President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday notified the appointment of Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) after the Central government cleared the same.
Justice Khanna will take over as the 51st CJI on the retirement of incumbent CJI DY Chandrachud on November 10.
As per the norm, CJI Chandrachud had earlier recommended the name of Justice Khanna who is the first puisne judge at the top court, for appointment as the next CJI.
Union Minister of State with independent charge of the Law & Justice Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal, took to X (formerly Twitter), to break the news.
