N. V. Ramana is a judge in the Supreme Court of India who has | Military Choice

N. V. Ramana is a judge in the Supreme Court of India who has been recommended to be appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India by S. A. Bobde. He was appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind. Justice Ramana will remain in office as CJI till August 26, 2022.

• He was born in an agrarian family from Ponnavaram, Andhra Pradesh.

• N. V. Ramana started his practice as an advocate in 1983 in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.

• N. V. Ramana was a part of the standing counsel for Railways in the Central Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad.

• Justice Ramana was appointed as the permanent judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in June 2000.

• Later, he served as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court from September 2013 and went on to become a judge of the Supreme Court from February 2014.

• Justice Ramana, as Supreme Court judge, has been part of various decisions ranging from electoral issues to rights of women to bringing the Chief Justice of India’s office under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI).

• While serving as a judge in the Supreme Court of India, Justice Ramana was responsible for the SC bench that dealt with matters like fast-tracking of trials in cases against legislators, and restrictions imposed in Jammu and Kashmir when Article 370 of the Constitution was being repealed.

• He was also part of the Bench that looked into the demand of allowing 4G mobile internet in Jammu and Kashmir.

• N. V. Ramana is a member of the General Council of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He is also the chairman of the Library Committee in Indian Law Institute, Delhi.

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