CJI Bhushan Gavai : A Historic Rise in the Apex Court!
He continues to shape the nation’s legal discourse..
#SupremeCourt #CJIBRGavai #CJI pic.twitter.com/pgGOHnsWK2
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) June 30, 2025
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CJI BR Gavai visits and pays his tribute at Chaityabhoomi Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Smarak. This is the first time in Indian history that a CJI has visited Chaityabhoomi. Hope he will carry forward the ideology of Baba Saheb. pic.twitter.com/0kM5zg2U6n
— The Dalit Voice (@ambedkariteIND) May 18, 2025
CJI Bhushan Gavai was born on 24 November 1960 in Amravati, Maharashtra. His father R.S. Gavai was a prominent Ambedkarite leader associated with the Republican Party of India. He had served as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and went on to become the Governor of Bihar, Sikkim and Kerala.
“Dr Ambedkar was against Article 370. He said there must be only 1 Constitution for entire Nation”– CJI BR Gavai
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“Dr Ambedkar was against Article 370. He said there must be only 1 Constitution for entire Nation”- CJI BR Gavai
Who inserted Article 370?- CONgress
Who Abrogated it?- #Modi Sarkar
Who opposed Abrogation?- CONgress
Who promised to bring back Article 370?- some CONgress leaders… pic.twitter.com/QBrpfTPbRv— BhikuMhatre (@MumbaichaDon) June 29, 2025
“Justice Bhushan Gavai: A Historic Rise to India’s Highest Bench”
Supreme court judge – “Due representation a criteria”
CJI Bhushan Gavai as appointed as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on 14 November 2003. He then became a permanent Judge on 12 November 2005. He went on to serve as a Judge of the Bombay High Court for 16 years. He presided over Benches at the Principal Seat at Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji.
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🚨 CJI BR GAVAI : “When Article 370 was challenged, it came before us”
“Then I recalled Dr Babasaheb’s words that one Constitution is suited for a country”
“If we want to keep the country united, we need only one Constitution”
“See the situation in Pakistan, Bangladesh.… pic.twitter.com/CWTVJ2wLCf
— Times Algebra (@TimesAlgebraIND) June 28, 2025
On 8 May 2019, the Collegium led by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi recommended his appointment to the Supreme Court. At the time, he was the fourth-most senior judge of the Bombay High Court and the eight-most senior High Court judge of India.
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The Supreme Court today removed glass panels from its corridors following CJI BR Gavai’s decision to restore the Court’s original layout. The partitions, installed during former CJI DY Chandrachud’s tenure for centralised air-conditioning, had drawn objections from lawyers’… pic.twitter.com/EMSO7fe5fo
— Bar and Bench (@barandbench) June 17, 2025
In recommending Justice Gavai, the Collegium noted that it considered “due representation” as a criterion apart from seniority, integrity and merit. Justice Gavai was the first Supreme Court judge from the Scheduled Caste community in nine years, after the retirement of former Chief Justice K.G Balkrishnan in 2010.
“Justice Bhushan Gavai: A Historic Rise to India’s Highest Bench”
CJI Bhushan Gavai has authored 367 judgements, and has been a part of 707 benches.
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In his lecture at Oxford Union, CJI BR Gavai refers to Gayatri Spivak’s essay “Can the subaltern speak?” and says :
“Yes, the subaltern can speak—and they have been speaking all along. The question is no longer whether they can speak, but whether society is truly listening.” pic.twitter.com/bPRMj8O8Wo
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) June 10, 2025
Few trailblazing judicial decisions !!
Directions in the matter of demolition of structures (2024)
CJI Bhushan Gavai declared that the government-sanctioned bulldozer demolitions are a violation of rights against arbitrary state action and infringe on the right to shelter guaranteed under article 19 and article 21.
“The chilling sight of a bulldozer demolishing a building, when authorities have failed to follow the basic principles of natural justice and due process, reminds one of a lawless state of affairs, where ‘might was right’,” he wrote.
Exercising its power to do complete justice under Article 142. the Court laid down procedural guidelines for demolitions, including a 15 days notice period to the property owner, notifying the local Collector or District Magistrate, and a substantive test of executive overreach to ensure the demolition’s primary motive is to remove illegal construction, not to punish the owner. An ‘X’ Handler tweets.
CJI BR Gavai, addressing the Nagpur Bar Association, emphasized judicial restraint, warning that activism must not morph into “judicial terrorism.” He paid emotional tribute to his late father’s dream of seeing him become CJI and lauded Dr. Ambedkar’s ideals, calling the… pic.twitter.com/dZWvLOHlj1
— The Daily Jagran (@TheDailyJagran) June 28, 2025
CJI Bhushan Gavai contributed to several landmark Supreme Court rulings. He was part of the Constitution Benches that upheld the abrogation of article 370 and struck down the electoral bonds scheme. He has been involved in several politically sensitive cases.
Vivek Narayan Sharma v Union of India (2023)
CJI Bhushan Gavai wrote the majority opinion which upheld the demonetization scheme of Government of India. Justice Gavai held that the Union consulted with the RBI before announcing the scheme. Further, Justice Gawai stated that the Union has the power to declare all series of any denomination as invalid tender. Additionally, he noted that the Demonetization scheme satisfied the ‘test of proportionality’.
Sudru v The State of Chhattisgarh (2019)
The Court had to decide whether the Appellant could have been convicted purely based on circumstantial evidence, especially when the principal witnesses have turned hostile. CJI Gavai authored the opinion on behalf of himself and Justice Deepak Gupta.
He noted that although non-explanation or false explanation cannot be taken to complete the chain of circumstances to establish guilt, the false explanation can always be taken into consideration to fortify the finding of guilt already recorded based on other circumstances.
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