Uday Umesh Lalit will be sworn in on August 27, appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India, only 3 months of tenure

• Justice Uday Umesh becomes fine of India’s Chief Justice
• The central government issued a notification on Wednesday
• Lalita’s tenure as Chief Justice will only be 3 months
• Justice Lalit will retire on November 8

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has been appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India. The central government has issued a notification.

The government issued a notification on Wednesday and appointed Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as the 49th Chief Justice of India. Last week, Indian Chief Justice NV Ramana recommended the name of Justice Lalit as Chief Justice which the government accepted and has been officially announced in this regard.

The current Chief Justice NV Ramana will retire on August 26. Justice YU Lalit, the senior most judge in the Supreme Court, was appointed to the Supreme Court directly from the Bar.

withdrew from hearing the Ayodhya case

On January 10, 2019, Justice YU Lalit recused himself from the five-judge bench hearing the Ayodhya case. He argued that about 20 years ago, he had been the lawyer of former UP CM Kalyan Singh in a criminal case related to the Ayodhya dispute.

He rose directly from the lawyer to the post of justice

Known for his gentle nature, Lalit will be the second Chief Justice who was not a High Court judge before becoming a Supreme Court judge. He rose to this position directly from a lawyer. Before him in 1971, the 13th Chief Justice of the country SM Sikri achieved this feat.