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News Topical, Digital Desk : Supreme Court Chief Justice (CJI) B.R. Gavai is retiring today. On Monday, Justice Surya Kant will be sworn in as the country's 53rd CJI. Chief Justices and Supreme Court judges from seven countries, including Bhutan, Mauritius, and Brazil, will attend the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Surya Kant's swearing-in ceremony is set to be historic, as it is the first time that such a large number of judicial delegations from other countries will be present at the swearing-in of a CJI.
Justice Surya Kant will be sworn in as the next Chief Justice of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, November 24. The swearing-in ceremony will be attended by the Chief Justices of Bhutan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, along with their accompanying family members.
According to a report by the outlet Bar & Bench, more than a dozen judges and chief justices from six countries, from Bhutan to Sri Lanka, will be present at the swearing-in ceremony on Monday. Justice Surya Kant will be sworn in at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, November 24.
Who will be included from which country
1. Bhutan
- Justice Lyonpo Norbu Tshering, Chief Justice of Bhutan;
- Lhaden Lotay, wife of the Chief Justice of Bhutan.
2. Kenya
- Justice Martha Koome, Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya
- Justice Susan Njoki Ndung'u, Judge, Supreme Court of Kenya.
3. Malaysia
- Justice Tan Sri Datuk Nalini Pathmanathan, Judge, Federal Court of Malaysia
- Pasupathy Sivapragasam, wife of a judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
4. Mauritius
- Justice Bibi Rehana Mungli-Gulbul, Chief Justice of Mauritius
- Rebecca Hannah Bibi Gulbul, daughter of the Chief Justice of Mauritius
5. Nepal
- Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut, Chief Justice of Nepal
- Justice Sapna Pradhan Malla, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal
- Ashok Bahadur Mall, wife of Justice Sapna Pradhan Mall
- Anil Kumar Sinha, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal and currently Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of Nepal
- Ursila Sinha, wife of Anil Kumar Sinha.
6. Sri Lanka
- Justice P. Padman Surasena, Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- Sepalika Surasena, wife of the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- Justice S. Thurairajah, PC, Judge, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Sasikala Thurairajah, wife of Justice S. Thurairajah
- Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaj, Judge, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Rizan Mohammad Dhileep Nawaz, wife of Justice AHMD Nawaz.
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