New RBI Grade B 2025 Notification will come Soon! Enroll Here

    Question

    Recently Justice D . Y . Chandrachud has been appointed

    as the _____Chief Justice of India ( CJI ) by President Draupadi Murmu?
    A 47th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 48th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 49th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 50th Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 51st Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    • President Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
    • Justice Chandrachud will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining the age of 65.
    • Justice Chandrachud will serve as the CJI for two years. He will demit office on November 10, 2024
    • Learn Along:
    • Justice U U  Lalit has a brief tenure of 74 days.
    • Justice Chandrachud, presently the seniormost Supreme Court judge after Justice Lalit, was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 13, 2016.
    • Before his appointment to the top court, Justice Chandrachud served as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court from October 31, 2013.
    • He also served as a judge of the Bombay High Court from March 2000 to October 2013.
    • About CJI
    • Formation: 28 January 1950                                              Nominator:Outgoing Chief Justice of India on the basis of Seniority
    • Appointer: President of India                                             Term length:Until the age of 65

    Practice Next