
India's latest Chief Justice - judge Uday Umesh Lalit - joins a very exclusive club that only has five other members. Justice Lalit will become the sixth member of the judiciary to serve a tenure of less than 100 days.
Sworn in on Saturday, Lalit will be in office till November, a tenure of just 74 days.
Supreme Court judges are required to retire once they hit 65 years of age, while High Court judges retire at 62.
CJI's with the shortest tenures
With inputs from PTI
Sworn in on Saturday, Lalit will be in office till November, a tenure of just 74 days.
Supreme Court judges are required to retire once they hit 65 years of age, while High Court judges retire at 62.
CJI's with the shortest tenures
With inputs from PTI
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