Sitting SC Judges
All In The Family
11 out of 28 sitting SC judges had either judges or legal luminaries as relatives
CJI Tirat Singh Thakur
- Father Late Justice Devi Dass Thakur, addnl judge, J&K HC
- Brother Dhiraj Singh Thakur, judge of J&K HC since 2013
Justice Dipak Misra
- Uncle Late Justice Ranganath Misra, former CJI and first chairman, NHRC
Justice Madan B. Lokur
- Father Justice Bhimji N. Lokur, former judge of Allahabad HC and former Union law secretary
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
- Father Late Justice Sambhu Chandra Ghose, former CJ, Calcutta HC
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
- Father Former AG of Maharashtra Arvind Bobde
Justice Shiva Kirti Singh
- Father Late Justice Shambhu Prasad Singh, Patna High Court
- Maternal grandfather Late Justice Bhubaneswar Prasad Sinha, sixth CJI
Justice Arun Mishra
- Father Late Justice H.G. Mishra, former judge, Madhya Pradesh HC
Justice R.F. Nariman
- Father Noted jurist Fali S. Nariman, senior advocate
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit
- Father Justice U.R. Lalit, former additional judge, Delhi High Court
Justice Amitava Roy
- Father Late Anadi Bhushan Roy, senior advocate
- Father-in-law Late Justice Salil Kumar Dutta, former judge, Calcutta High Court
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
- Father Late Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, former CJI
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Former CJIs With Judicial/Legal Family Background
- Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha Father Justice Srikrishna Mal Lodha (judge, Rajasthan HC) Uncles Chand Mal Lodha (CJ, Rajasthan HC & Guwahati HC), Guman Mal Lodha (freedom fighter, CJ, Guwahati HC)
- Justice Altamas Kabir Father A minister in West Bengal Sister When she was elevated to Calcutta HC in 2010, Kabir, then a senior SC judge, claimed he had recused himself from the collegium during the selection process
- Justice R.C. Lahoti Father Ratan Lal Lahoti, advocate
- Justice V.N. Khare Uncle S.C. Khare, Indira Gandhi’s lawyer in her famous election case
- Justice B.N. Kirpal Father Amarnath Kirpal, lawyer
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Probable CJIs
- Justice Dipak Misra
- Justice Ranjan Gogoi
- Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
- Justice U.U. Lalit
- Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
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