Justice BR Gawai
President Draupadi Murmu, Justice B.R. Gawai has been approved as the 52nd Chief Justice of India. Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gawai (BR Gawai) will take oath on May 14, 2025 as the 52nd Chief Justice of India. Please tell that earlier the current Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna recommended his name. CJI Sanjeev Khanna’s term ends on 13 May.
When will you retire?
BR Gawai will remain CJI till 6 months after taking over the post and will retire in November 2025. Justice BR Gawai is originally from Amravati district of Maharashtra. Notable decisions of Gawai’s career include removing Article 370 of Jammu and Kashmir and dividing it into two union territories.
The country’s second Dalit CJI will be Gawai
BR Gawai Justice KG Balakrishna will be followed by the second Chief Justice, who come from the Dalit community, who served as the Chief Justice from 2007 to 2010. Justice BR Gavai, 64, will retire in November 2025. His term as Chief Justice will be from 14 May 2025 to 24 November 2025.
Learn about BR Gawai-
Born on 24 November 1960 in Amravati, BR Gavai is the son of senior MP late Ramakrishna Gavai. Justice Gawai’s father Justice Ramakrishna Suryabhan was the founder of the Gawai Republican Party of India (RPI). He was active in Maharashtra politics and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Amravati constituency as a RPI candidate in 1998. He has also worked as the Governor of Bihar, Sikkim and Kerala between 2006 and 2011.
Justice Gawai joined the bar on 16 March 1985. He has served as a government lawyer and then a government prosecutor for the Maharashtra government. He was appointed a judge of the Bombay High Court on 14 November 2003. He served there for 16 years before being promoted to the Supreme Court on 24 May 2019. Justice Gawai will act as the Chief Justice for about six months before his retirement in November.
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