Have a look at the family and biography of Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Justice Sanjiv Khanna received elevation to the Supreme Court on January 18th, 2019. If the seniority rule is upheld, he is anticipated to become India’s 51st CJI, assuming office in November 2024.
Who is Justice Sanjiv Khanna next CJI, biography, age, family, wife, son, profile and education
According to the seniority rule of Supreme Court Judges, Justice Sanjiv Khanna is in line to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) in November 2024 for a seven-month tenure. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18 January 2019 and is scheduled to retire on 13 May 2025.
#SupremeCourt Constitution Bench to start hearing the Electoral Bonds case on October 31.
The bench comprises CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.#SupremeCourtofIndia #ElectoralBonds pic.twitter.com/7SC4btS0ux
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63-year-old Justice Sanjiv Khanna was born on 14th May 1960. He completed his schooling at Delhi’s renowned Modern School. He pursued his legal education at the Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. Following his graduation, he became a registered advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983.
His father Justice Dev Raj Khanna retired as a judge from Delhi High Court in 1985 and his mother Saroj Khanna worked as a Hindi lecturer at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna is the nephew of a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Hans Raj Khanna. He is married and has a son but their names aren’t known.
In his early career, Justice Khanna specialized in areas such as taxation, arbitration, commercial law, environmental law and company law at the Delhi High Court. He also served as an Additional Public Prosecutor for the Government of Delhi.
Additionally, Justice Khanna held the position of Senior Standing Counsel for the Income Tax Department of Delhi for nearly seven years. In 2004, in 2004, he assumed the role of Delhi’s Standing Counsel for civil law matters at the Delhi High Court.
Elevation to Judiciary Justice Khanna was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court on June 24, 2005, and subsequently confirmed as a permanent judge on February 20, 2006. During his tenure at the Delhi High Court, Justice Khanna played active roles in institutions such as the Delhi Judicial Academy, the Delhi International Arbitration Centre, and the district court mediation centers.
Shilpa Sailesh and Varun Sreenivasan Case: In this case, Justice Khanna asserted that the Supreme Court holds the authority to directly grant a divorce under Article 142 of the Constitution. He stated that the apex court could invoke this power under the grounds of ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ to ensure ‘complete justice’.
Revising Fee Scale for Arbitrators Case: In this case, Justice Khanna authored a dissenting opinion, emphasizing that in the absence of an arbitration agreement, the arbitral tribunal is entitled to establish a reasonable
Justice Khanna also penned the majority opinion in the CPIO, Supreme Court v Subhash Chandra Agarwal judgment, commonly referred to as the RTI judgment. In this crucial decision, a 5-Judge Bench deliberated whether subjecting the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) to RTI requests compromised the independence of the judiciary.
During his tenure at the Supreme Court, Justice Khanna authored 65 Judgments, accounting for nearly 26.6% of the 275 benches he was part of.