Justice Sanjiv Khanna takes oath as 51st Chief Justice of India

Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Khanna at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Justice Sanjiv Khanna succeeds Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, who demitted office Sunday. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers, and judges of the Supreme Court attended the ceremony, among others.

#WATCH | Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu administers the oath of Office of the Chief Justice of India to Sanjiv Khanna at Rashtrapati Bhavan. pic.twitter.com/tJmJ1U3DXv

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed best wishes to Justice Sanjiv Khanna on taking oath as Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India. In a social media post, Mr Modi said, he attended the oath taking ceremony of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who has been sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He conveyed best wishes for his tenure.
India's 51st Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has his imprint on several landmark judgements such as upholding the sanctity of EVMs, abrogation of Article 370, scrapping the electoral bonds scheme and granting interim bail to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.He was also part of the five-judge bench that declared the electoral bond scheme, meant for funding political parties, as unconstitutional.
Hailing from an illustrious Delhi-based family, Justice Khanna is the son of former Delhi High Court judge Justice Dev Raj Khanna and the nephew of the iconic late former apex court judge H R Khanna. A third-generation lawyer before being elevated to the Delhi High Court, the 64-year-old is driven by the zeal to reduce pendency and speed up justice delivery.