*Dipak Misra*

Preeminent Court of India. Since the introduction of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 45 individuals have filled in as the Chief Justice of India (CJI). While H. J. Kania is the inaugural CJI, the present officeholder is Dipak Misra who was delegated as Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017.

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the leader of the legal of India and the Supreme Court of India. The CJI likewise heads their managerial capacities.

As leader of the incomparable court, the main equity is in charge of the assignment of cases and arrangement of sacred seats which manage essential issues of law. In agreement with Article 145 of the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966, the Chief Justice distributes all work to alternate judges who will undoubtedly allude the issue back to him or her (for re-designation) regardless where they expect it to be investigated by a bigger seat of more judges.

On the managerial side, the Chief Justice does the accompanying capacities: upkeep of the list; arrangement of court authorities and general and random issues identifying with the supervision and working of the Supreme Court.

It has been an unbroken tradition throughout recent decades, to delegate the senior-most judge of the incomparable court as the CJI.

The present CJI is Justice Dipak Misra and is the 45th CJI since January 1950, the year the Constitution happened and the preeminent court appeared. He succeeded Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on 28 August 2017 and will stay in office till 2 October 2018, the day he resigns on turning 65 years in age.

Article 124 of the Constitution of India accommodates the way of delegating judges to the Supreme Court. In spite of the fact that no particular arrangement exists in the Constitution for naming the Chief Justice, who, accordingly, is designated like the other judges customarily, the active CJI prescribes the name of the senior-most judge (i.e. by date of arrangement to the Supreme Court) for arrangement by the President of India, as his successor.

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