BCI Chairman urges CJI Gavai to give opportunity to lawyers with no godfathers

Mishra also referred to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA)’s decision to not hold a farewell for Justice Bela M Trivedi on her retirement. He said CJI Gavai had rightly expressed disapproval of the decision. Mishra also critiqued the alleged exclusion of “common lawyers” from the recent National Mediation Conference … Read more

Justice KV Viswanathan reveals how CJI Gavai departed from tradition to honour Justice Bela Trivedi

However, Justice Viswanathan revealed there was a departure in this practice on Friday. “But yesterday, we were all taken by surprise when, from the Chief Justice’s chamber on the ground floor, he [Justice Gavai] decided to walk up two floors to the Chamber of Hon’ble Justice Bela Trivedi, went right into her chamber. We followed … Read more

CJI Sanjiv Khanna writes to Law Ministry recommending Justice BR Gavai as next CJI

Justice Gavai was appointed as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003, and became a permanent judge in 2005. He served at the High Court’s principal seat in Mumbai and benches in Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019. Source link

BR Gavai To Take Oath As Chief Justice Of India On May 14

New Delhi: Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai will take the oath as the next Chief Justice of India on May 14, a day after incumbent Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna retires. As per tradition, the Chief Justice has sent a proposal to the Union Law Ministry, naming Justice Gavai as his successor. The ministry had earlier sought the … Read more