President of India Droupadi Murmu hosted a dinner at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in honour of the newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India BR Gavai..President Murmu shared details about the event along with a few photographs through the official X handle of Rashtrapati Bhavan..The dinner was attended by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law & Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal, former CJI Justice Sanjiv Khanna, as well as several Supreme Court judges, Chief Justices of High Courts, and other distinguished guests..Justice Gavai was appointed as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003, and became a permanent judge in 2005.He served at the High Court's principal seat in Mumbai and benches in Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji.He was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019 and appointed the CJI on May 14, 2025 upon the retirement of former CJI Sanjiv Khanna..Spotlight this week: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai
