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Monday 7 July 2014

CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA



CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

On the 28th of January, 1950, two days after India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic, the Supreme Court came into being. The Supreme Court of India comprises the Chief Justice and 30 other Judges appointed by the President of India. Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of 65 years. In order to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court, a person must be a citizen of India and must have been, for at least five years, a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession, or an Advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least 10 years or he must be, in the opinion of the President, a distinguished jurist.

Present Chief Justice of India - Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.M. Lodha (DoB.28.09.1949)

Term of Office: (DoA) 17.12.2008 to (DoR) 27.09.2014. 

Appointed as The Chief Justice of India in the forenoon of 27.04.2014

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