NV Ramana: The New Chief Justice of India
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On April 24, the next Chief Justice of India will be Justice NV Ramana, presently the Supreme Court's second-highest-ranking justice. He will replace 47th CJI SA Bobde. The eight-year term of office in the Supreme Court of Justice Ramana ends on August 26, 2022.
Previously, Justice NV Ramana was proposed by CJI SA Bobde as his replacement after his removal. The Senior Supreme Court Judge Justice NV Ramana was elected by the CJI in a letter to the Central Government as the next CJI.
| Full Name |
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana |
| Date of Birth |
August 27, 1957 |
| Place of Birth |
Ponnavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Salary (Appx) |
Rs. 2,80,000 |
Let's put a spotlight on his life.
Born into a family of farmers in Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, in 1957, Justice Ramana started a law practice in 1983. In civil, criminal, constitutional, labor, service, and election matters, He has served at the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, the Administrative Tribunal of Central and Andhra Pradesh, and the Supreme Court of India.
Education: He graduated from Acharya Nagarjuna University in Science and Law.
During the national Emergency in 1975, he struggled for civil liberties as a student activist and sacrificed an academic year.
Ramana worked for a regional publication two years before entering the law. In 1983, he became a member of the Bar. On February 10, 1983, he joined the Andhra Pradesh High Court as a lawyer and began his career.
He also served as Andhra Pradesh's Additional Advocate General. In 2000 he was appointed Permanent Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh. From March 10, 2013, to May 20, 2013, he served as Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.
He participated in many conferences held in India and abroad and presented articles on various legal topics. In September 2013, he was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi, then in February 2014, as Judge of India's Supreme Court.
Specializing in constitutional, criminal, services, and multilateral river legislation, Justice Ramana is accredited in revenue, constitution, arbitration, and criminal law as the author of groundbreaking judgments.
The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit by Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, alleging that Justice Ramana has interfered with State Judiciary in politically important cases. The Supreme Court dismissed the Andhra CM complaint as worthless after a classified internal inquiry.
Some Allegations and Litigations on N.V. Ramana
On the allegations of the corruption of Mr. Ramana and his family concerning land acquisition in Amravati and of seeking to destabilize his government in alleged manipulating hearings and judgments at the Andhra Pradesh High Court in October 2020, Andhra Pradesh's CM Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote to the Chief Justice of India. He urged the Chief Justice to examine the matter and proceed accordingly. Both support for an inquiry and criticism by the judges and lawyers' bodies were widely published on the letter, which led to opposition.
In the charges found to be untrue, the Delhi High Court Bar Association condemned the letter. The Union for All India Lawyers called for an investigation, punishing Reddy. After releasing a letter, Ramana addressed a book published by former Supreme Court judge R. Banumathi that judges were "soft objectives for scrutiny" and "victims of slanderous social media messages. Their work was published by the Supreme Court.
In September 2020, the Andhra Pradesh Court ruled against several people, including Ramana's daughter, for reporting on the filing of a corruption case involving land transactions in Amravati. The Supreme Court eventually repealed the gag ban. Still, the Supreme Court continued the investigation in November 2020 after reviewing the defense lawyers' lawsuit.
In November 2020, after he was asked to do so by BJP chief Aswini Kumar Upadhyay by K.K. Venugopal, the Attorney General of India, denied a permit for proceedings against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to violate the Court. He noted that the remarks were "petty," and his letter's timing is "suspect" since the High Court of Andhra Prague is currently hearing a variety of cases in which the government of Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy has been accused of wrongdoing. Still, he said that he will not permit an infringement lawsuit to be brought before the Supreme Court against Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy for his comments. A second motion for disregard proceedings, which indicated that the Court might commence proceedings itself, was rejected by the Prosecutor General.
Three petitions against Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, in a letter of November 2020, were lodged at the Supreme Court of India calling for his resignation as Andhra Pradesh's chief minister. The Supreme Court Judge U.U. Lalit has rejected these requests and is pending.
Justice SA Bobde recommended Bobde in March 2021 of having succeeded CJI.