Judge of the Judge of the Supreme Court Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai. Archive. | Photo credit: PTI
President of the Supreme Court of India Sanjiv Khanna on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) Recommendation to the center the name of Judge Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the next CJI.
Judge Gavai, the second Judge of the Highest Supreme Court after the CJI Khanna holder, will become the 52nd CJI on May 14 after CJI Khanna retirement on May 13.
Judge Gavai, who was elevated as judge of the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019, would have a possession or about six months as CJI. It will retire on November 23, 2025.
CJI Khanna, who swore as the 51st CJI on November 11 of last year, recommended that the law of La Unión to appoint Judge Gavai as the next CJI.
The retirement age of the judges of the Supreme Court is 65 years.
Born on November 24, 1960 in Amravati, Judge Gavai was elevated as an additional judge of the Superior Court of Bombay on November 14, 2003.
He became a permanent judge of the Superior Court on November 12, 2005.
Judge Gavai has been part of several banks of the Constitution in the Apex court issued by Patendantes.
He was part of a Bank of the Constitution of five judges that in December 2023 unanimously exceeded the decision of the center to annul the provisions of article 370 that grants a special status to the former state of Jammu and Cashmira.
Another bank of the Constitution of five judges, or that Judge Gavai was part, annulled the scheme of electoral bonds for political financing.
He was part of a Bank of Constitution of five judges that, through a majority verdict of 4: 1, cools his approach seal of the 2016 center of demonizing ₹ 1,000 and ₹ 500 denomination wonly.
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A bank of the constitution of seven judges that Judge Gavai also dictated that the arbitration clause in an agreement without stamping or insufficiently sealed between the parties was enforceable, since such defect was curable and did not make the contract valid.
In an important verdict, an bank headed by Judge Gavai established Pan-India guidelines and said that no property should be demolished without a prior notice and that those affected should receive 15 days to respond.
It also directs the bank that listens to issues related to forests, wildlife and trees protection.
He had joined the bar on March 16, 1985 and was the permanent lawyer of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, the Amravati Municipal Corporation and the University of Amravati.
It was appointed as an assistant government and additional public prosecutor at the Nagpur Bank of the Superior Court of Bombay from August 1992 to July 1993.
He was appointed declarant of the government and fiscal for Banco Nagpur on January 17, 2000.
According to the Memorandum of the Procedure: a set of documents that guide the appointment, elevation and transfer of the judges of the Superior Court and the Supreme Court, the Law Minister writes to the CJI to appoint his successor.
The MOP says that the biggest judge of the Atx Court is considered suitable to hold the position of CJI and that the opinions of the outgoing chief of the Judiciary must be sought “at a time of appropriation.”
Published – April 16, 2025 4:01 PM IST
