The President of India had on April 29 appointed Justice Gavai as the next CJI with effect from May 14, 2025. He will be the 52nd CJI following the retirement of. the incumbent CJI Justice Sanjiv Khanna on May 13.When Justice Gavai will take charge as 52nd CJI, he would also be the second CJI belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community after Justice K G Balakrishnan, who was elevated to the country’s top judicial post in 2007 and retired n 2010.Justice Gavai has authored around 300 judgments, including Constitution Bench, on various issues upholding the rule of law and equality and safeguarding the fundamental rights, human rights and legal rights of citizens.On April 16, the CJI Khanna wrote a letter to the Centre, and nominated the second senior-most judge Justice Gavai as his successor.Born on November, 24, 1960 at Amravati, Justice Gavai joined Bar in 1985. He practiced independently at Bombay High Court from 1987 to 1990 and focused on Constitutional Law and Administrative Law. He was the Standing Counsel for Municipal Corporation of Nagpur, Amravati Municipal Corporation and Amravati University.Justice Gavai was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court on November 14, 2003. He became a permanent Judge of the Bombay High Court on November, 12, 2005.Justice Gavai, worked as Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor in the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, from August 1992 to July 1993. He was appointed as Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor for Nagpur Bench on January 17, 2000.In the last six years, he was a part of around 700 Benches dealing with matters pertaining to variety of subjects including constitutional and administrative law, civil law, criminal law, commercial disputes, arbitration law, electricity law, education matters, environmental law, etc.Justice Gavai has attended various international conferences at Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), New York (U.S.A), Cardiff (U.K.) and Nairobi (Kenya).He also delivered lectures on many issues, including constitutional and environmental issues in various Universities and Organizations including Columbia University and Harvard University.
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