♦ President Droupadi Murmu has nominated Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath as executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority. As per convention, the post goes to the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court. Justice Nath, currently next in line after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, succeeds him in this key administrative role. 

♦ Justice Nath is also in line to serve as the CJI for seven months between February 10 and September 24, 2027.

♦ Justice Nath, elevated to the Supreme Court in 2021, previously served as chief justice of the Gujarat High Court. 

♦ He was the first chief justice of a high court in India to live-stream court proceedings on a YouTube channel.