Uday Umesh Lalit | |
|---|---|
 Umesh Lalit in 2024 | |
| 49th Chief Justice of India | |
| In office 27 August 2022 – 8 November 2022 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Preceded by | N. V. Ramana |
| Succeeded by | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 13 August 2014 – 26 August 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Rajendra Mal Lodha |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1957 Solapur, Bombay State (present-day Maharashtra), India |
| Spouse | Amita Lalit |
| Parent | U.R. Lalit (father) |
| Residence(s) | 5, Krishna Menon Marg, Sunehri Bagh, New Delhi, India[1] |
Uday Umesh Lalit (born 9 November 1957) is an Indian lawyer and former Supreme Court Judge, who served as the 49th Chief Justice of India.[2] Previously, he has served as a judge of Supreme Court of India.[3] Prior to his elevation as a judge, he practised as a senior counsel at the Supreme Court.[4] Justice Lalit is one of the eleven senior counsels who have been directly elevated to the Supreme Court.[5][6][7] He is currently ‘Distinguished Visiting Professor’ at Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Distinguished Visiting Professor at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.[8][9]
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- ^ "Senior advocate Uday Lalit did not represent BJP leader Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case". Daily News & Analysis. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "7 Next CJIs". Supreme Court Observer. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Justice UU Lalit likely to be the Chief Justice of India for 74 Days; List of India's probable CJs up to 2022, Justice Bobde has the longest tenure". Live Law. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Hon'ble Retd. Chief Justice Shri Uday Umesh Lalit – Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay".
- ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit".