
Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna: New Chief Justice of india, Know About Sanjiv Khanna Here
A member of the Supreme Court benches that have rendered significant rulings on elections, bail, and individual liberty is Justice Sanjiv Khanna.

On Monday, November 11, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who has been involved in a number of important Supreme Court decisions, such as the overturning of the electoral bonds program and the support for the repeal of Article 370 sections, was sworn in as India’s 51st Chief Justice.
At Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu gave the oath. Justice DY Chandrachud, who retired on Sunday, is replaced by him. During the oath-taking event, former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were also present.
Following Chief Justice Chandrachud’s suggestion on October 16, the government publicly announced Justice Khanna’s nomination on October 24. Judges, attorneys, and staff of the Supreme Court bid Justice Chandrachud a fond farewell on Friday, November 8, his last day of employment.
Who is Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna?
Born in Delhi on May 14, 1960, Justice Sanjiv Khanna comes from a legal family. Justice Khanna is the nephew of renowned former Supreme Court Judge HR Khanna and the son of former Delhi High Court Judge Justice Dev Raj Khanna. Justice Khanna practiced law for a number of years before to being appointed as a Supreme Court judge on January 18, 2019, and he later served as a Delhi High Court judge.
Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s support for electronic voting machines (EVMs) in elections, pointing out that they guard against booth capturing and fraudulent voting, is one of his notable opinions. A bench headed by Justice Khanna dismissed worries about EVM manipulation and decided against switching back to traditional ballots in April 2024.
Additionally, an appeal by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) for a 100% VVPAT verification of votes cast by electronic voting machines (EVMs) was turned down. According to Justice Khanna’s ruling, the Election Commission’s measures ensure “Quick, error-free, and mischief-free counting of votes.” During a political fight over EVM faults, he made his decision.
Justice Khanna was also a member of the Supreme Court panel that ruled that the government’s 2019 decision to repeal Article 370, which had given Jammu and Kashmir special status, was constitutional and invalidated the electoral bonds program for political financing.
The Justice Khanna-led panel granted Arvind Kejriwal three weeks of release in May in a precedent-setting decision, allowing him to run for the Lok Sabha elections. The bench granted temporary release to the AAP leader in the ED case after he “suffered incarceration for over 90 days” two months later.
Throughout his career, he has held positions as standing counsel for the National Capital Territory of Delhi and as senior standing counsel for the income tax department. He has also participated in criminal matters at the Delhi High Court as an amicus curiae and additional public prosecutor.
The legitimacy of the Bihar caste census, the ban on the documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the decriminalization of adultery, the criminalization of triple talaq, the legitimacy of the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, the awarding of minority educational institution status to Aligarh Muslim University, and the decriminalization of adultery are some of the 27 cases that Justice Khanna has presided over, some of which are still pending.
The narrow argument that the arbitral tribunal has the authority to set a fair price in the absence of an arbitration agreement was the basis for Justice Khanna’s dissenting decision in the 2022 Revising Pricing Scale for Arbitrators case.