CJI DY Chandrachud Recommends Justice Sanjiv Khanna As His Successor

CJI DY Chandrachud was first appointed a judge of the Supreme Court on May 13, 2016. Upon approval by the government, Justice Sanjiv Khanna will become the 51st Chief Justice of India. He is set to serve a tenure of six months, concluding on May 13, 2025, before his retirement.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna is the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court. He was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983.

Initially, Justice Khanna practised in the District Courts at the Tis Hazari complex, New Delhi, and later, in the High Court of Delhi and tribunals in fields as diverse as constitutional law, direct taxation, arbitration, commercial law, company law, land law, environmental law and medical negligence.