Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 27, 2022, 01:37 PM
Chief Justice of India: Justice UU Lalit has become the next CJI of India after the retirement of Chief Justice NV Ramana. He has the record of becoming the second CJI who was not a judge in the High Court before becoming a judge of the Supreme Court. Before him, in the year 1971, Justice SM Sikri was directly made the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. However, the journey of Justice UU Lalit to remain in the post of Chief Justice will not be long. He will retire on November 8, 2022, after taking over as CJI on August 27.
Justice Kamal Narayan Singh had the shortest tenure of 18 days as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from November 25 to December 13, 1991.
Uy Lalit became the 49th Chief Justice of the country
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit took oath as the 49th Chief Justice of the country today. UU Lalit was born in the year 1957 in Solapur, Maharashtra. He started practice in the Bombay High Court in 1985 and then came to Delhi in 1986. UU Lalit has heard many important cases. Justice UU Lalit's tenure as CJI will be only 74 days. Let us know those CJIs who did not stay in their post even for 100 days.
CJI holding office for less than 100 days
Justice Kamal Narayan Singh had the shortest tenure of 18 days as Chief Justice of India from November 25 to December 13, 1991.
The second shortest term of Justice S Rajendra Babu was 30 days from 2 May 31, 2004.
Justice JC Shah had a tenure of 36 days as CJI from 17 December 1970 to 21 January 1971.
Justice Gopal Ballabh Patnaik served only 40 days as CJI from November 8 to December 18, 2002.