The main judge of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna retired on Tuesday, May 13. Judge Khanna will follow the higher judge Bravai as the main judge of the Supreme Court.
Khanna’s justice worked as 51. The main judge of India since November 2024. His six -month possession was marked by courageous interventions, procedural clarity and institutional reform according to the statutory news website and bench.
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Judge Khanna said on Tuesday as a judge on Tuesday that he would not accept any official contribution after retirement. “I will not accept any post retirement. But maybe I will do something with the law,” he said, as Bar and Bench quoted.
Here we look at the most important judgments in which the judiciary Khanna was part of:
1- Cancellation of Article 370
In December 2023, unanimously confirmed the decision on the Constitution of Five Judges of the Government of the Union of 2019 to cancel Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted a special position to the former state of Jamm and Kashmir.
The Court of Justice refused to decide on the validity of the 2019 Act on the Development of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) to two territories of the Union (UT) – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Khanna’s justice, who created a concurrent opinion, found that Article 370 of the Indian Constitution was a feature of asymmetric federalism and not a hint of sovereignty and that its abolition did not relieve the federal structure.
2- Screening of election bonds
In February 2024, the bench for the Institute of Five Judges unanimously intervened, allowing anonymous gifts to political parties anonymous gifts.
The court ruled that due to the anonymous nature of the scheme it violated the right to information, thus affected the freedom of expression and expression pursuant to Article 19 (1) (a). (A) of the Constitution.
Judge Khanna wrote a concurrent opinion in which he stated that the right to the privacy of donors does not arise if the gift is provided through the banking channel.
3- hate speech rejects the right to equality
In December 2020, the Supreme Indian court refused to cancel cases registered against journalist Amish Devgan for his notes against Saint Saint Moinnuddin Chisthi.
Khanna’s justice, who authorized the judgment, emphasized the differences between the expression of hatred and freedom of expression, the need to criminalize hateful manifestations and tests to identify it.
4- 25,000 employees’ meetings in West Bengalia
In April this year, the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the High Court in Calcutta, which in 2016 invalidated almost 25,000 teaching and non -conducting appointment of employees.
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Justice Khanna, who created a judgment, approved the findings of the High Court that the selection process was filled with fraud.
5- Powers of Arrest according to GST and customs law
In March 2024, the three -time bench observed the constitutional validity of the sections 69 and 70 of the Tax Act on goods and services, which provides GST officers to arrest and convene individuals.
Justice Khanna, who made a decision, also decided that preliminary requests for bail were maintained, as with offenses under the law of GST.
6- Arvind Kejriwal bail
In July 2024, in his judgment, which granted the provisional bail to the then chief Minister Dilli Arvind Kejriwal, the bench led by Judge Khanna emphasized the need for the Directorate for Pravo (ED) to have a uniform policy.
Judge Khanna noted that arrests according to section 19 PMLA cannot be done simply for the purpose of investigation. Rather, it is possible to exercise the power only when the officer concerned is able to create an opinion based on the material he is in possession, and in a written recording of the reasons that the arrest is guilty, he emphasized.
7- ‘Socialist’ and ‘secular’ in preamble
In November 2024, the Supreme Court rejected requests questioning the inclusion of the words “socialist”, “secular” and “integrity” into the preamble of the Constitution.
These conditions were added to the preamble by the 1976 Constitution Amendment Act during an emergency. Cji sanjiv khanna While the sentence was pronounced, “it was almost as many years of this problem to shout.”
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The court noted that after almost 44 years there was no “legitimate cause or justification for questioning this constitutional change”.
8- PRO-PROSBA to verify 100% EVM-VVPAT
In April 2024, Supreme Court rejected petitions that required comprehensive cross verification votes with electronic voting machines (EVMS) with verifiable voter paper audit audit (IT).
Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta released two separate but concurrent judgments on this matter. Here are the key ways of hearing:
The Khanna justice, which created a decision, urged ECI to see if there could be an electronic machine to count paper and whether there may be a barcode for each side, bar and bench.
9-central Vista project
In January 2021, the three-jerk bench by 2: 1, most confirmed the plan of the Central Government for the construction of the Central Vista project and the new parliament in Delhi.
Justices Ajay Manicrao Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari had a majority opinion and Judge Sanjiv Khanna issued a separate judgment.
Judge Khanna noted with the award of the project that the matter must be sent back to a public hearing because there was no prior consent of the Heritage Protection Committee. Furthermore, on the environmental aspect of will, he noted that a non -speaking order was adopted.
10- divorce pursuant to Article 142
On May 1, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that it could cancel a marriage due to a “invulnerable marriage disorder” by issuing with the need for waiting period as required under marital laws, subject to conditions.
Justice Khanna, who has created a majority opinion, has read a number of precedents who decided that there must be a “guilt” component to grant divorce and which was codified in the Hindu Marriage Act.
(With the inputs from the bar and the bench and liveliness)
I will not accept any contribution after retirement. But maybe he’ll do something with the law.
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