Chief Justice of India

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the head

of the judiciary of India[4] and the Supreme
Court of India. The CJI also heads their
administrative functions.
 Chief Justice of India

Emblem of the Supreme Court of India

Incumbent
Ranjan Gogoi
since 3 October 2018

Supreme Court

Abbreviation CJI

Seat New Delhi

Nominator Collegium of the

Supreme Court of India

 Supreme Court of India

Appointer President of India

Term length till the age of 65 yrs[1]

Constituting instrument Constitution of India

(under Article 124)

Formation 1950

First holder H. J. Kania (1950–

1951)[2]

Salary ₹280,000 (US$3,900)

(per month)[3]

Website Supreme Court of India

As head of the supreme court, the chief

justice is responsible for the allocation of
cases and appointment of constitutional
benches which deal with important
matters of law.[5] In accordance with
Article 145 of the Constitution of India and
the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of
1966, the Chief Justice allocates all work
to the other judges who are bound to refer
the matter back to him or her (for re-
allocation) in any case where they require
it to be looked into by a larger bench of
more judges.

On the administrative side, the Chief

Justice carries out the following functions:
maintenance of the roster; appointment of
court officials and general and
miscellaneous matters relating to the
supervision and functioning of the
Supreme Court.

It has been an unbroken convention for

decades now, to appoint the senior-most
judge of the supreme court as the CJI.[6]

The present CJI is Justice Ranjan Gogoi,

and is the 46th CJI since January 1950,
the year the Constitution came into effect
and the supreme court came into being.
He succeeded Justice Dipak Misra on 2
October 2018, and will remain in office till
17 November 2019, the day he retires on
turning 65 years in age.
Appointment
Article 125 of the Constitution of India
provides for the manner of appointing
judges to the Supreme Court. Though no
specific provision exists in the
Constitution for appointing the Chief
Justice, who, as a result, is appointed like
the other judges[7] conventionally, the
outgoing CJI recommends the name of the
senior-most judge (i.e. by date of
appointment to the Supreme Court) for
appointment by the President of India, as
his successor.[8][9]

Removal
Article 124(4) of Constitution of India lays
down the procedure for removal of a
Judge of Supreme Court which is
applicable to Chief Justice as well. Once
appointed, the Chief Justice remains in the
office until the age of 65 years. He can be
removed only through a process of
impeachment by Parliament as follows:

A Judge of the Supreme Court

shall not be removed from his
office except by an order of the
President passed after an
address by each House of
Parliament supported by a
 majority of the total
membership of that House and
by a majority of not less than
two-thirds of the members of
that House present and voting
has been presented to the
President in the same session for
such removal on the ground of
proved misbehaviour or
incapacity.

— Article 124(4),
Constitution of India, [7]

Acting President
The President (Discharge of Functions)
Act, 1969[10] of India provides that the
Chief Justice of India (CJI) shall act as the
President of India in the event of the
offices of both the President and the Vice
President being vacant. When President
Zakir Hussain died in office, the Vice
President V. V. Giri, acted as the President.
Later, Mr. Giri resigned as the Vice
President. The CJI, Justice Mohammad
Hidayatullah then became the acting
President of India. As per the convention,
the senior-most judge of the Supreme
Court became the acting CJI. When the
newly elected President took office a
month later, Justice Hidayatullah reverted
as the Chief Justice of India

List of Chief Justices of India

Remuneration
The Constitution of India gives the power
of deciding remuneration as well as other
conditions of service of the Chief Justice
to the Parliament of India. Accordingly,
such provisions have been laid down in
The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and
Conditions of Service) Act, 1958.[11][12] This
remuneration was revised in 2006-2008,
after the sixth central pay commission's
recommendation.[13]
References
1. "Supreme Court of India - CJI & Sitting
Judges" . Retrieved 4 July 2015.
2. "Supreme Court of India Retired Hon'ble
the Chief Justices' of India" . Retrieved
4 July 2015.
3. "Supreme Court, High Court judges get
nearly 200% salary hike" . The Hindustan
Times. 30 January 2018. Retrieved
30 January 2018.
4. Narasimham, R L, Justice (CJ, Orissa H.
C.). "Chief Justice Sinha - A Review of
Some of His Decisions (page 5 of 8)"
(PDF). Indian Law Institute.
5. Saxena, Namit (23 December 2016).
"New Captain Of The Ship, Change In
Sailing Rules Soon?" . Live Law. Retrieved
24 December 2016.
6. Alok (26 November 2010). "How India
missed getting its first woman Chief
Justice India" . Critical Twenties. Retrieved
4 September 2016.
7. "Article 124, Constitution of India" .
Vakilno1.com. Archived from the original
on 26 December 2010. Retrieved
11 October 2012.
8. Venkatesan, J. (4 November 2015). "TS
Thakur to succeed HL Dattu as new Chief
Justice of India" . Asian Age. Retrieved
5 November 2015.
9. "Seniority as the Norm to Appoint India's
Chief Justice is a Dubious Convention" .
The WIre. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
10.
https://www.legalcrystal.com/act/134059/
president-discharge-of-functions-act-1969-
complete-act
11. "The High Court and Supreme Court
Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service
Amendment Bill 2008" (PDF). PRS India.
12. "Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and
Conditions of Service) Act 1958" (PDF).
Ministry of Home Affairs, India. Archived
from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2011.
Retrieved 23 July 2012.
13. (PDF). 2008
https://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/vi
kas_doc/docs/1241592662~~1230018357
_The_High_Court_and_Supreme_Court_Jud
ges__Salaries_and_Conditions_of_Service__
Amendment_Bill__2008.pdf . Retrieved
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External links
Official website of Supreme Court of
India
Photo Gallery of Former Chief Justices
of India
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