New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Wednesday paid floral tributes at the statues of Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar on reaching the Supreme Court after his swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Gavai, 64, the first Buddhist CJI and second Dalit head of the judiciary after K G Balakrishnan, was sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India by President Droupadi Murmu at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Ganatantra Mandap.
On reaching the apex court, CJI Gavai paid floral tributes at the statues of Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar.
He succeeds Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who demitted office on Tuesday on attaining the age of 65.
Justice Gavai, who was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019, will have a tenure of over six months and will demit office on November 23. PTI SJK DIV DIV
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