49th CJI: Who Is Justice UU Lalit?

Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has become the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Saturday.

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Mr Lalit would hold the office before his retirement on November 8, 2022.

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He has become the second direct appointee from the Bar to become the CJI after former justice Sarv Mittra Sikri.

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He was born on November 1957 in Maharashtra's Solapur.

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His Father UR Lalit was a former additional judge of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court.

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Lalit started practising in Maharashtra as an advocate in June 1983.

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He shifted to Delhi to start practice in 1985, joining the chamber of senior advocate Pravin H. Parekh.

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In August 2014, he was directly elevated to the SC on the recommendation of the then CJI Rajendra Mal Lodha.

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Lalit has been a part of judicial benches in several controversial cases, including the one against the unconstitutional nature of triple talaq.

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