KV Vishwanathan became Supreme Court judge directly from advocate, will be CJI in 2030, name in special list

Supreme Court Judge: The Supreme Court has got two new judges – Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Vishwanathan. Among them, Prashant Kumar Mishra was the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh, while KV Vishwanathan has been promoted from the bar to become a judge of the Supreme Court, that is, a senior lawyer has been directly appointed to the Supreme Court.

KV Vishwanathan’s name was recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium to make a judge, which was approved by the Central Government. On Friday (May 19), KV Vishwanathan took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court. According to Joe’s seniority list, KV Vishwanathan will become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 2030.

Based on the current seniority order of the Supreme Court, after the current Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, BV Nagaratna, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JP Pardiwala will be followed by Justice KV Vishwanathan.

Justice Vishwanathan included in the special list

With this, Vishwanathan has joined the elite list of lawyers who will become the Chief Justice of the country after becoming Supreme Court judges directly from the bar. So far only two Chief Justices have been made in this way. Justice SM Sikri was the first CJI in the country who became a judge of the Supreme Court by promoting directly from the bar. Justice UU Lalit was second in this list. PS Narasimha, a sitting Supreme Court judge, will be the third CJI to be inducted directly from the bar into the Supreme Court bench.

Till now these lawyers have directly become Supreme Court judges

Before the Supreme Court, 9 senior lawyers have directly become Supreme Court judges. Among these, Justices SM Sikri, SC Roy, Kuldeep Singh, Santosh Hegde, Rohinton Fali Nariman, UU Lalit, L Nageswara Rao, Indu Malhotra and PS Narasimha joined the Supreme Court bench directly from lawyers. Out of these 9 judges, 2 have become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, while one PS Narasimha will become the next CJI.

Who is Justice KV Vishwanathan?

KV Vishwanathan was born on May 26, 1966 in Tamil Nadu. His term of service as a Supreme Court judge will be till 25, 2031. The collegium, in its recommendation, has said that upon the retirement of JB Pardiwala as the Chief Justice of India, KV Vishwanathan will be next in line for the post of CJI till his superannuation on June 25, 2031.

Viswanathan completed a five-year integrated law degree from Coimbatore Law College, Bharathiar University and was enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in 1988. After practicing for over two decades in the apex court, Vishwanathan was designated as a senior advocate in 2009.

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Supreme gets 2 new judges, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate KV Vishwanathan take oath of office