Justice NV Ramana appointed as the next Chief Justice of India by the President

Justice NV Raman has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind. He will be sworn in on April 24. Ramana will serve as the 48th Chief Justice of India until August 26, 2022 – a tenure of over sixteen months. Last month, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, who is scheduled to retire on April 23, recommended Justice NV Raman as his successor.

Appointed as apex court judge on February 17, 2014, Justice Raman has been part of a number of important rulings, including setting up special courts to fast track criminal cases against MPs and MLAs; Liable to the office of the CJI under the Right to Information Act; And, Internet restrictions are being lifted in Jammu and Kashmir. In the case of MPs and MLAs, he led a bench that held the election on 16 September In 2020, the High Court asked the Chief Justices to constitute a special bench to monitor the progress of trials in such cases and to keep a list of those which are “pending” and decide whether it should be taken up or not.

Last year, a constitution bench headed by Justice Ramna dismissed the remedial petitions filed by the convicts in the December 2012 gang rape and murder case, leading to their execution. Justice Raman nominated as a lawyer on 10 February 1983. Apart from serving on the panel of lawyers for various government bodies, he also served as Additional Permanent Advocate for the Central Government, Permanent Advocate for Railways at the Central Administrative Tribunal in Hyderabad. And as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. June 27,