Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Wednesday appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India with President Droupadi Murmu signing his warrant of appointment.
He will assume charge on August 27 after incumbent N V Ramana demits office the day before. He will have a brief tenure as the head of India’s judiciary and would demit office on November 8 after holding the charge as the CJI for nearly three months.
While Supreme Court judges retire on attaining the age of 65 years, judges of the 25 high courts retire at 62.
Justice Lalit will be the second CJI who was directly elevated to the apex court bench from the Bar. Justice S M Sikri, who became the 13th CJI in January 1971, was the first lawyer to be elevated directly to the top court bench in March 1964.
”In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 27 August, 2022,” a law ministry notification said.
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