Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was on Tuesday appointed the 52nd Chief Justice of India (CJI). He will succeed the current CJI, Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Justice Gavai is set to take the oath of office on May 14.
President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath during the swearing-in ceremony.
Who is Justice BR Gavai
- Born on November 24, 1960, in Amravati, Justice B R Gavai is set to take oath as the 52nd
Chief Justice of India on May 14. - He began his legal career on March 16, 1985, and worked with the late Bar. Raja S. Bhonsale, former Advocate General and High Court Judge, until 1987.
- From 1987 to 1990, he established an independent practice at the
Bombay high court . Subsequently, he primarily practised at the Nagpur Bench of Bombay high court. His expertise centred on Constitutional andAdministrative Law . - He served as Standing Counsel for various institutions including the Municipal Corporation of Nagpur, Amravati Municipal Corporation and Amravati University.
- He regularly represented various autonomous organisations and corporations, including SICOM, DCVL, and numerous Municipal Councils across the Vidarbha region.
- He served as Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor at the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench from August, 1992 to July, 1993.
- On January 17, 2000, he was appointed Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for the Nagpur Bench. His elevation to Additional Judge of the High Court occurred on November 14, 2003.
- He was confirmed as a permanent Judge of the Bombay high court on November 12, 2005. He presided over various types of cases at the Principal Seat in Mumbai and at benches in Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji. Justice Gavai has presided over a wide range of cases at the Principal Bench in Mumbai, as well as at the benches in Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Panaji. His appointment as
Supreme Court Judge took place on May 24, 2019.
