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Justice BR Gavai will be sworn in today as the 52nd Chief Justice of India, succeeding Justice Sanjiv Khanna.
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai to take oath as the 52nd CJI today. (Photo: X)
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai will be sworn in on Wednesday as the 52nd Chief Justice of India (CJI). He will assume office a day after Justice Khanna formally demits office. Justice Gavai will be first Buddhist CJI and only the second from the Dalit community, after former CJI KG Balakrishnan who held office in 2007, to take over the highest judicial post in India.
Justice Khanna served a short tenure of just six months after succeeding former CJI Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud in November last year.
Notably, Justice Gavai is expected to serve for about six months, retiring on 23 November 2025 upon reaching the age of 65.
Who Is Justice BR Gavai?
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was born on November 24, 1960 in Amravati, Maharashtra. He enrolled as a lawyer on March 16, 1985 and initially worked with the late Raja S Bhonsale, former Advocate General and High Court judge, until 1987.
He began independent practice at the Bombay High Court in 1987, and from 1990 onward, mainly appeared before the Nagpur Bench. Justice Gavai then was appointed Assistant Government Pleader and Additional Public Prosecutor at the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, in August 1992, and later became the Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor in January 2000.
He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in November 2003 and became a permanent judge on November 12, 2005. During his tenure, he presided over benches at Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Panaji, handling cases across all domains.
He was elevated to the Supreme Court in 2019, and in 2025, he was named as the next CJI by Justice Sanjiv Khanna.
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