A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar gave the Bihar government six weeks more to file the reply to the petition and listed the matter for January 2025.
With a citizen centric agenda, the newly appointed Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna outlined his vision to make courts "approachable and user friendly" and asserted that judiciary is an integral, yet distinct and independent part of the governance system.
Vice President of BJP Mumbai Pradesh and Senior Advocate Hitesh Jain took to X on Monday to praise the appointment of Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI), calling it "a proud and poetic moment of justice."
Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday was sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in a brief ceremony. Khanna has been part of benches in the Supreme Court that heard important judgments including upholding the abrogation of Article 37
Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the son of former Delhi High Court judge Justice Dev Raj Khanna and the nephew of former Supreme Court judge HR Khanna, will take oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India on Monday at 10 am at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The outgoing CJI, Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud, retired on Sunday, making way for Justice Khanna, who will serve a six-month tenure as the Chief Justice.
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday on Tuesday launched three publications of the Supreme Court in the presence of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, CJI-designate Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice BR Gavai, and Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Upon approval by the government, Justice 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.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the former Bihar legislator Munna Shukla's plea seeking time to surrender in the 1998 Brij Bihari Prasad murder case. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna dismissed the plea by Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla.