Justice Sanjiv Khanna is an Indian lawyer who became a judge of the Delhi High Court in June 2005 and later a judge of the Supreme Court of India in January 2019.
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Sanjeev Khanna was born on Saturday, 14 May 1960 (age 63 years; as in 2023) in Delhi, India. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He completed his schooling from Modern School (DPS), Barakhamba Road, Delhi in 1977. He completed his graduation from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University in 1980 and later studied law from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Weight (Approx): 70 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
He was born in a Himachali family.
parents and siblings
His father, Justice Dev Raj Khanna, was a Delhi High Court judge who retired in 1985 and died in 2004, and his mother, Saroj Khanna, was a Hindi lecturer at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. she has a brother.
wife and children
He has a son; However, not much details are available about his wife and son.
other relatives
He is the nephew of Justice Hans Raj Khanna (also known as HR Khanna), who in 1973 condemned the basic structure doctrine in the ADM Jabalpur vs. Shivkant Shukla case, known as the Habeas Corpus case. Gave the only dissenting decision. , which made the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi very angry. Justice HM Beg replaced him and Khanna resigned from the court in early 1977 in protest against this decision.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s uncle, Justice Hans Raj Khanna (also known as Justice HR Khanna
livelihood
law practice
He started practicing law in 1983 after enrolling with the Bar Council of Delhi as an advocate. He initially practiced in Tis Hazari Court, Delhi and after a few years, he started practicing in Delhi High Court. His areas of practice mainly include writ petitions in public law matters, direct tax appeals, income tax prosecutions, arbitration matters, commercial litigations, environment and pollution law matters, medical negligence cases before consumer forums and company law matters before the Company Law Board. There were cases. He was also associated with Delhi Judicial Academy, Delhi International Arbitration Center and District Court Arbitration Centres.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna (far left) with other lawyers.
Additional Public Prosecutor and Civil Advocate
He was the Additional Public Prosecutor of Delhi Government in several criminal cases. For seven years, he was the Senior Standing Counsel of the Income Tax Department. In 2004, he became Standing Counsel (Civil) in the Delhi High Court for the Government of Delhi.
Justice Sanjeev Khanna (second from right) during an event.
Additional and Permanent Judge of Delhi High Court
On 24 June 2005, he was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court and on 20 February 2006, he was elevated to the post of Permanent Judge of the Delhi High Court.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna (centre) during an event in Delhi High Court.
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
On 18 January 2019, he became a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is due to retire on 13 May 2025. He is expected to become the Chief Justice of India in 2024 after the retirement of DY Chandrachud.
notable decisions
power to divorce directly
In the case Shilpa Shailesh v. Varun Srinivasan, Justice Khanna agreed with the majority opinion that the Supreme Court has the power to grant divorce directly under Article 142 of the Indian Constitution. He argued that to give complete justice, the Supreme Court could allow divorce on the grounds of ‘irreparable breakdown of marriage’.
RTI decision
In the case Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Supreme Court of India v Subhash Chandra Agarwal, a five-judge bench including Justice Khanna upheld the majority opinion that the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) is also open to RTI requests; However, requests for information will be carefully scrutinized, and any information that does not violate the judge’s right to privacy. He quoted,
“Judicial independence and accountability go together because accountability ensures and is an aspect of judicial independence.”
notable disagreement
Freedom of expression
In the Amish Devgan vs Union of India case, a two-judge bench of Justices Khanna and AM Khanwilkar refused to quash the FIR lodged against news anchor Amish Devgan for using the word Lootera Chishti; However, he granted him protection from arrest and asked him to join the investigation until its completion. Justice Khanna quoted,
Article 19(1)(a) cannot be invoked to defeat the fundamental right guaranteed by Article 21 because if one claims the right to speak, others have the right to be heard or to refuse to be heard. Have the right.
Revision of arbitration fee
In the matter of revised fee scale for arbitrators, he delivered a dissenting judgment and held that the arbitral tribunal can fix a reasonable fee in the absence of any arbitral agreement.
Property
He owns a three-bedroom DDA (Delhi Development Authority) flat with a garage in South Delhi, a 326-square-yard house in East Delhi (in partnership with his brother) and an ancestral home in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Justice Sanjiv Khanna had never been the Chief Justice of any High Court before becoming a Justice of the Supreme Court of India.
- He is the seventh judge to be elevated to the Supreme Court directly from his parent High Court since 1997; The six judges before him were S Abdul Nazeer, Ranjana Prakash Desai, Lokeshwar Singh Panta, GP Mathur, Ruma Pal and SS Quadri.
- On his first day as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, he sat in the same courtroom from where his uncle, the late Justice HR Khanna, had retired.
- When he was elevated to the Supreme Court of India, he removed 32 judges of the Delhi High Court, sparking outrage among judges who criticized the decision.
A photograph of Justice Sanjiv Khanna (third from right) farewell to the Delhi High Court on his elevation to the Supreme Court of India
- In February 2019, he recused himself from hearing the appeal against the conviction and sentence of 1984 Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar. Interestingly, he had rejected Kumar’s bail plea in the Delhi High Court in 2015.
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