Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai (born 1960) was the fifty-second Chief Justice of India, serving from May to November 2025. Born in Amravati, Maharashtra, and educated in commerce and law at Amravati University, he practiced before the Bombay High Court, became an additional judge there in 2003 and a permanent judge in 2005, and joined the Supreme Court of India in 2019. He sat on constitution benches deciding the abrogation of Article 370, electoral bonds, bulldozer demolitions and reservation sub-classification for scheduled castes, and was only the second Chief Justice of India from the Scheduled Castes and the first from the Buddhist community.
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Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai is a retired Indian jurist who had served as the 52nd Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 14 May to 23 November 2025. He is a former judge of the Bombay High Court and also served as the chancellor of some National Law Universities (NLUs). He is the second-ever CJI to be from the Scheduled Castes. During his term as CJI, he also served as ex officio patron-in-chief of the National Legal Services Authority.
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