Question

who is the present head of supreme court

Answer 1

There are currently 25 sitting judges, against a maximum possible strength of 31. There is only one lady sitting judge. As per the Constitution of India, Supreme Court judges retire at age 65. Dipak Misra is the current Chief Justice of India, after Jagdish Singh Khehar retired on 27 August 2017.

Answer 2

The present CJI is Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and is the 46th CJI since January 1950, the year the Constitution came into effect and the supreme court came into being. He succeeded Justice Dipak Misra on 2 October 2018, and will remain in office till 17 November 2019, the day he retires on turning 65 years in age.