Sanjiv Khanna

Sanjiv Khanna (born 14 May 1960) is an Indian jurist currently serving as the 51st Chief Justice of India since 11 November 2024.

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.

[4] Hans Raj, 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judgement in the ADM Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla case, popularly known as the Habeas Corpus case, in 1976 and was superseded to the office of the Chief Justice of India by M. H. Beg at the behest of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, protesting which he resigned from the court in early 1977.

[8] On 24 June 2005, he was elevated as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court and made permanent on 20 February 2006.

[9] His elevation sparked controversy within judicial circles; however, his appoint was approved by the Government of India.

President Droupadi Murmu administering the oath of office to Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the Chief Justice of India .