharul Islam Assam and Nagaland High Court (Now Gauhati High Court) on 20 January 1972 (A.N.). Appointed acting chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on 11.3.1979. Appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on 7 July 1979. Retired on 1 March 1980. Appointed Judge, Supreme Court of India on 4 December 1980. He retired from the Supreme Court on 12 January 1983. He was the Rajya Sabha member from 1962 to 1972. He was a member of, but did not serve as the president of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association. In 1987 Justice Baharul Islam committee was appointed

neg: Madan Mohan Punchhi Madan Mohan Punchhi Madan Mohan Punchhi (10 October 1933 – 17 June 2015) was the 28th Chief Justice of India from 18 January 1998 until his retirement on 9 October 1998. An attempt to impeach him was unsuccessful in the Parliament. He began his legal career in 1955, and was appointed as a Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court in December-1982. In October 1989, he was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice of India in January-1998 but amidst serious controversy of impending impeachment motion. In 1998, the Committee on Judicial Accountability prepared

neg: Buri Kidu of Justice (1977), Secretary of Justice and Principal Legal Officer to the National Executive Council (Cabinet) (1978–79), Secretary, Prime Minister’s Department (1979–80) and Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea (1980–93). He was appointed a Knight Bachelor (Kt) in 1980. Sir Buri was appointed Chief Justice in 1980 by the Government of Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan, who took office after the Government of Prime Minister Michael Somare had been defeated in a no-confidence motion in Parliament following the Rooney Affair, an early crisis of judicial independence during which the first Chief Justice, Sir Sydney Frost, an Australian, and three expatriate

neg: Chief Justice of Gibraltar Judicial Services Act. During Schofield's suspension, Additional Judge Anthony Dudley was acting Chief Justice. On 1 February 2010, The Convent announced that acting on the advice of the Judicial Services Commission, Governor Sir Adrian Johns had on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, formally appointed Anthony Dudley as Chief Justice of Gibraltar. He is the first Gibraltarian judge to be appointed Chief Justice of Gibraltar. Court system of Gibraltar Chief Justice of Gibraltar The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar is one of the four judges who make up the supreme court of Gibraltar. Previously the Chief Justice was appointed

neg: Markandey Katju Allahabad High Court in 1991. He was appointed acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court in August 2004, Chief Justice of Madras High Court in November 2004, and Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in October 2005. He was elevated to the Supreme Court of India in April 2006. He retired from this position on 19 September 2011, after serving the Indian judiciary for nearly 40 years. He thereafter served as the Chairman of the Press Council of India for three years. His courtroom was one of the fastest in the Supreme Court disposing of 100-plus matters in a week.

neg: Chief Justice of India been laid down in "The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958". This remuneration was revised in 2006-2008, after the sixth central pay commission's recommendation. Chief Justice of India The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the head of the judiciary of India and the Supreme Court of India. The CJI also heads their administrative functions. As head of the supreme court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In accordance with Article 145 of the Constitution of India and the Supreme

neg: Sanjay Kishan Kaul Justice Kaul is a member of various prestigious institutions like Indian International center, India Law Institute, India Habitat Center, Roshanara club amongst others. Theatre, music, Golf & reading, including subjects unrelated to law are amongst his other areas of interest. During his 19-year career, he handled mainly commercial, civil & writ matters in Delhi high court & Supreme court of India. Justice Kaul was appointed additional judge of Delhi high court on 3 May 2001, and was made a permanent judge in 2003. He was also the acting chief justice of Delhi high court in September 2012. He became Chief

neg: Arijit Pasayat Chartered Accountancy Examination. He was appointed as an additional judge in the Orissa High Court on 20 March 1989. Later, he was appointed as the chief justice of the Kerala High Court on 20 September 1999. He was subsequently transferred and appointed as the chief justice of Delhi High Court on 10 May 2000. Justice Pasayat was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 20 October 2001, and retired on 10 May 2009. Among the most notable of his decisions, he was the part of a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court which decided upon the

neg: Koka Subba Rao insisted on having Subbarao as the Special Officer to facilitate the formation of High Court. Automatically he became the Chief Justice. When Sri Venkateswara University was established at Tirupati in 1954, Subbarao became its first Chancellor and remained in the position till the University Act was amended restoring the Chancellorship to the Governor. After tenures as a judge at Madras High Court and a Chief Justice at Andhra Pradesh High Court, he was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on 31 January 1958. He was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 30 June 1966. His most famous judgment was

neg: National Investigation Agency decided by the Central Government. These are presided over by a judge appointed by the Central Government on the recommendation of the Chief Justice of the High Court with jurisdiction in that region. Supreme Court of India has also been empowered to transfer the cases from one special court to any other special court within or outside the state if the same is in the interest of justice in light of the prevailing circumstances in any particular state. The NIA Special Courts are empowered with all powers of the court of sessions under Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for trial

neg: Sabyasachi Mukharji five days. While complying with the order he made it quite clear that timing and such issues were within the descretion of the sitting judge and not subject to superintending control. He confirmed his earlier order. On 1 March 1983, he became acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. On 15 March 1983, Mukharji was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, and he became Chief Justice of India on 18 December 1989. In March 1989, Mukharji became involved with the Bhopal gas incident when he was appointed to head the Supreme Court's panel to examine

neg: Nishita Nirmal Mhatre Court on 6 January 2012. She was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on 1 December 2016 after the retirement of the Chief Justice Girish Chandra Gupta Nishita Nirmal Mhatre Nishita Nirmal Mhatre was the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court in India. She joined office on 1 December 2016 and retired as the acting chief justice of the Calcutta High Court on 18 September 2017. During her tenure as the Acting Chief justice, she presided over the high-profile sting operation of the Trinamool Congress leaders popularly known as the Narada case and ordered CBI

neg: Robert Chambers (English judge) the East India Regulating Act 1773 had been passed, establishing a supreme council (consisting of a governor-general, the first of whom was Warren Hastings, and four councillors) and judicature (consisting of a chief justice and three puisne judges) of Bengal. Chambers was appointed second judge under Sir Elijah Impey as chief justice, with a promise from the Lord Chancellor that if the Chief Justice's post became vacant, it would be offered to him. The judges departed for Calcutta in May 1774, although Chambers persuaded the Oxford authorities to allow him to retain his professorship for a further three years, in

neg: Rajendra Mal Lodha office as a judge of Rajasthan High Court on 2 February 2007. On 13 May 2008, he was elevated as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. On 17 December 2008, Justice Lodha was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Lodha was appointed as the Chief Justice of India succeeding P Sathasivam on 11 April and assumed charge on 27 April 2014. Justice Lodha said that infusing greater transparency in the appointment of judges and initiating steps to bring down the backlog of 33,000,000 cases will be among his priorities. He retired on 27 September

neg: V. Eshwaraiah V. Eshwaraiah Vangala Eshwaraiah, also spelt as V. Eswaraiah was the former chairperson, National commission for backward classes from 19.09.2013 to September 2016. Prior to this appointment, he was Chief Justice of High Court of Andhra Pradesh in India. He was elevated to the constitutional post as additional Judge of Andhra Pradesh high court in 1999 and then as judge in 2000. Government of India appointed Justice Vangala Eswaraiah, former Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) on 23 September 2013.He was succeeded by Justice M. N. Rao,

neg: Chief Justice of Canada official documents or receiving credentials of newly appointed high commissioners and ambassadors. The current Chief Justice is Richard Wagner, who took office on December 18, 2017, replacing Beverley McLachlin, the first woman to hold this position. Born in Montreal on April 2, 1957, he had been a puisne Supreme Court justice for at the time of his elevation to chief justice. He previously sat on the Quebec Court of Appeal. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1875, the following 18 persons have served as Chief Justice: This graphical timeline depicts the length of each justice's tenure as chief justice:

neg: K. M. Joseph He was appointed as the Permanent Judge of Kerala High Court on 14 October 2004. On 18 July 2014, the President of India had appointed Joseph as the next Chief Justice of Uttarakhand, on recommendation of then CJI Rajendra Mal Lodha. On 31 July 2014, he was sworn in as the 9th Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital. The bench headed by Justice Joseph had quashed the imposition of President's Rule in 2016 by the Narendra Modi Led BJP government in the state of Uttarakhand. While being a judge at the Kerala HC, a Bench comprising Justice Joseph

neg: Doraiswamy Raju Madras High Court in 1987. He was appointed as the Judge of the same High Court in 1990. On 17 November 1995 Justice Raju became the Chairman, Advisory Board of COFEPOSA. He was elevated in the post of Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court on 1 July 1998 and in 2000 he was appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Raju was retired from judgeship on 1 July 2004. Doraiswamy Raju Doraiswamy Raju or D. Raju (born 2 July 1939) was an Indian Judge and former Justice of The Supreme Court of India. Raju was graduated in 1959

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines served as Associate Justice from 1901 to 1913, when he was appointed as Secretary of Justice. Mapa would be appointed as Chief Justice in 1920. Another tradition, though less stringently observed, was that the most senior Associate Justice would be appointed as Chief Justice upon a permanent vacancy to that post. Deviations from this tradition, especially in recent years, have caused some controversy. Senior Associate Justice Claudio Teehankee, who had emerged as a fervent critic of Ferdinand Marcos, was twice bypassed for Chief Justice by Marcos. More recently, in 2005, the appointment of Artemio Panganiban as Chief Justice over Senior