Justice Lalit was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 2014 from the Bar.
New Delhi: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Wednesday appointed as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) by the President. Justice Lalit replaced Justice N V Ramana to become the 49th CJI.
Justice Lalit was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on August 2014 from the Bar. He will become the second Chief Justice of India to be directly elevated to the Supreme Court from the Bar, after Justice S M Sikri, who served as the 13th CJI in 1971. Justice Lalit has served as a Member of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee for two terms. He has to his credit several landmark judgments.
Born on November 9, 1957 in Solapur, Maharashtra, Justice Lalit was enrolled as an Advocate by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in June, 1983. He practised in Bombay High Court till December 1985 before shifting his practice to Delhi in January 1986.
Justice Lalit worked in the chambers of Soli J Sorabjee from October 1986 till 1992 and was on the panel of lawyers for Union of India during the period Soli J Sorabjee was Attorney General of India.
From 1992 to 2002, Justice Lalit practised as the Advocate on Record and was designated as Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court in April 2004. He was also appointed Amicus Curiae in many important issues, including forest matters, vehicular pollution, pollution of Yamuna etc. He was appointed as the Special Public Prosecutor for CBI under the orders of the Supreme Court to conduct trial in all 2G matters.
