29-04-2025
BR Gavai appointed Chief Justice of India with effect from May 14
President Draupadi Murmu has appointed Supreme Court Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the Chief Justice of India with effect from May 14, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal shared the update on social media platform. "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as the Chief Justice of India with effect from May 14, 2025," the Minister wrote on X.
advertisementThe current Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, will retire on May 13.
Justice B R Gavai will be the 52th Chief Justice of India (CJI). However, he will serve as the Chief Justice of India only for six months as he is due to retire in November Gavai was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on May 24, 2019. Born on November 24, 1960, in Amravati, Maharashtra. His father, Late RS Gavai, was former Governor of Bihar and Kerala and a noted social activist .The newly appointed CJI began his judicial career as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003, and became a Permanent Judge on November 12, 2005. He served for over 15 years, presiding over benches at Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad, and will also be the second CJI to come from a Scheduled Caste community. The first CJI belonging to a scheduled caste community was Justice KG VERDICTSJustice BR Gavai authored the majority opinion upholding the 2016 demonetisation scheme, affirming the Union government's power to declare currency invalid and stating that the scheme satisfied the 'test of proportionality'.In a landmark judgment, he held that demolishing properties of accused individuals without due process is unconstitutional, emphasising that executive authorities cannot act as judges and execute demolitions without legal was also a part of the bench that examined the constitutionality of the Electoral Bond Scheme, addressing concerns about transparency in political funding.
