♦ Justice Sanjiv Khanna was sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India on 11 November 2024. He was administered oath by President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Justice Khanna will serve a six-month tenure as Chief Justice of India and is expected to retire on May 13, 2025.

♦ Justice Sanjiv Khanna was part of several landmark Supreme Court judgments, including the scrapping of the electoral bonds scheme and upholding the abrogation of Article 370.

♦ His notable judgments also include upholding the use of electronic voting machines in elections.

♦ He was born on 14 May 1960. His father, Justice Dev Raj Khanna, was a former Delhi High Court judge, and his uncle, Justice HR Khanna, was a prominent former apex court judge.

♦ Justice Khanna enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on January 18, 2019.