On October 17, the CJI recommended to the Centre that Justice Khanna, the seniormost Supreme Court Judge, be appointed as his successor.Justice Khanna was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1983. He has regularly appeared in the High Court and tribunals in diverse fields.He had also argued a number of criminal cases in the Delhi HC as an Additional Public Prosecutor, and on appointment by the Court as amicus curiae. For about 7 seven years, he served as the senior standing counsel for the Income Tax Department in the Delhi HC. In 2004, he was appointed as the Standing Counsel (Civil) for the National Capital Territory of Delhi.Elevated as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court in 2005, he was made a permanent judge in 2006. Justice Khanna, who led the top court bench in many cases, had delivered various judgments, including that of granting interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal.
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