Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana appointed as Chief Justice of India; all you need to know

CJI NV Ramana: The President of India, in the exercise of powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, appointed Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice on Tuesday. The Warrant of Appointment and a copy of the Notification of Appointment has been handed over to Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana. Also Read | India reports more than 1 lakh coronavirus cases, breaks all records of single-day spike Justice NV Ramana will take over as the CJI of the Supreme Court of India on April 24, 2021. He will be the 48th Chief Justice of India. He is a first-generation lawyer, having an agricultural background, and hails from Ponnavaram Village, Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh. He is an avid reader and literature enthusiast. He is passionate about Carnatic music. Also Read | Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: Sikh jawan, hit with bullets, took off his turban to bandage colleague He was called on to the Bar on February 10, 1983. He practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals, and the Supreme Court of India. He specialized in Constitutional, Civil, Labour, Service, and Election matters. He has also practiced before Inter-State River Tribunals. During his practice years, he was a Panel Counsel for various Government Organizations and as Additional Standing Counsel for Railways in the Central Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad before rendering services as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana served as puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of India from February 17, 2014. He served as Chairman of, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee from March 7, 2019, to November 26, 2019. He has also served as the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) since November 27, 2019. Initially, he was appointed as a Permanent Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000. He also functioned as Acting Chief Justice of his parent High Court from March 10, 2013, to May 20, 2013. Click here to follow PTC News on Twitter -PTC News