New Delhi: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was sworn in because the 48th Chief Justice of India on Saturday. The oath was administered by President Ram Nath Kovind in a small ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan following Covid restrictions.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad have been amongst these current on the ceremony within the nationwide capital.
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Justice NV Ramana on Saturday took the oath in English within the title of God.Â
He was born in an agricultural household on August 27, 1957 within the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He is the second CJI from Andhra Pradesh; the primary was Justice Ok Subba Rao (the ninth CJI from 1966-67).
Justice Ramana beforehand practiced within the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals and the Supreme Court of India in civil, prison, constitutional, labour, service, and election issues. According to his profile on the official web site of the Supreme Court: “He has specialised in constitutional, criminal, service and inter-state river laws”.Â
He was “appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000. He functioned as acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court from March 10, 2013 to May 20, 2013,” it provides.
Justice Ramana’s Verdicts
In the previous couple of years, one of the vital outstanding choices of Justice Ramna has been of restoring the web providers in Jammu and Kashmir. He additionally presided over the bench which ordered the creation of particular courts in each state for fast listening to of pending circumstances towards MPs / MLAs. Justice Ramna has additionally been a member of the bench which gave the choice to convey the workplace of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court beneath the purview of the Right to Information Act (RTI).
A 5-judge bench headed by Justice Ramna dismissed the healing petition of the accused within the Nirbhaya gang-rape and homicide case. After this, the method of his hanging was cleared. On 26 November 2019, a bench headed by Justice Ramna ordered the Devendra Fadnavis authorities in Maharashtra to conduct a majority check within the meeting the subsequent day. The Fadnavis authorities didn’t show majority paving the way in which for the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition governing the state presently.
6 Posts Vacant In Supreme Court
For the final 1 12 months, hearings are being carried out within the Supreme Court solely by way of video conferencing. One of the principle tasks of Justice Ramna will probably be to enhance this method and to start common hearings once more on the suitable event. At current, 6 posts of judges are vacant within the Supreme Court. Sending suggestions to the federal government for his or her appointment may even be their precedence.
NV Ramana was elevated because the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in 2013 after which as a choose within the Supreme Court in 2014. He will stay the Chief Justice of India for a 12 months and 4 months until August 26, 2022.
