Justice Uday Umesh Lalit Is India’s New CJI

According to his profile on the Supreme Court website, Mr. UU Lalit was Born in 1957, started as a lawyer in 1983, and ran his practice at the Bombay High Court till the end of 1985. He moved to the national capital in January 1986 and was designated Senior Advocate by the Top Court in April 2004. a decade later, he was appointed as a judge.

New Delhi: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, was on Wednesday appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India after President Droupadi Murmu signed his warrant of appointment.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from 27 August 2022,” a law ministry notification read.

The new CJI will have only 74 days in the chair before he retires on November 8 at the age of 65.

Landmark Judgements UU Lalit was a part of:  

Among several landmark judgments that Justice UU Lalit has been part of, one that made headlines for several days was the practice of divorce through instant ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims illegal and unconstitutional.

The then CJI JS Khehar and Justice S Abdul Nazeer were in favor of putting the judgment on hold for six months and asking the government to come out with a law to that effect. But Justices Kurian Joseph, RF Nariman, and UU Lalit held the practice to be violative of the Constitution.
Justices Khehar, Joseph, and Nariman have since retired from service.

In a judgment that overruled two high court verdicts, a bench headed by Justice Lalit ruled that touching private parts of a child’s body, or any act involving physical contact, with “sexual intent” amounts to “sexual assault” under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

In June 2021, Mr. Lalit became executive chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and focused on the use of technology.

According to his profile on the Supreme Court website, Mr. UU Lalit was Born in 1957, started as a lawyer in 1983, and ran his practice at the Bombay High Court till the end of 1985. He moved to the national capital in January 1986 and was designated Senior Advocate by the Top Court in April 2004. a decade later, he was appointed as a judge.

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