New Delhi: Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, who is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, took oath as the 48th Chief Justice of India.
President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Ramana in a ceremony at 11 am on April 24.
Justice Ramana will have a tenure as Chief Justice of India with over 16 months at the helm before he retires on August 26, 2022.
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NV Ramana was born in an agrarian family on August 27, 1957, in Ponnavaram village of the State of Andhra Pradesh. He graduated in Science and Law and became the first generation lawyer of his family.
He has expertise in the Civil and Criminal side as well and vigorously dealt with matters pertaining to Constitution, labour, service, inter-state river disputes, and elections. He was appointed as permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000, and also functioned as Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court from March 10, 2013, to May 20, 2013.
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Justice Ramana was elevated as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in September 2013 and further elevated as Judge, Supreme Court of India in 2014. He is a Member of the General Council of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
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Justice Ramana initiated various measures for the promotion of the Indian legal system while he was the President of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy and introduced Regional Judicial Conferences emphasizing on Administration of Criminal Justice.
His recommendations to effectively tackle the sexual attacks on women made to Justice Verma Commission led to the amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure to a certain extent.
As Judge of High Court, his directions to the State to fill the vacancies of Public Prosecutors has resulted in speeding up of criminal trials and changed the pace of criminal justice administration.
