Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai today took charge as the 52nd Chief Justice of India. His tenure will last barely seven months and is set to end on December 23. This is only slightly longer than that of the current CJI, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, whose term spanned about six months. By contrast, former CJI DY Chandrachud had a two-year tenure – one of the few longer stints seen in the last seven-and-a-half decades.
