Judicial appointments

• The President recently nominated Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as Executive Chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
  • As per convention, the post of Executive Chairman of NALSA is occupied by the second-senior judge of the Supreme Court.
• Also Supreme Court judge, Justice BR Gavai has been nominated by the National Legal Services Authority as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.

ABOUT SUPREME COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

• The Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, has been constituted under Section 3A of the Legal Service Authorities Act, 1987, for providing free and competent Legal Services to the weaker sections of the Society in the cases which fall under the jurisdiction of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.
• The Committee consists of –
  • A sitting Judge of Hon’ble Supreme Court, who is the Chairman and 9 members nominated by Hon’ble the Chief Justice of India.