Justice Khanna will have a tenure of 183 days as CJI, which is just little over six months. He would retire on May 13, 2025.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna began his law practice in 1983 in the areas of taxation, constitutional law, arbitration, commercial and environmental matters among other things.

In 2004, he was appointed as the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005 and was made permanent judge a year later.

He was elevated to the Supreme Court on January 18, 2019.

When Justice Khanna was elevated to the top court, he had described it as a big surprise for him.

Justice Khanna is the nephew of former Supreme Court judge Hans Raj Khanna, who is known for his dissent in the landmark ADM Jabalpur case.

As a top court judge, Justice Sanjiv Khanna himself has delivered many key judgments, particularly in past few months.

He was part of the Constitution Bench that last year upheld the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India.

Justice Khanna was also part of the Constitution Bench that struck down the Electoral Bonds scheme which permitted anonymous donations to political parties.

In April this year, a Bench of Justice Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta rejected the petition seeking directions to tally all Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with votes cast through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during elections.

Before the Lok Sabha elections this year, a Bench led by Justice Khanna refused to stay the appointment of former bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as new Election Commissioners.

Justice Manmohan takes oath as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court