48th Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India |
Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana took charge as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India on Saturday 24th of April. President of India Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office at a brief ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan attended by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Judges of the Supreme Court and a small number of dignitaries. A God-fearing man, Justice Ramana sought blessings from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and Srisailam Devasthanam before taking oath in the name of God to discharge his duties as CJI without fear or favor. Though Saturday was not a working day for judges, the CJI drove straight to Supreme Court from Rashtrapati Bhavan and held a meeting with senior judges to discuss the future process to be adopted for adjudication of cases. Since the Covid pandemic started in India in March 2020, the SC has been dispensing justice via video conferencing. Most judges were of the opinion that the virtual conference mode should continue till the Covid situation is controlled. Justice Ramana is a first-generation lawyer born in an agricultural family in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. After his student activist days, he had briefly experimented with journalism by working in a newspaper before choosing to be an advocate. He was appointed as judge of Andhra Pradesh HC in 2001, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in September 2013 and a judge of Supreme Court in February 2014. A soft-spoken person, Justice Ramana has given hard-hitting judgments including the ruling on providing 4G internet in J&K, where the government had suspended high-speed internet after scrapping the state`s special status under Article 370. The Justice Ramana-led bench had ruled that “access to the internet” is a fundamental right. A bench headed by him had also brought the CJI`s office under the Right to Information Act.
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