CJI units in movement technique of appointing successor, recommends Justice Lalit
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NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday set in movement the method of appointment of his successor by recommending the title of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit to the Centre in accordance with conference.
The CJI personally handed over a replica of his letter of advice to Justice Lalit, subsequent in seniority to Justice Ramana.
Justice Ramana, the forty eighth chief justice of India who took over as head of the Indian judiciary from S A Bobde on April 24, 2021, is scheduled to demit workplace on August 26 after a tenure of over 16 months.
Supreme Court judges retire on the age of 65.
“Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India Shri Justice N V Ramana today recommended the name of Hon’ble Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as his successor to the Hon’ble Minister for Law and Justice,” an announcement mentioned.
The CJI’s Secretariat acquired a communication dated August 3 from Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju requesting him to advocate the title of his successor, it added.
According to the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which governs the method of appointment of judges in larger judiciary, the outgoing CJI initiates the method of naming the successor after getting a communication from the Law ministry.
The MoP says the senior-most choose of the apex court docket is taken into account match to carry the workplace of the CJI and the views of the outgoing head of the judiciary must be sought “on the applicable time.
The MoP, nonetheless, doesn’t specify the time restrict for the initiation of the method of recommending the title of the successor CJI.
Justice Lalit, born on November 9, 1957, was enrolled as an advocate in June 1983 and practised within the Bombay High Court until December 1985.
He later shifted base to Delhi.
Lalit was designated senior lawyer by the Supreme Court in April, 2004.
Before being advisable to be appointed as a Supreme Court choose from the Bar, Lalit performed the trial in 2G issues as particular public prosecutor for the CBI.
He was appointed a Supreme Court choose on August 13, 2014.
Justice Lalit, who could be appointed head of the judiciary on August 27, could have a tenure of lower than three months as chief justice of India.
He will retire on November 8 this yr.
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday set in movement the method of appointment of his successor by recommending the title of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit to the Centre in accordance with conference.
The CJI personally handed over a replica of his letter of advice to Justice Lalit, subsequent in seniority to Justice Ramana.
Justice Ramana, the forty eighth chief justice of India who took over as head of the Indian judiciary from S A Bobde on April 24, 2021, is scheduled to demit workplace on August 26 after a tenure of over 16 months.
Supreme Court judges retire on the age of 65.
“Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India Shri Justice N V Ramana today recommended the name of Hon’ble Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as his successor to the Hon’ble Minister for Law and Justice,” an announcement mentioned.
The CJI’s Secretariat acquired a communication dated August 3 from Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju requesting him to advocate the title of his successor, it added.
According to the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which governs the method of appointment of judges in larger judiciary, the outgoing CJI initiates the method of naming the successor after getting a communication from the Law ministry.
The MoP says the senior-most choose of the apex court docket is taken into account match to carry the workplace of the CJI and the views of the outgoing head of the judiciary must be sought “on the applicable time.
The MoP, nonetheless, doesn’t specify the time restrict for the initiation of the method of recommending the title of the successor CJI.
Justice Lalit, born on November 9, 1957, was enrolled as an advocate in June 1983 and practised within the Bombay High Court until December 1985.
He later shifted base to Delhi.
Lalit was designated senior lawyer by the Supreme Court in April, 2004.
Before being advisable to be appointed as a Supreme Court choose from the Bar, Lalit performed the trial in 2G issues as particular public prosecutor for the CBI.
He was appointed a Supreme Court choose on August 13, 2014.
Justice Lalit, who could be appointed head of the judiciary on August 27, could have a tenure of lower than three months as chief justice of India.
He will retire on November 8 this yr.
