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First Chief Justice of India INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court is the Apex Court of the country, and there is no court that has an authority higher than this court. The head of the Supreme Court of India is the Chief Justice of India, head of the Judiciary. Apart from Adjudicatory functions, the Chief Justice of India has numerous administrative functions. Supreme Court is the highest adjudicating and appellate authority, i.e. the Apex Court. Judiciary is a body independent from that of the other organs of the state. The organs of the government, i.e. the executive, legislature, and judiciary, can be understood as independently interdependent, inter-related, and intertwined. The Chief Justice of India post was established by the Constitution of India, and the first Chief Justice was Harilal Jekisundas Kania. After the Constitution was enacted, there have been 46 Chief Justices of India. Being the Chief Justice of India is one of the most respectable positions in the Country and is a position of heavy responsibility, power, and duties. The Chief Justice is appointed by the President. Responsibilities: The responsibility of the Chief justice of India is to look after the entire judicial system and also adjudication of the case. Some of the other responsibilities are: - Allocation of cases - Appointment of the constitutional bench - Allocates all work to all the judges who will refer back to him[1] if there is a requirement of a larger bench for the purpose of re-allocation. - Maintenance of the roster - Appointment of court officials - Supervision of the overall functioning, and other miscellaneous works Term: The Term of the Chief justice of India is till the age of 65 years. The Appointment is governed by the Indian Constitution. The Chief Justice may resign from his office by giving to the President in writing in his office or in a manner prescribed in the Constitution under Article 124 clause 4, except by order of the president. Remuneration: The power to decide remuneration and decide other service conditions are decided by the parliament of India. The provisions are governed by the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958, which was revised in the year 2006-2008 after the sixth central pay commission’s recommendation. Who is appointed as the Chief Justice? There exists no specific provision in India for the appointment of the Chief Justice of India. The tradition has been continuing ever since to appoint the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice of India. The senior-most judges of the Supreme Court will be appointed as the Chief justice, and this has been the tradition ever since the making of the constitution. Article 124 provides for appointing Judges of the Supreme Court, in the lack of existing provision for such appointment they are appointed just like the other judges of the Supreme Court. Article 124 of the Indian Constitution, speaks about having an institution called Supreme COurt which should be headed by the Chief Justice and initially the number of total judges of Supreme court being only 7. Every judge should be appointed under seal and under such consultation with the other judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts of the State. The present Chief Justice of India is Justice Ranjan Gogoi (The 46th Chief Justice of India, who succeeded Justice Dipak Mishra, who was appointed in 2018 and is supposed to retire in 2019 November). FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA Justice H.J. Kania (Sir Harila Jekisundas Kania), born on 3rd November 1890 is the first-ever Chief Justice of India having the term from 26th 26th January 1950 to 6th November 1951. He died while serving as the Chief justice. This wonder man belonged to a middle-class family in Surat (then Navsari, British India) and is an alumina of the Government Law College Mumbai from where he completed his LL. B in 1912 and LL. Before stepping into the legal background, he completed his B. A from the Samaldas College in 1910. Work-Life: He formerly practised in the High Court of Bombay after clearing the High court Advocate (O. S) Examination 1915 and started practising as a barrister their. He acted as the judge of the High Court, Bombay and meanwhile also appointed as the additional judge in the same court in 1931 till 1933. As per the tradition by then, the senior-most associate judge was to succeed as the Chief Justice, which was Chief Justice Sir John Beaumont, who was biased towards the Indians. However, Kania served as acting chief justice from May–September 1944 and from June–October 1945. He then took over the responsibility of the Federal Court Judge. For Indian law Reports, Kania acted as the editor. After the first republic day of India was celebrated on 26th January 1950, Kania secured the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India and took the oath along with Dr Rajendra Prasad. He was appointed by the Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. He died during the office at the age of 61 years due to a heart attack in New Delhi. His period of office lasted for 896 days as a judge of the Federal Court. His period of office was 649 days as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He was then succeeded by Chief Justice Patanjali Shastri. Family: His Grandfather was the revenue officer with the British Government; His Father Jekisundas started with a Sanskrit professor and then became the Principal of Samaldas College, Bhavnagar; His elder brother Hiralal Jekisundas is also a Barrister whose son become a Supreme Court Judge. He married to Kusum Mehta who was the daughter of Sir Chunilal Mehta, a former member of the executive council of the Governor of Bombay. Conclusion The position of chief justice of India is created by the Constitution of India, and the first Chief Justice was Justice H.J. Kania. H.J. Kania was the creator of the poset, and thus there was no one from whom he succeeded the post. He was a generous man who worked with the framing of the constitution and was the first-ever person to set the base of the roles and responsibilities being functioned in accordance with the constitution. He remained in office for a period of 2 years and was then succeeded by Justice M. Patanjali Shastri who then remained in power for 3 years followed by justice Mehr Chand Mahajan. Being the Chief Justice is one of the most prestigious posts. [1] Article 145 of the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court Rules of Procedure of 1966 Try our all-in-one Legal Practice Management Software START FREE TRIAL!
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काठमाडौं । सर्वोच्च अदालतमा झण्डै चार महिनापछि संवैधानिक इजलास सुरु भएको छ । १६ साउनदेखि बस्न नसकेको संवैधानिक इजलास बुधबारदेखि सुरु भएको हो । प्रधानन्यायाधीशको अध्यक्षतामा वरिष्ठताका आधारमा सर्वोच्च अदालतका अन्य चार न्यायाधीश तोकी संवैधानिक इजलास गठन गर्नुपर्ने व्यवस्था रहेको छ । बुधबारदेखि सुरु भएको संवैधानिक इजलासमा प्रधानन्यायाधीश ओमप्रकाश मिश्र, न्यायाधीश दीपकराज जोशी, चोलेन्द्रशम्शेर जबरा, दीपककुमार कार्की र केदारप्रसाद चालिसे संलग्न रहेका छन् । संवैधानिक विवादका मुद्दामा सुनुवाइ हुने भए पनि इजलास नियमित बस्न नसक्दा न्याय प्रक्रियामा ढिलाइ भइरहेको थियो । एउटा प्रधानन्यायाधीशको अवकाशपछि अर्को प्रधानन्यायाधीश नियुक्त नहु“दासम्म वा इजलासका एक मात्र न्यायाधीश नहुँदा समेत इजलास चल्दैन । प्रधानन्यायाधीश नियुक्त भएर आइसकेपछि पनि संवैधानिक इजलास गठनमा प्राथमिकता दिइएको देखि“दैन । प्रधानन्यायाधीश आउनेबित्तिकै प्राथमिकताका साथ सो इजलास गठन गरेर सुनुवाइ सुरु गर्नु पर्नेमा त्यो हुन सकेको थिएन । प्रधानन्यायाधीशमा मिश्र नियुक्त भएपछि गठित पाँच सदस्यीय इजलास गठन भएर पनि इजलास बस्न सकेको थिएन । सर्वोच्च अदालतका सहप्रवक्ता नागेन्द्र कालाखेतीका अनुसार न्यायाधीश दीपककुमार कार्की विदेश भ्रमणमा रहेकाले इजलास सञ्चालन हुन सकेको थिएन । एकजना मात्र न्यायाधीश नभएपछि सो इजलास बस्न सक्दैन । संवैधानिक इजलास हप्ताको दुई दिन मंगलबार र बुधबारमात्र बस्ने तय भएको छ । प्रधानन्यायाधीशसहित इजलासका अरू न्यायाधीशले अन्य विषयका मुद्दा पनि हेर्नुपर्ने भएकाले संवैधानिक विवादका विषय मात्र हेर्नका लागि हप्ताको दुई दिन छुट्याइएको हो । सर्वोच्च अदालतका अन्य इजलासमा बहस भइसकेपछि संविधानसँग बाँझिएका र गहनरुपमा छलफल गर्नुपर्ने मुद्दा पनि संवैधानिक इजलासमा पठाइने र सो इजलासमा गहन बहस र छलफलपछि निर्णय दिने गरिन्छ । इजलासमा संवैधानिक विवादका २२३ वटा मुद्दा सुनुवाइ गर्न बाँकी छन् ।