CJI Sanjiv Khanna Oath: Senior Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, November 11. President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to him at 10 am. He will serve a six-month term as the Chief Justice of India.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna is the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court. His name was proposed by outgoing CJI DY Chandrachud for the role of Chief Justice. Chandrachud retired on November 10 after serving from November 9, 2022.

Who is Sanjeev Khanna?

Born on May 14, 1960, Justice Sanjiv Khanna started his legal career as an advocate with the Delhi Bar Council in 1983. He has extensive experience in constitutional law, taxation, arbitration, commercial law, and environmental law. Sanjiv Khanna's father Justice Des Raj Khanna was a judge of the Delhi High Court and his mother Saroj Khanna was a Hindi lecturer at DU's LSR.

career

-In 2004, he was appointed Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
-Justice Khanna was appointed Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005.
-He became a permanent judge in 2006.
-On January 18, 2019, Justice Khanna was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court.

Important decisions

Justice Khanna has delivered several landmark judgments, including granting interim bail to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, which enabled Kejriwal to campaign during the Lok Sabha elections.

In another important judgment, Justice Khanna emphasized that delay in proceedings can serve as a valid ground for granting bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The judgment came in a case involving former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.