Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday, will 🌳be the sixth🅷 head of the Indian judiciary to have a tenure of fewer than 100 days.
Lalit wil♓l demit office on November 8 with a tenure of 74 days. Supreme Court judges retire attaining the age of 65 while high court ✤judges retire at 62. Justice Kamal Narain Singh, who was the CJI between November 25, 1991, and December 12, 1991, had a tenure of 18 days.
Justice S Rajendra Babu had a tenure of 30 days as th𝕴e chief justice of India between May 2, 2004, and May 31, 2004. Justice J C Shah had a te♉nure of 36 days when he was the CJI between December 17, 1970, and January 21, 1971.
Justice G B Patnaik had a 41-day tenure as the head of the Indian judiciary when he held the office of the CJI from November 8, 2002, to December 18, 2002. Justice L M Sharma had a tenure of 86 days as the CJI when he was in office between Nove🦋mber 18, 1992, and February 11, 1993.
