Government writes to Chief Justice of India UU Lalit to name his successor: Sources

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New Delhi, Oct 07, 2022: The government has asked Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit to name his successor, sources said on Friday morning.

As part of the procedure, the law minister writes to the CJI to name his or her successor. Justice DY Chandrachud is the senior-most judge after the CJI. As per practice, the CJI names the senior-most judge as his or her successor.

 

Going by the established practice, Justice Chandrachud is in line for the 50th CJI post.

Justice Lalit, who took oath on August 27, retires as the CJI on November 8 after around 74 days.

In his first four working days, CJI UU Lalit had given a glimpse of what his entire tenure would be like and disposed of 1,293 miscellaneous cases and 106 regular hearing matters.

Before taking over as the Chief Justice of India, Justice Lalit had made clear that his priority would be listing cases, mentioning urgent matters, and constitution benches. The changes in these three areas were noticed in the first four working days of the top court, including the setting up of two constitution benches.

There was no constitution bench hearing during the entire 16-month tenure of his predecessor, justice NV Ramana. A total of 492 constitutional bench matters, involving 53 main cases involving key questions of law and constitutional interpretation, remained pending in the top court.

Courtesy: India Today