{"id":1285,"date":"2025-04-30T17:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:24:32","slug":"justice-bhushan-ramkrishna-gavai-appointed-as-51st-chief-justice-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/?p=1285","title":{"rendered":"Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai Appointed as 51st Chief Justice of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"462\"><strong data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"197\">TFP Bureau, New Delhi, April 30, 2025: <\/strong>In a significant development in the Indian judiciary, the President of India has appointed Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI). He will assume office on <strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"408\">14th May 2025<\/strong>, succeeding incumbent Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"618\">The official notification, issued by the Department of Justice, Government of India, follows the President\u2019s formal signing of the warrant of appointment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"1079\">Born on <strong data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"648\">24 November 1960<\/strong> in Amravati, Maharashtra, Justice Gavai brings with him an illustrious legal career spanning four decades. He enrolled at the Bar in March 1985 and began his legal journey under the mentorship of Barrister Raja S. Bhonsale, a former Advocate General and High Court Judge. He practiced at the Bombay High Court and later, extensively at its Nagpur Bench, handling matters primarily related to constitutional and administrative law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1408\">Justice Gavai has served as Assistant Government Pleader, Additional Public Prosecutor, and subsequently, as Government Pleader for the Nagpur Bench. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in <strong data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1306\">2003<\/strong>and became a permanent judge in <strong data-start=\"1339\" data-end=\"1347\">2005<\/strong>. His elevation to the Supreme Court came on <strong data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1407\">24 May 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1783\">Over his six-year tenure at the apex court, Justice Gavai has been part of nearly <strong data-start=\"1492\" data-end=\"1507\">700 Benches<\/strong>, authoring over <strong data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1541\">300 judgments<\/strong> across diverse domains including constitutional, criminal, civil, commercial, environmental, and arbitration law. He has also been part of Constitution Bench rulings upholding democratic values, fundamental rights, and judicial independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1785\" data-end=\"2069\">Justice Gavai has represented India at international judicial forums in Mongolia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Kenya. He has also lectured at prestigious institutions such as <strong data-start=\"1974\" data-end=\"1997\">Columbia University<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2024\">Harvard University<\/strong> on constitutional and environmental matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2071\" data-end=\"2393\">Justice Gavai, who is set to retire on <strong data-start=\"2110\" data-end=\"2130\">23 November 2025<\/strong>, will serve as the <strong data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2181\">51st Chief Justice of India<\/strong>. His appointment also marks a significant moment as he becomes one of the few Chief Justices from the Scheduled Caste community, reinforcing India\u2019s commitment to inclusivity and representation in the judiciary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President signs warrant of appointment; Justice Gavai to assume office on May 14, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,246,27],"tags":[247],"class_list":["post-1285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-ministry-of-law","category-national","tag-supreme-court-of-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai Appointed as 51st Chief Justice of India - thefrontpage24.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thefrontpage24.com\/?p=1285\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai Appointed as 51st Chief Justice of India - 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