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Who is Justice BR Gavai, the next Chief Justice of India?

DNA Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Justice Gavai has been a part of several Constitution benches in the apex court, which delivered path-breaking verdicts. He is the second senior-most Supreme Court judge after the incumbent CJI Khanna.
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