The Court’s quick reversals in three recent cases raise questions about procedure, legitimacy, and finality

In his term so far, B.R. Gavai has been at pains to stress equality between his office and puisne judges—and between the SC and the HCs

If the seniority principle is followed, the average tenure of the next seven Chiefs will drop to 1.4 years

The in-house committee set up by CJI Khanna also found evidence of cash being removed from the store room in the early hours of 15 March

Short tenures are seen as intervals between longer terms offering wider scope for big changes. What will the new CJI do with his 6 months?

The highlights of his time in the SC include his dissent in the Central Vista case and his handling of the ‘cash-in-house’ controversy

The new CJI has a reputation of having a sound grounding in the law and Constitution. What are the opportunities and challenges he faces?

We list 10 key judgements that Chief Justice Khanna was part of during his time in the top court

CJI Sanjiv Khanna's brief tenure may have lacked the pomp of the Chandrachud Court but was by no means uneventful

The CJI’s power to recommend removal of a judge on the basis of an in-house committee’s report may be diluting the separation of powers

The answer lies in a 2014 Supreme Court case where the complainant challenged a two-judge probe committee set up by the CJ of the MP HC

If ‘in-line-to-be-CJI’ is now a relevant consideration for SC elevation, we examine how the Collegium might have picked Justice Bagchi