Justice Bushan R Gavai sworn in as new Chief Justice of India

New Delhi,  : Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India on Wednesday. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Gavai, who succeeded CJI Sanjiv Khanna. Justice Gavai is the first Buddhist CJI and only the second from the Dalit community, after former CJI KG Balakrishnan, who held office in 2007, to occupy the highest judicial office in the country. Justice Gavai has also made it clear that he will not take any post-retirement
assignments. When asked if he would join politics like his father, Justice Gavai said, “No political ambitions. I have decided not to take any post-retirement assignments or posts. An other assignment is also below the CJI post, the Governor is also below the CJI post.” Justice Gavai is the son of RS Gavai, a noted politician, who was the Governor of Bihar and Kerala. He belongs to a family deeply engaged in promoting the ideals of BR Ambedkar. His father was a prominent Ambedkarite and a former Member of Parliament. Born in a Maharashtra village, Justice Gavai has said he still loves to visit his village thrice a year, especially on his late father’s birth and death anniversary, and during the annual fair at his village. Born on November 24, 1960, at Amravati, he joined the Bar on March 16, 1985, and started his practice at the Bombay High Court and before the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court. He was appointed as the government pleader and Public Prosecutor for the Nagpur Bench on January 17, 2000. He was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court on November 14, 2003, and became a permanent Judge of the Bombay High Court in November 2005.

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