Uday Umesh Lalit
Uday Umesh Lalit | |
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Uday 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 |
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. Previously, he has served as a judge of Supreme Court of India. Prior to his elevation as a judge of the supreme court, he practised as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court. Justice Lalit is one of the eleven senior counsels who have been directly elevated to the Supreme Court. 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.