- Justice Sanjiv Khanna appointed as the next Chief Justice of India.
- President Draupadi Murmu appointed Justice Khanna as the Chief Justice from November 11 after consultation with Chief Justice DY Chandrachud.
- Currently, Justice Khanna is the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court. He will be the 51st Chief Justice of India.
- Justice Khanna will retire on May 13, 2025.
- On 18 January 2019, Justice Sanjiv Khanna was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court.
- In this capacity, he has authored many landmark judgments and served on several Constitution Benches in the Supreme Court.
- His judgments have consistently underlined the primacy of individual liberty, strong democratic participation and individual autonomy.
- Incumbent CJI DY Chandrachud, who was appointed on November 9, 2022, will retire on November 10, 2024.
