{"id":31431,"date":"2025-03-23T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T06:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31431"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:24:42","slug":"chief-justice-of-india-cji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chief-justice-of-india-cji\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Justice of India (CJI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chief Justice of India (CJI) Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>CJI Forms Three-Member Committee to Probe Allegations Against Delhi High Court Judge<\/p>\n<h2>About the Chief Justice of India (CJI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Qualifications of CJI: <\/strong>A person is eligible to be appointed as <strong>Chief Justice of India<\/strong> if they:\n<ul>\n<li>Are a <strong>citizen of India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Have served as a <strong>Judge of a High Court for at least five years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Have been an <strong>advocate in a High Court for at least ten years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Are considered a <strong>distinguished jurist<\/strong> by the <strong>President of India<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Appointment of CJI<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>President appoints the CJI<\/strong> under <strong>Article 124(2) of the Constitution<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>outgoing CJI recommends their successor<\/strong> based on seniority.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Union Law Minister forwards the recommendation<\/strong> to the <strong>Prime Minister<\/strong>, who then advises the <strong>President<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>As per the <strong>Second Judges Case (1993)<\/strong>, the <strong>senior-most Supreme Court judge<\/strong> is appointed as the <strong>CJI<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Role and Powers of the CJI<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Master of the Roster<\/strong>: The <strong>CJI allocates cases to Supreme Court benches<\/strong> and decides the <strong>composition of benches<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Head of the Collegium System<\/strong>: The CJI leads the <strong>Supreme Court Collegium<\/strong>, responsible for <strong>appointing and transferring judges<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administrative Authority<\/strong>: The CJI supervises <strong>court administration<\/strong>, <strong>staff appointments<\/strong>, and <strong>judicial proceedings management<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Judicial Leadership<\/strong>: The CJI is <strong>first among equals<\/strong> and <strong>does not hold superior judicial power<\/strong> over other judges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Removal of CJI or Judges<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Supreme Court judge, including the <strong>CJI<\/strong>, can be <strong>removed by the President<\/strong> after an <strong>address by Parliament<\/strong> supported by a <strong>special majority<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grounds for removal<\/strong> (Article 124(4)):\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Proven misbehavior<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Incapacity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is the Collegium System?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A mechanism for <strong>appointing and transferring judges<\/strong> in the <strong>Supreme Court and High Courts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Not established by an <strong>Act of Parliament<\/strong>, but evolved through <strong>Supreme Court judgments (Judges Cases)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For SC Appointments<\/strong>: CJI + <strong>four senior-most judges<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For HC Appointments<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>HC-level <strong>Collegium<\/strong>: Chief Justice of HC + two senior judges.<\/li>\n<li>SC-level <strong>Collegium<\/strong>: CJI + two senior-most SC judges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Chief Justice of India (CJI) FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1: <\/strong>Who appoints the Chief Justice of India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The President of India appoints the Chief Justice of India (CJI) under Article 124(2) of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2: <\/strong>What is the tenure of the Chief Justice of India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> There is no fixed tenure for the CJI, but they retire at the age of 65 years as per Article 124(2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3: <\/strong>How is the CJI selected?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court is usually appointed as the CJI based on the collegium system.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/cji-constitutes-three-member-committee-to-probe-into-allegations-against-justice-yashwant-varma\/article69362493.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President appoints the CJI under Article 124(2) based on the PM\u2019s advice, following a recommendation from the Union Law 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