Sanjiv Khanna
Hon'ble Justice Sanjiv Khanna | |
|---|---|
 Justice Sanjiv Khanna | |
| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Ranjan Gogoi |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Judge of Delhi High Court | |
| In office 24 June 2005 – 17 January 2019 | |
| Nominated by | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |
| Appointed by | A P J Abdul Kalam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1960 New Delhi |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Justice Sanjiv Khanna (born on 14 May 1960) is a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He completed his schooling from Delhi's Modern School, Barakhamba Road in the year 1977. After graduating in the year 1980 from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, he studied law at of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. His father Justice Dev Raj Khanna retired as a Judge from Delhi High Court in 1985 and his mother Mrs. Saroj Khanna worked as a Hindi lecturer at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. Justice Sanjiv Khanna is also the nephew of a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice Hans Raj Khanna, who propounded the Basic Structure Doctrine in 1973 and famously delivered the lone dissenting judgement in the ADM Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla case, popularly known as the Habeas Corpus case, in 1976 and was superseded to the office of the Chief Justice of India by M. H. Beg at the behest of the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, protesting which he resigned from the court in early 1977.[1][2]
He is set to become the 51st Chief Justice of India, if the seniority convention is followed.[3]
References[]
- ^ "CJ & Sitting Judges". Delhi High Court. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "SC recommends names of Justices Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna as top court judges". Samanwaya Rautray. The Economic Times. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "7 Next CJIs". Supreme Court Observer. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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