New Delhi: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana has been appointed as the next chief justice of India.
According to a notification issued by the government on Tuesday, Justice Ramana would take over as the 48th CJI on April 24 after incumbent S A Bobde demits office a day before.
Justice Ramana would retire on August 26, 2022.
He is first-generation lawyer, having agricultural background, and hails from Ponnavaram Village, Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh. He is an avid reader and literature enthusiast.
He was called on to the Bar on February 10, 1983. He has practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals, and the Supreme Court of India. He has specialised on Constitutional, Civil, Labour, Service and Election matters. He has also practiced before Inter-State River Tribunals.
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Justice Ramana served as puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of India from February 17, 2014. He served as Chairman, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee from March 7, 2019 to November 26, 2019. He has also served as the Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) since 27.11.2019.
Initially, he was appointed as a Permanent Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000. He also functioned as Acting Chief Justice of his parent High Court from March 10, 2013 to May 20, 2013.
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