President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to Justice Sanjiv Khanna at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He will serve a six-month term as the Chief Justice of India.
President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to him at 10 am.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second-most senior Supreme Court judge, was proposed as Chief Justice by retiring CJI DY Chandrachud.
Sanjiv Khanna, born on May 14, 1960, started his legal career in 1983 as an advocate with the Delhi Bar Council.
He has extensive experience in constitutional law, taxation, arbitration, commercial law, and environmental law.
Justice Khanna became an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005 and a permanent judge in 2006.
On January 18, 2019, Justice Khanna was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court without having previously served as Chief Justice of a High Court.
Justice Khanna has made many landmark judgements including granting interim bail to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. This decision enabled Kejriwal to campaign during the Lok Sabha elections.
In another important ruling, Justice Khanna emphasised that delays in proceedings could serve as a valid ground for granting bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This decision came in a case involving Delhi’s former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.
