Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India and will assume office on May 14, 2025. The current CJI, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, is set to retire a day earlier on May 13.
The official announcement was made by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on X, confirming that the appointment was made under constitutional powers vested in the President. Justice Gavai will be the 52nd CJI and only the second from the Scheduled Caste community after Justice KG Balakrishnan, who retired in 2010.
Following established convention, Justice Khanna recommended Justice Gavai’s name to the Centre on April 16. As the senior-most Supreme Court judge after Justice Khanna, Justice Gavai will serve for over six months until his retirement on December 23, 2025.
Born on November 24, 1960, in Amravati, Maharashtra, Justice Gavai began his legal practice in 1985 and focused on constitutional and administrative law. He represented various public bodies and was appointed Assistant Government Pleader in 1992, later becoming Government Pleader in 2000.
He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in 2003 and became a permanent judge in 2005. He served across multiple benches before being appointed to the Supreme Court in May 2019.
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