Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana on April 24, 2021 took oath as the 48th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde.
- President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the oath of office at a brief ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Justice Ramana will have a tenure of nearly 16 months as the Chief Justice and is due to retire on August 26, 2022.
- Born on 27th August 1957 in Ponnavaram village of Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district, Justice Ramana was enrolled as an advocate in February 1983.
- He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in June 2000 and functioned as acting Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court from March to May 2013.
- Justice Ramana was elevated as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in September, 2013 and was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on February 2014.
