{"id":41394,"date":"2025-04-17T19:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=41394"},"modified":"2025-04-17T19:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:08:50","slug":"justice-br-gavai-next-cji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/17-04-2025\/justice-br-gavai-next-cji","title":{"rendered":"Justice BR Gavai To Be the Next CJI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Polity and Governance\/ Judiciary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna has recommended Justice B.R. Gavai \u2014 next in line by seniority \u2014 to the Union Law Ministry for appointment as the <strong>52nd Chief Justice of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong> <strong>Appointment of the CJI<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Constitution of India does not mention<\/strong> any procedure for appointment of the CJI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Article 124 (1)<\/strong> of the Constitution merely says, &#8220;there shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clause (2) of Article 124 <\/strong>of the Constitution says that every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be <strong>appointed by the President.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thus, in the <strong>absence of a constitutional provision<\/strong>, the procedure to appoint CJI relies on <strong>convention.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the Convention?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The outgoing<strong> CJI recommends his successor<\/strong> a practice, which is<strong> based on seniority.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Seniority at the apex court<\/strong>, however, is <strong>not defined by age<\/strong>, but by the <strong>date a judge was appointed to the SC.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If two judges are elevated to the Supreme Court on the same day,\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the one who was <strong>sworn in first<\/strong> as a judge would trump another;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>if both were sworn in as judges on the same day, the one with <strong>more years of high court service<\/strong> would &#8216;win&#8217; in the seniority stakes;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an appointment <strong>from the bench<\/strong> would \u2018trump\u2019 in seniority an appointee from the bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Roles and Powers of CJI<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Master of the Roster: <\/strong>The CJI has the exclusive authority to allocate cases to different benches of the Supreme Court. This power includes determining the schedule and priority of hearings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Appointment of Judges:<\/strong> The CJI, along with the collegium (comprising the four senior-most Supreme Court judges), plays a crucial role in recommending judges for appointment to the Supreme Court and High Courts. The President consults with the CJI and the collegium during this process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Appointment of Ad-hoc Judges: <\/strong>Under Article 127 of the Constitution, the CJI can appoint ad-hoc judges to the Supreme Court when necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Changing the Seat of the Supreme Court:<\/strong> With the President&#8217;s approval, the CJI can relocate the Supreme Court from Delhi to another location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Removal Process of CJI<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The President of India has the authority to remove the CJI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, the President can only remove the CJI after Parliament presents an address requesting the removal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This address must be supported by a special majority in both Houses of Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/justice-bhushan-ramkrishna-gavai-to-succeed-sanjeev-khanna-as-the-next-chief-justice-of-india\/article69456241.ece\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna has recommended Justice B.R. Gavai \u2014 next in line by seniority \u2014 to the Union Law Ministry for appointment as the 52nd Chief Justice of India.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About Appointment of the CJI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Constitution of India does not mention any procedure for appointment of the CJI.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Article 124 (1) of the Constitution merely says, &#8220;there shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India.&#8221;<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/17-04-2025\/justice-br-gavai-next-cji\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41429,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41394\/revisions\/41429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}