BR Gavai appointed Chief Justice of India with effect from May 14

Apr 29, 2025

NEW DELHI: President Draupadi Murmu has appointed Supreme Court Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the Chief Justice of India with effect from May 14, 2025.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal shared the update on social media platform. "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Judge of the Supreme Court of India as the Chief Justice of India with effect from May 14, 2025," the Minister wrote on X.

The current Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, will retire on May 13.

Justice B R Gavai will be the 52th Chief Justice of India (CJI). However, he will serve as the Chief Justice of India only for six months as he is due to retire in November 2025.

Justice Gavai was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on May 24, 2019. Born on November 24, 1960, in Amravati, Maharashtra.

His father, Late RS Gavai, was former Governor of Bihar and Kerala and a noted social activist.

The newly appointed CJI began his judicial career as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003, and became a Permanent Judge on November 12, 2005.

He served for over 15 years, presiding over benches at Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Panaji.