Justice UU Lalit to take oath as 49th Chief Justice of India today

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
27:
Justice
Uday
Umesh
Lalit
will
take
oath
as
the
49th
Chief
Justice
of
India
at
Rashtrapati
Bhawan
on
Saturday
after
the
current
Chief
Justice,
NV
Ramana
retired
on
August
26.
Justice
Lalit
will
assume
charge
of
the
office
on
August
27.

As
per
the
Indian
Constitution,
the
President
of
India
administers
the
oath
to
the
Chief
Justice
of
India.
So,
President
Draupadi
Murmu
will
be
administering
the
oath
to
the
49th
CJI,
Justice
UU
Lalit,
at
Rashtrapati
Bhavan
today.

“In
exercise
of
the
powers
conferred
by
clause
(2)
of
Article
124
of
the
Constitution
of
India,
the
President
is
pleased
to
appoint
Shri
Justice
Uday
Umesh
Lalit,
judge
of
the
Supreme
Court,
to
be
the
Chief
Justice
of
India
with
effect
from
27
August,
2022,”
a
law
ministry
notification
said.

He
will
have
a
brief
tenure
of
just
three
months
as
the
head
of
India’s
judiciary.
He
will
demit
office
on
November
8.

Judiciary
has
‘fallen
short
of
people’s
expectations’
at
times:
CJI
Ramana

Justice
Lalit
will
be
the
second
CJI
to
be
directly
elevated
to
the
apex
court
bench
from
the
Bar.
He
has
been
part
of
several
landmark
judgments
including
the
one
which
held
the
practice
of
divorce
through
instant
triple
talaq
among
Muslims
illegal
and
unconstitutional.
He
was
also
a
part
of
the
bench
that
sentenced
Vijay
Mallya
to
four
months
of
imprisonment
in
2017.

Earlier
on
Friday,
Justice
U
U
Lalit
highlighted
three
areas
on
which
he
intends
to
work
during
his
74-day
tenure
as
the
head
of
the
judiciary
and
said
he
would
strive
hard
to
ensure
that
at
least
one
constitution
bench
is
functioning
in
the
Supreme
Court
throughout
the
year.
Justice
Lalit
said
the
other
two
areas
are
–
listing
cases
for
hearing
in
the
apex
court
and
mentioning
urgent
matters.