Sanjiv Khanna was born on 14 May 1960.[3] His father,Justice Dev Raj Khanna,retired as a judge from Delhi High Court in 1985,and his mother,Saroj Khanna,worked as a Hindi lecturer at Lady Shri Ram College.[4]
On 24 June 2005,he was elevated as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court and made permanent on 20 February 2006. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18 January 2019. Khanna was elevated despite 32 other High Court judges being more senior than him.[11] His elevation sparked controversy within judicial circles;however,his appointment was approved by the Government of India.[11]
On 17 October 2024,in accordance with central government convention,the outgoing Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud recommended the name of Justice Khanna as the next Chief Justice to the Ministry of Law and Justice.[12] Khanna took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI) after the retirement of Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud on 11 November 2024 during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.[13][14] Khanna retired as the CJI on 13 May 2025,[15] and was succeeded by Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai as the next CJI.[16] Khanna stated that he would not accept any official roles after his retirement;however,he would seek to remain in the field of law.[17]
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