Justice N V Ramana Sworn in as 48th CJI

New Delhi: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India today. Justice Ramana’s will hold the post for sixteen months, until August 26, 2022.

Justice Ramana takes over at a time when the judiciary is going back to a virtual mode, due to the second wave of Covid-19, and is entrusted with ensuring un-interrupted access to justice. As Chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority, Justice Ramana led efforts to ensure training to lawyers and litigants to adapt to e-courts during the pandemic.

Born on August 27, 1957 in Ponnavaram of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, Justice Ramana is the youngest of three siblings. His parents Nuthalapati Ganapathi Rao and Sarojini were humble agriculturists. Although he briefly worked as a journalist for Telugu newspaper Eenadu, as a first generation lawyer, he enrolled as an advocate and set up practice in Vijayawada in 1983.