Justice Uday Umesh Lalit to be next Chief Justice of India

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 10, 2022: President Droupadi Murmu issued a notice on Wednesday for the appointment of Justice UU Lalit as the next Chief Justice of India. He will succeed Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana, whose tenure ends on August 26.

 

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who has been appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India, will take charge from August 27, 2022.

CJI NV Ramana had recommended UU Lalit’s name to the Union law ministry as his successor. Justice UU Lalit will have only 74 days in the chair before he retires on November 8.

Justice Lalit, who was born on November 9, 1957, began his legal career in June 1983 and worked in the Bombay High Court until December 1985. He later moved to Delhi. He was appointed as a senior lawyer by the Supreme Court in April 2004.

UU Lalit served as the special public prosecutor for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before being recommended for appointment as a Supreme Court judge by the Bar.

He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on August 13, 2014.

Courtesy: India Today